# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sammy-baugh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:04:30.895Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sammy-baugh"
name: "Sammy Baugh"
slug: "sammy-baugh"
description: "Samuel Adrian Baugh was an American professional football quarterback who played 16 seasons with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). Baugh also played safety on defense and was the team's punter. He played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs, where he was a two time All-American prior to being selected by the Redskins in the first round of the 1937 NFL draft. With the Redskins, Baugh won NFL Championships in 1937 and 1942 and led the NFL in completion percentage eight times, passing yards four times, and passing touchdowns twice. In addition to being an outstanding quarterback, he led the NFL in punting average five times and in defensive interceptions with 11 in 1943."
tagline: "American football player, coach (1914-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sammy_Baugh_NYWTS.gif?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: "1914-03-17"
deathDate: "2008-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.17
  momentum:             1.429331913760979
  historical:           13.954584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0061991/"
    handle:    "nm0061991"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Baugh"
    title: "Sammy Baugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sammy Baugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Baugh"
    title: "Sammy Baugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sammy Baugh"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Sammy Baugh"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump