# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugene-mercer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:01:22.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eugene-mercer"
name: "Eugene Mercer"
slug: "eugene-mercer"
description: "Eugene Leroy Mercer was a respected surgeon but was best known for his college football career while attending the University of Pennsylvania. In 1910, he led Penn to the eastern championship and served as the Quakers' captain for the next two seasons. During his time at Penn, Mercer helped the Quakers to a 23–10 football record and received All-American honors in 1910, 1911 and 1912."
tagline: "American long jumper, decathlete and baseball player (1888-1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1912_Eugene_Mercer.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: "1888-10-30"
deathDate: "1957-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.27
  momentum:             1.25
  historical:           4.802268
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "لوروا ميرسير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Mercer"
    title: "Eugene Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Mercer"
    title: "Leroy Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Mercer"
    title: "Eugene Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Mercer"
    title: "Leroy Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5407535"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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