# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernie-nevers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:01:18.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernie-nevers"
name: "Ernie Nevers"
slug: "ernie-nevers"
description: "Ernest Alonzo Nevers, nicknamed \"Big Dog\", was an American professional football and baseball player and football coach. Nevers is widely regarded as one of the best football players in the first half of the 20th century. He played as a fullback and was a triple-threat man known for his talents in running, passing, and kicking. Nevers was inducted in the inaugural classes of inductees into both the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963. He was also named in 1969 to the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team."
tagline: "American football player and coach (1902–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernie_Nevers.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1902-06-11"
deathDate: "1976-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.704358666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Nevers"
    title: "Ernie Nevers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "ارنى نيڤيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Nevers"
    title: "Ernie Nevers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8E%84%E5%B0%BC%C2%B7%E5%86%85%E5%BC%97%E6%96%AF"
    title: "厄尼·内弗斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Nevers"
    title: "Ernie Nevers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Nevers"
    title: "Ernie Nevers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356935"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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