# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-tatum
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:48:52.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-tatum"
name: "Jack Tatum"
slug: "jack-tatum"
description: "John David Tatum was an American professional football safety who played 10 seasons from 1971 through 1980 with the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Oilers in the National Football League (NFL). He was popularly nicknamed as \"the Assassin\" because of his playing style. Tatum was voted to three consecutive Pro Bowls (1973–1975) and played on one Super Bowl-winning team in nine seasons with the Raiders. He is also known for a hit he made against New England Patriots wide receiver Darryl Stingley in a 1978 preseason game that paralyzed Stingley from the neck down. He won a national championship at Ohio State."
tagline: "American football player (1948-2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Jimmy_Gunn_and_Jack_Tatum_1969.jpeg"
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: "1948-11-18"
deathDate: "2010-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.66
  momentum:             8.320707929174448
  historical:           7.149112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2913223/"
    handle:    "nm2913223"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Tatum"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "چاك تاتوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tatum"
    title: "Jack Tatum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tatum"
    title: "Jack Tatum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tatum"
    title: "Jack Tatum"
    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%86%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%A0"
    title: "ジャック・テイタム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tatum"
    title: "Jack Tatum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q687509"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3816465"
    title: "Jack Tatum"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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