# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-cannon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:26:57.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-cannon"
name: "Billy Cannon"
slug: "billy-cannon"
description: "Billy Abb Cannon Sr. was an American football halfback and tight end who played in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He attended Louisiana State University (LSU), where he played college football as a halfback, return specialist, and safety for the LSU Tigers. At LSU, Cannon was twice named a unanimous All-American, helped the 1958 LSU team win a national championship, and received the Heisman Trophy as the nation's most outstanding college player in 1959. His punt return against Ole Miss on Halloween night in 1959 is considered by fans and sportswriters to be one of the most famous plays in LSU sports history."
tagline: "American football player (1937-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cannon_1961_Topps.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: "1937-08-02"
deathDate: "2018-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.82
  momentum:             3.210332103321033
  historical:           9.49954
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Billy Cannon"
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    title: "بيلي كانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيلى كانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cannon"
    title: "Billy Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cannon"
    title: "Billy Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cannon"
    title: "Billy Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cannon"
    title: "Billy Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cannon"
    title: "Billy Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cannon"
    title: "Billy Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cannon"
    title: "Billy Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4912321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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