# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-ameche
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:07:10.523Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-ameche"
name: "Alan Ameche"
slug: "alan-ameche"
description: "Alan Ameche, nicknamed \"the Iron Horse\", or simply \"the Horse\", was an American professional football player who was a fullback for six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and won the Heisman Trophy during his senior season in 1954. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons in the league. He is often remembered for scoring the winning touchdown in overtime in the 1958 NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants, labeled \"The Greatest Game Ever Played\"."
tagline: "American football player (1933–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan_Ameche_1960.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: "1933-06-01"
deathDate: "1988-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.11
  momentum:             2.473660100778745
  historical:           4.898028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1850865/"
    handle:    "nm1850865"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "الان اميتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ameche"
    title: "Alan Ameche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ameche"
    title: "Alan Ameche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ameche"
    title: "Alan Ameche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ameche"
    title: "Alan Ameche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2636612"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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