# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:36:01.293Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-smith"
name: "Jerry Smith"
slug: "jerry-smith"
description: "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.\""
tagline: "Player of American football (1943-1986)"
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: "1943-07-19"
deathDate: "1986-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.04
  momentum:             7.699281025320413
  historical:           6.537165333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "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"
    title: "Смит, Джеральд Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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)"
    title: "جيري سميث (لاعب كرة قدم أمريكية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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)"
    title: "جيرى سميث (لاعب كورة القدم الامريكيه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Smith_(Footballspieler)"
    title: "Jerry Smith (Footballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Smith_(tight_end)"
    title: "Jerry Smith (tight end)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Smith"
    title: "Jerry Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Smith_(bola_sepak_Amerika)"
    title: "Jerry Smith (bola sepak Amerika)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1687869"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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