# Jerry Smith

> Gerald Thomas Smith was an American professional football player who was a tight end for the National Football League (NFL)'s Washington Redskins for 13 seasons, from 1965 through 1977. By the time he retired, he held the NFL record for most career touchdowns by a tight end. Smith publicly announced he had AIDS in August 1986, being the first professional athlete to do so. He died two months later. A 2014 documentary from the NFL Network's A Football Life series profiles his career, as well as his "double life as a closeted gay man and a star athlete."

*Player of American football (1943-1986)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/jerry-smith

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1943-07-19
- **Died:** 1986-10-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 7.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Смит, Джеральд Томас](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [جيري سميث (لاعب كرة قدم أمريكية)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9))
- [جيرى سميث (لاعب كورة القدم الامريكيه)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87))
- [Jerry Smith (Footballspieler)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Smith_(Footballspieler))
- [Jerry Smith (tight end)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Smith_(tight_end))
- [Jerry Smith](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Smith)
- [Jerry Smith (bola sepak Amerika)](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Smith_(bola_sepak_Amerika))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1687869)

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