# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-fortmann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:04:05.732Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-fortmann"
name: "Dan Fortmann"
slug: "dan-fortmann"
description: "Daniel John Fortmann was an American professional football guard and linebacker who played for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colgate Red Raiders. Playing for Chicago from 1936 to 1943, he was selected as an All-Pro for seven consecutive years from 1937 to 1943. He was the Bears' team captain starting in 1940 and led the team to NFL championships in 1940, 1941, and 1943."
tagline: "American football player (1916-1995)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Dan_Fortmann.jpg"
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: "1916-04-11"
deathDate: "1995-05-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.678978666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fortmann"
    title: "Dan Fortmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دان فورتمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fortmann"
    title: "Dan Fortmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ダン・フォートマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fortmann"
    title: "Dan Fortmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fortmann"
    title: "Dan Fortmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159064"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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