# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sammy-mandell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:46:55.764Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sammy-mandell"
name: "Sammy Mandell"
slug: "sammy-mandell"
description: "Sammy Mandell was an American Undisputed World lightweight boxing champion from 1926 to 1930. Born in Rockford, Illinois, and named Salvatore Mandala, he was known as the \"Rockford Sheik\" due to his Rudolph Valentino like good looks and as the \"Rockford Flash\" due to his fast hands and foot speed. His father was an Albanian and his mother Italian. Statistical boxing website BoxRec ranks Mandell as the 13th greatest lightweight boxer to have ever lived. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998."
tagline: "American boxer (1904-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sammy_Mandell_LOC.jpeg?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: "1904-02-05"
deathDate: "1967-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.341253333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Mandell"
    title: "Sammy Mandell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سامي مانديل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سامى مانديل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Mandell"
    title: "Sammy Mandell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Mandell"
    title: "Sammy Mandell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Mandell"
    title: "Sammy Mandell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Mandell"
    title: "Sammy Mandell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1645961"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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