Sports Legends Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-02 · 122 entries checked · 116 flagged · 298 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 298 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Reggie White — The entry states 'Career Span=1985–1999', but White's last NFL season was 1998, not 1999.

Peyton Manning — Manning is the second son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning: He is actually the oldest son; Eli is the younger brother.

Peyton Manning — Manning wore the #18 jersey in high school in honor of his older brother Cooper: Cooper is actually his older brother, but Manning wore #18 in college (Tennessee) in honor of Cooper, not in high school; in high school he wore a different number.

Walter Payton — The entry says Payton rushed for at least 1,200 yards in 10 of his 13 seasons, with two of those thirteen being lockout-shortened seasons. There were no lockout-shortened seasons during Payton's career; the 1982 season was shortened by a players' strike, not a

Walter Payton — The entry states Payton's father died in jail in 1978 just a couple of hours after being wrongfully accused of driving under the influence due to a stroke. In reality, Edward Payton died in the hospital from a heart attack, not in jail from a stroke.

Johnny Unitas — The STATS section incorrectly states Unitas has 0 Super Bowl championships; he won Super Bowl V.

Johnny Unitas — The LORE section incorrectly claims Unitas is one of only six players named to the NFL's 50th, 75th, and 100th Anniversary All-Time Teams; the actual number is larger.

Dick Butkus — Butkus was the youngest of nine children, not eight.

Dick Butkus — Butkus was a senior, not a junior, when named Chicago's high school player of the year in 1959.

Deion Sanders — Sanders is not the only athlete to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series; others include Bo Jackson and others, though he is the only one to win both a Super Bowl and appear in a World Series.

Deion Sanders — In the 1992 World Series, Sanders batted .533 is incorrect; he batted .533 in the 1992 National League Championship Series (NLCS), not the World Series. In the World Series, he batted .250 (3-for-12).

Ray Lewis — He became the second linebacker to win the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award, and the first to win the award on the winning Super Bowl team. (He was the first linebacker to win Super Bowl MVP, not the second; and all Super Bowl MVPs are from the winning te

Ray Lewis — Lewis was born Raymond Anthony Jackson in Bartow, Florida, and changed his last name to that of his mother's friend, Ray Lewis. (He was born Raymond Anthony Lewis Jr., not Jackson; his birth name was always Lewis.)

Mike Singletary — Singletary was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998, not 2005.

Mike Singletary — Singletary had 10 Pro Bowl selections, but his All-Pro honors are 7 First-Team and 1 Second-Team (not 6 First-Team).

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