# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hanford-dixon
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:54:00.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hanford-dixon"
name: "Hanford Dixon"
slug: "hanford-dixon"
description: "Hanford Dixon is an American former professional football player who spend his entire career (1981–1989) as a cornerback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and was selected by the Browns with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 1981 NFL draft. Dixon made the Pro Bowl three times, in 1986, 1987 and 1988. He also is credited with naming the Cleveland Browns \"Dawg Pound,\" the section of the stadium known for their antics during Browns home games at the old Municipal Stadium inspired by Dixon's \"barking\" to teammates, especially fellow cornerback Frank Minnifield."
tagline: "Player of American football"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hanford_Dixon_2023_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1958-12-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.24
  momentum:             10.85858101629914
  historical:           4.824984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هانفورد ديكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هانفورد ديكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Dixon"
    title: "Hanford Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Dixon"
    title: "Hanford Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Диксон, Хэнфорд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5647789"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump