# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-randle
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:27:03.202Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-randle"
name: "John Randle"
slug: "john-randle"
description: "John Anthony Randle is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for eleven seasons for the Minnesota Vikings and three seasons for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was a six-time first-team All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler. Since becoming an official stat in 1982, his 137.5 sacks rank tenth, tied with Richard Dent, and first among defensive tackles. On February 6, 2010, he was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.\nHe played college football for the Trinity Valley Cardinals and the Texas A&I Javelinas, and was signed by the Vikings as an undrafted free agent after the 1990 NFL draft. He is considered one of the greatest undrafted players of all time."
tagline: "American football player (born 1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seattle_mayor_Greg_Nickels_at_Seahawks_training_facility%2C_2002_(53173431923)_(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: "1967-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.916218666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Randle"
    title: "John Randle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84"
    title: "جون راندل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Randle"
    title: "John Randle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Randle"
    title: "John Randle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Randle"
    title: "John Randle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Randle"
    title: "John Randle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680136"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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