# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dante-lavelli
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:20:53.209Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dante-lavelli"
name: "Dante Lavelli"
slug: "dante-lavelli"
description: "Dante Bert Joseph Lavelli, nicknamed \"Gluefingers\", was an American professional football player. An end, he played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1956. Starring alongside quarterback Otto Graham, fullback Marion Motley, kicker Lou Groza and fellow receiver Mac Speedie, Lavelli was an integral part of a Browns team that won seven championships during his 11-season career. Lavelli was known for his sure hands and improvisations on the field. He was also renowned for making catches in critical situations, earning the nickname \"Mr. Clutch\". Browns head coach Paul Brown once said of him: \"Lavelli had one of the strongest pairs of hands I've ever seen, when he went up for a pass with a defender, you could almost always count on him coming back down with the ball.\""
tagline: "American football player (1923-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dante_Lavelli%2C_American_football_end%2C_on_a_1950_football_card.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: "1923-02-23"
deathDate: "2009-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.223904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Dante Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "دانت لاڤيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Lavelli"
    title: "Dante Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Lavelli"
    title: "Dante Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Lavelli"
    title: "Dante Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Lavelli"
    title: "Dante Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Lavelli"
    title: "Dante Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Lavelli"
    title: "Dante Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458128"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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