# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-buck
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:40.297Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-buck"
name: "Jack Buck"
slug: "jack-buck"
description: "John Francis Buck was an American sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St. Louis Cardinals. His play-by-play work earned him recognition from numerous halls of fame. He has also been inducted as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum. He was the father of ESPN sportscaster Joe Buck."
tagline: "American sportscaster (1924–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jackbuck.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1924-08-21"
deathDate: "2002-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.543913333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "جاك باك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "جاك باك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Buck"
    title: "Jack Buck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Buck"
    title: "Jack Buck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Buck"
    title: "Jack Buck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ジャック・バック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Buck"
    title: "Jack Buck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Buck"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/afb05cb0-8d5e-4ea4-a1fe-8b3c9a7f6995"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3247471"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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