# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-krause
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:45:10.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-krause"
name: "Paul Krause"
slug: "paul-krause"
description: "Paul James Krause is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins. Krause established himself as a proficient defensive force against opposing wide receivers. He led the league with 12 interceptions as a rookie before going on to set the NFL career interceptions record with 81 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998. Krause was selected eight times to the Pro Bowl during his 16 seasons in the NFL and is considered to be among the greatest safeties in NFL history."
tagline: "American football safety, all time interception leader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Krause.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: "1942-02-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.63
  momentum:             12.32558139534884
  historical:           6.625997333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krause"
    title: "Paul Krause"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "پول كراوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krause_(Footballspieler)"
    title: "Paul Krause (Footballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krause"
    title: "Paul Krause"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krause"
    title: "Paul Krause"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krause"
    title: "Paul Krause"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "פול קראוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q580193"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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