# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-torrance
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:04:53.944Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-torrance"
name: "Jack Torrance"
slug: "jack-torrance"
description: "John Torrance was an American shot putter and American football player. Torrance broke the shot put world record several times in 1934, his eventual best mark of 17.40 m remaining unbeaten until 1948. At the 1936 Summer Olympics he placed fifth."
tagline: "American shot putter and football player (1912–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Torrance_1933.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: "1912-06-20"
deathDate: "1969-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.03
  momentum:             0.1449275362318841
  historical:           6.338373333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Torrance"
    title: "Jack Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "جاك تورانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "جاك تورانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Torrance"
    title: "Jack Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Torrance_(athlete)"
    title: "Jack Torrance (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Torrance_(athl%C3%A9tisme)"
    title: "Jack Torrance (athlétisme)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Torrance"
    title: "Jack Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677228"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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