# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-elway
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:05:57.777Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-elway"
name: "Jack Elway"
slug: "jack-elway"
description: "John Albert Elway Sr. was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at California State University, Northridge from 1976 to 1978, at San Jose State University from 1979 to 1983, and at Stanford University from 1984 to 1989, compiling a career college football record of 80–60–4. Elway also served as the head coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football (WLAF) from 1991 to 1992, tallying a mark of 10–10. He was the father of John Elway, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback."
tagline: "American football player, coach, scout and executive (1931-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Elway_plaque%2C_SJ_Sports_Hall_of_Fame.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: "1931-05-30"
deathDate: "2001-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.39
  momentum:             15
  historical:           3.101046666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "جاك الواى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elway"
    title: "Jack Elway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elway"
    title: "Jack Elway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525757"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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