# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-mcelhenny
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:20:09.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-mcelhenny"
name: "Hugh McElhenny"
slug: "hugh-mcelhenny"
description: "Hugh Edward McElhenny Jr. was an American professional football halfback who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 to 1964 for the San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, and Detroit Lions. He was noted for his explosive, elusive running style and was nicknamed \"the King\" and \"Hurryin' Hugh\". A member of San Francisco's famed Million Dollar Backfield and one of the franchise's most popular players, McElhenny's no. 39 is retired by the 49ers and he is a member of the San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American football player (1928–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugh_McElhenny_at_a_collectors_show_in_Jan_2014.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: "1928-12-31"
deathDate: "2022-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.89
  momentum:             1.028301886792453
  historical:           7.708750666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1550659/"
    handle:    "nm1550659"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McElhenny"
    title: "Hugh McElhenny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AC_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "هوج مكيلهينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McElhenny"
    title: "Hugh McElhenny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McElhenny"
    title: "Hugh McElhenny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McElhenny"
    title: "Hugh McElhenny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McElhenny"
    title: "Hugh McElhenny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McElhenny"
    title: "Hugh McElhenny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%98%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ヒュー・マケルヘニー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457791"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3331011"
    title: "Hugh McElhenny"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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