# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bobby-layne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:01:06.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bobby-layne"
name: "Bobby Layne"
slug: "bobby-layne"
description: "Robert Lawrence Layne was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns before being selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the third overall pick of the 1948 NFL draft and traded to the Chicago Bears. Layne played one season with the Bears, and then with the New York Bulldogs in 1949, the Detroit Lions from 1950 to 1958, and the Steelers from 1958 to 1962."
tagline: "American football player (1926–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LaynewithLions.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: "1926-12-19"
deathDate: "1986-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.648389333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Layne"
    title: "Bobby Layne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Layne"
    title: "Bobby Layne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%89_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بوبى لاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بوبي لاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Layne"
    title: "Bobby Layne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Layne"
    title: "Bobby Layne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Layne"
    title: "Bobby Layne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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