# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-ridgeway
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:42:06.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-ridgeway"
name: "Colin Ridgeway"
slug: "colin-ridgeway"
description: "Colin Edwin Ridgway was an American football punter distinguished as being the first Australian to play in the National Football League (NFL). He also competed in the high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Australian-born American football player (1937–1993)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937-02-19"
deathDate: "1993-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.68
  momentum:             2.631578947368421
  historical:           6.141253333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Ridgway"
    title: "Colin Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Ridgway"
    title: "Colin Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "كولين ريدجيواى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Ridgeway"
    title: "Colin Ridgeway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Ridgway"
    title: "Colin Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Ridgway"
    title: "Colin Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Ridgeway"
    title: "Colin Ridgeway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5145514"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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