# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-ditka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:15:52.587Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-ditka"
name: "Mike Ditka"
slug: "mike-ditka"
description: "Michael Keller Ditka is an American former professional football player, coach, and commentator. During his playing career, he was UPI NFL Rookie of Year in 1961, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, and a six-time All-Pro tight end with the Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, and Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL); he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988. Ditka was the first tight end in NFL history to reach 1,000 yards receiving in his rookie season."
tagline: "American football player, coach, and television commentator (born 1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Ditka_2008_NFL_Experience_48-DPA-02_01_02_08_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-10-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.71
  momentum:             11.24810741377819
  historical:           12.748296
  currentAttention:     38.56
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0228491/"
    handle:    "nm0228491"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.ditkasrestaurants.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Майк Дітка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "ميك ديتكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Ditka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka"
    title: "Mike Ditka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka"
    title: "Mike Ditka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "مایک دیتکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka"
    title: "Mike Ditka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka"
    title: "Mike Ditka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka"
    title: "Mike Ditka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%88%E3%82%AB"
    title: "マイク・ディトカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka"
    title: "Mike Ditka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Дитка, Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka"
    title: "Mike Ditka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355840"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61399"
    title: "Mike Ditka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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