Ryan Clark

CTL-E-5211 · Person · other · 2002-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Former NFL safety (2002-2014) who won Super Bowl XLIII with the Pittsburgh Steelers; ESPN NFL analyst from 2015 and winner of the 2023 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Personality/Studio Analyst; co-host of The Pivot Podcast.

Notes

No athlete subtype exists in the schema; recorded as Person/other. Minted in this package as a Pivot Podcast host; ESPN is not minted as an endpoint (out of scope), so his analyst role is carried as a claim.

Relationships

Pittsburgh Steelers — played for
Ryan Clark played safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2006 to 2013, winning Super Bowl XLIII with the team.

Referenced by

The Pivot Podcast — authored by → this record

Sources

ESPN Press Room — Ryan Clark Officially Retires, Joins ESPN as NFL Analyst (Feb 2015). https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2015/02/test-2/amp/ (primary source)
The CW / NFL Films press release via The Wrap (2023). https://www.thewrap.com/inside-the-nfl-cw-ryan-clark-host/

Record CTL-E-5211 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 2 sources (1 primary) · 2 mapped relationships · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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