# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-berwanger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:48:57.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-berwanger"
name: "Jay Berwanger"
slug: "jay-berwanger"
description: "John Jacob \"Jay\" Berwanger was an American college football player and referee. In 1935, Berwanger was the first recipient of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, renamed the Heisman Trophy the following year. At its inception, the award was given to \"the most valuable player east of the Mississippi.\" In 1936, Berwanger became the first player drafted into the National Football League in its inaugural 1936 NFL draft, although he did not play professionally due to a salary dispute."
tagline: "American football player, halfback, Heisman Trophy winner (1914-2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Jay_Berwanger.jpg"
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: "1914-03-19"
deathDate: "2002-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.617249333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9"
    title: "Бервангер, Джей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Berwanger"
    title: "Jay Berwanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Berwanger"
    title: "Jay Berwanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Berwanger"
    title: "Jay Berwanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Berwanger"
    title: "Jay Berwanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Berwanger"
    title: "Jay Berwanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Berwanger"
    title: "Jay Berwanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321872"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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