Dave Duerson
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Dave Duerson was an American NFL safety best known for his Pro Bowl career with the Chicago Bears and later advocacy related to brain injuries in football.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dave Duerson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10518514 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Dave Duerson Context triple: [1987 NFL season, WalterPaytonManOfTheYear, Dave Duerson]
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A.
Michael Floyd
Michael Floyd is a former American football wide receiver who starred at Notre Dame and went on to play in the NFL, most notably for the Arizona Cardinals.
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B.
Junior Seau
Junior Seau was a dominant, hard-hitting NFL linebacker and 12-time Pro Bowler widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in league history.
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C.
Aaron McKinney
Aaron McKinney is an American man best known as one of the two assailants convicted in the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a crime that drew national attention to anti-LGBTQ+ hate violence.
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D.
Troy Kennedy Martin
Troy Kennedy Martin was a British television and film screenwriter best known for creating the series "Z-Cars" and writing the original 1969 film "The Italian Job."
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E.
Marc Bulger
Marc Bulger is a former NFL quarterback best known for his Pro Bowl tenure with the St. Louis Rams in the 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dave Duerson Target entity description: Dave Duerson was an American NFL safety best known for his Pro Bowl career with the Chicago Bears and later advocacy related to brain injuries in football.
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A.
Michael Floyd
Michael Floyd is a former American football wide receiver who starred at Notre Dame and went on to play in the NFL, most notably for the Arizona Cardinals.
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B.
Junior Seau
Junior Seau was a dominant, hard-hitting NFL linebacker and 12-time Pro Bowler widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in league history.
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C.
Aaron McKinney
Aaron McKinney is an American man best known as one of the two assailants convicted in the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a crime that drew national attention to anti-LGBTQ+ hate violence.
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D.
Troy Kennedy Martin
Troy Kennedy Martin was a British television and film screenwriter best known for creating the series "Z-Cars" and writing the original 1969 film "The Italian Job."
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E.
Marc Bulger
Marc Bulger is a former NFL quarterback best known for his Pro Bowl tenure with the St. Louis Rams in the 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football player
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
player safety in American football
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research on brain injuries in football ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 50 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
NFL Man of the Year Award
NERFINISHED
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Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessRole |
entrepreneur
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food processing executive ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| collegeAttended | University of Notre Dame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collegeTeam | Notre Dame Fighting Irish football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-11-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-02-17 ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Chicago Bears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftPickNumber | 64 ⓘ |
| draftRound | 3 ⓘ |
| draftYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| familyName | Duerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | David Russell Duerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | College Football Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 22 ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest ⓘ |
| memberOf | Chicago Bears 1985 Super Bowl team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nflDebutSeason | 1983 ⓘ |
| nflDebutTeam | Chicago Bears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owned | Duerson Foods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Muncie, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Arizona Cardinals
NERFINISHED
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Chicago Bears NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenix Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | safety ⓘ |
| posthumousDiagnosis | chronic traumatic encephalopathy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proBowlSelection |
1985
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1986 ⓘ 1987 ⓘ 1988 ⓘ |
| requestedAfterDeath | donation of his brain for research ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| superBowlChampion |
Super Bowl XX
NERFINISHED
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Super Bowl XXV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dave Duerson Description of subject: Dave Duerson was an American NFL safety best known for his Pro Bowl career with the Chicago Bears and later advocacy related to brain injuries in football.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.