# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-gotch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:54:58.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-gotch"
name: "Frank Gotch"
slug: "frank-gotch"
description: "Frank Alvin Gotch was an American professional wrestler who was the first American to win the World Heavyweight Championship in catch wrestling, and is credited for popularizing professional wrestling in the United States. Gotch competed back when the contests at championship level were largely legit, and his reign as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion is one of the ten longest in the history of professional wrestling. He became one of the most popular athletes in the United States from the 1900s to the 1910s. Pro Wrestling Illustrated described Gotch as \"arguably the best North American professional wrestler of the 20th century\"."
tagline: "American professional wrestler (1878–1917)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank-gotch.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: "1878-04-27"
deathDate: "1917-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.89
  momentum:             2.850087938554164
  historical:           9.052745333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3426514/"
    handle:    "nm3426514"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%87%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BA"
    title: "Готч, Фрэнк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "فرانك جوتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gotch"
    title: "Frank Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gotch"
    title: "Frank Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gotch"
    title: "Frank Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gotch"
    title: "Frank Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gotch"
    title: "Frank Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%83%E3%83%81"
    title: "フランク・ゴッチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenks_Got%C4%8Ds"
    title: "Frenks Gotčs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gotch"
    title: "Frank Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q742936"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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