# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-dewitt
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:13:07.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-dewitt"
name: "John DeWitt"
slug: "john-dewitt"
description: "John Riegel DeWitt was an American athlete. He played college football for Princeton from 1901 to 1903 and was selected as an All-American in 1902 and 1903. He also competed in the hammer throw, setting the world record in 1903 and winning the silver medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "American football player, track and field athlete (1881-1930)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_DeWitt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1881-10-29"
deathDate: "1930-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           12.003132
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John DeWitt"
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    title: "John DeWitt"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John DeWitt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump