# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-rypien
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:07:08.609Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-rypien"
name: "Mark Rypien"
slug: "mark-rypien"
description: "Mark Robert Rypien is a Canadian-born former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He played college football for the Washington State Cougars and was selected by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL draft. He was named Super Bowl MVP, doing so in Super Bowl XXVI with the Redskins. He also played for several other NFL teams. His nephew Brett plays in the NFL as a quarterback."
tagline: "Canadian-born American football player (born 1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_Rypien_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1962-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.083309333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rypien"
    title: "Mark Rypien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مارك ريپين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rypien"
    title: "Mark Rypien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rypien"
    title: "Mark Rypien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rypien"
    title: "Mark Rypien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rypien"
    title: "Mark Rypien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rypien"
    title: "Mark Rypien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rypien"
    title: "Mark Rypien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rypien"
    title: "Mark Rypien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rypien"
    title: "Mark Rypien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353917"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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