# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tim-mcdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:02:52.455Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tim-mcdonald"
name: "Tim McDonald"
slug: "tim-mcdonald"
description: "Timothy McDonald is an American former professional football player who was a safety for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). McDonald played college football for the USC Trojans, and was honored as a two-time All-American and two-time team most valuable player (MVP). A second-round pick in the 1987 NFL draft, he played for the St. Louis / Phoenix Cardinals (1987–1992) and the San Francisco 49ers (1993–1999). Upon the conclusion of his playing career, McDonald entered coaching, most recently serving as the defensive backs coach for the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills."
tagline: "Former college and professional American football player"
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: "1965-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.67
  momentum:             0.9084556254367575
  historical:           5.722862666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_McDonald_(American_football)"
    title: "Tim McDonald (American football)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "تيم مكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "تيم مكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_McDonald"
    title: "Tim McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_McDonald"
    title: "Tim McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%89%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89"
    title: "ティム・マクドナルド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3266498"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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