# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wahoo-mcdaniel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:08:43.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wahoo-mcdaniel"
name: "Wahoo McDaniel"
slug: "wahoo-mcdaniel"
description: "Edward Hugh McDaniel was an American professional football player and professional wrestler better known by his ring name Wahoo McDaniel. He is notable for having held the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship five times. McDaniel was a major star in the American Wrestling Association and prominent National Wrestling Alliance affiliated promotions such as Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling, NWA Big Time Wrestling and, most notably, Jim Crockett Promotions."
tagline: "American football player and professional wrestler (1938-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wahoo_McDaniel_1979.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: "1938-06-19"
deathDate: "2002-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.54
  momentum:             15.39471686655534
  historical:           9.646492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1048057/"
    handle:    "nm1048057"
sources:
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%B9_%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A5"
    title: "วาฮู แม็กแดเนียล"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "واهو مكدانيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel"
    title: "Wahoo McDaniel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel"
    title: "Wahoo McDaniel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel"
    title: "Wahoo McDaniel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel"
    title: "Wahoo McDaniel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%95%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ワフー・マクダニエル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel"
    title: "Wahoo McDaniel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel"
    title: "Wahoo McDaniel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel"
    title: "Wahoo McDaniel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360247"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1206988"
    title: "Edward McDaniel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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