# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/satch-sanders
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:27:34.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/satch-sanders"
name: "Satch Sanders"
slug: "satch-sanders"
description: "Thomas Ernest \"Satch\" Sanders is an American former professional basketball player and coach who played as a power forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics. Sanders won eight NBA championships and is tied for third for the most NBA championships. He is also one of three NBA players with an unsurpassed 8–0 record in NBA Finals series. After his playing retirement, he served as a head coach for the Harvard Crimson men's basketball team and the Boston Celtics. Sanders was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2011."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Satch_Sanders_at_NEBBHOF_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1938-11-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.42
  momentum:             0.9084711712550201
  historical:           16.08053733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1652389/"
    handle:    "nm1652389"
sources:
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    title: "萨奇·桑德斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساتش ساندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساتش ساندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sanders_(Basketballspieler)"
    title: "Tom Sanders (Basketballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Satch Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satch_Sanders"
    title: "Satch Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sanders"
    title: "Tom Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sanders"
    title: "Tom Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sanders"
    title: "Tom Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "סאץ' סנדרס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Սատչ Սանդերս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satch_Sanders"
    title: "Satch Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "サッチ・サンダース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satch_Sanders"
    title: "Satch Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satch_Sanders"
    title: "Satch Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sanders"
    title: "Tom Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%87"
    title: "Сандерс, Сатч"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satch_Sanders"
    title: "Satch Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939309"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3968560"
    title: "Satch Sanders"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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