# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-godfrey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:36:07.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-godfrey"
name: "George Godfrey"
slug: "george-godfrey"
description: "George Godfrey (II) The Leiperville Shadow was the ring name of Feab Smith Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the state of Alabama who fought from 1919 to 1937. He named himself after George \"Old Chocolate\" Godfrey, a Black Canadian boxer from the bare-knuckle boxing days who had been a top name during the John L. Sullivan era. Old Chocolate had been the fourth fighter to reign as World Colored Heavyweight Champion while the second George Godfrey was the 20th fighter to hold the colored heavyweight title."
tagline: "American boxer (1897–1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Godfrey_LOC.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: "1897-01-25"
deathDate: "1947-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.23
  momentum:             1.298076923076923
  historical:           5.883586666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Godfrey_(boxer%2C_born_1897)"
    title: "George Godfrey (boxer, born 1897)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "جورج غودفري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Godfrey_(Boxer%2C_1897)"
    title: "George Godfrey (Boxer, 1897)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Godfrey_(Black_Shadow)"
    title: "George Godfrey (Black Shadow)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Godfrey_(boxe_anglaise)"
    title: "George Godfrey (boxe anglaise)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Godfrey"
    title: "George Godfrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384527"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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