# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-patton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:08:25.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-patton"
name: "Mel Patton"
slug: "mel-patton"
description: "Melvin Emery Patton was an American sprinter, who set the world record of 9.2 seconds in the 100-yard dash in 1948. He also set a 220 yd world record in 1949 on a straightaway of 20.2, breaking the record held by Jesse Owens."
tagline: "American athletics competitor (1924-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mel_Patton_1948_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1924-11-16"
deathDate: "2014-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump