# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/art-mcnally
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:04:15.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/art-mcnally"
name: "Art McNally"
slug: "art-mcnally"
description: "Arthur Ignatius McNally was an American professional football executive who was director of officiating for the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1991. Before becoming director of officiating—succeeding Mark Duncan, who had held the position from 1964 to 1968—McNally served as a field judge and referee in the NFL for nine years from 1959 to 1967. During a 22-year span, he officiated over 3,000 football, baseball, and basketball games, which included one year in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2022, McNally became the first NFL game official to be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American football official (born 1925)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e4/McNally.jpeg/330px-McNally.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1925-07-01"
deathDate: "2023-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.09
  momentum:             1.428571428571429
  historical:           5.678618666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_McNally"
    title: "Art McNally"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "فن مكنالى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_McNally"
    title: "Art McNally"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_McNally"
    title: "Art McNally"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_McNally"
    title: "Art McNally"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_McNally"
    title: "Art McNally"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4796967"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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