# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willard-reaves
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:07:58.351Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willard-reaves"
name: "Willard Reaves"
slug: "willard-reaves"
description: "Willard Sheldon Reaves is an American-Canadian politician and former professional gridiron football running back who has served as the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party since 2025. He previously served as the party's deputy leader from 2023 to 2024, and unsuccessfully ran to represent Fort Whyte in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in 2022 and 2023, losing both times to fellow ex-Blue Bomber Obby Khan of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba."
tagline: "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: "1959-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.267752
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  51
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ويلارد رياڤيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Reaves"
    title: "Willard Reaves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8003476"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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