# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-theismann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:07:06.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-theismann"
name: "Joe Theismann"
slug: "joe-theismann"
description: "Joseph Robert Theismann is an American former professional football player, sports commentator, corporate speaker, and restaurateur. He rose to fame playing quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). Theismann spent 12 seasons with the Washington Redskins, where he was a two-time Pro Bowler and led the team to consecutive Super Bowl appearances, winning Super Bowl XVII over the Miami Dolphins and losing Super Bowl XVIII to the Los Angeles Raiders. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003."
tagline: "American football player and broadcaster (born 1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Theismann_2021_(cropped)_(cropped).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: "1949-09-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.88
  momentum:             11.05294166950159
  historical:           11.71494933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005483/"
    handle:    "nm0005483"
sources:
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    title: "Joe Theismann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جو ثيسمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "چو ثيسمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Theismann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Theismann"
    title: "Joe Theismann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Theismann"
    title: "Joe Theismann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Theismann"
    title: "Joe Theismann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Theismann"
    title: "Joe Theismann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95_%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ו תייסמן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Theismann"
    title: "Joe Theismann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョー・サイズマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "ज्यो थाइसमान"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175963"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/975260"
    title: "Joe Theismann"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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