# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-riggins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:43:55.215Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-riggins"
name: "John Riggins"
slug: "john-riggins"
description: "Robert John Riggins, nicknamed \"Riggo\" and \"Diesel\", is an American former professional football fullback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks. Riggins was known for his \"bell cow\" running style and productivity well into the later years of his career. In the 1983 season, at age 34, he rushed for a then-NFL record of 24 touchdowns, a record which stood for almost 20 seasons. Riggins again led the league in rushing touchdowns during the 1984 season at age 35. Although he earned only one Pro Bowl appearance in his career, Riggins had his greatest success in the postseason and was named MVP of Super Bowl XVII where he scored one touchdown and rushed for 166 yards in a 27–17 win for the Redskins over the Miami Dolphins. Riggins was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992."
tagline: "American football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnRiggins1983TrainingCamp.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: "1949-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.45
  momentum:             7.996031746031745
  historical:           9.840696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1013927/"
    handle:    "nm1013927"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://riggoontherange.com"
sources:
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    title: "John Riggins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "جون ريجينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Riggins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Riggins"
    title: "John Riggins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Riggins"
    title: "John Riggins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Riggins"
    title: "John Riggins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'ון ריגנס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Riggins"
    title: "John Riggins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Riggins"
    title: "John Riggins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Riggins"
    title: "John Riggins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237382"
    title: "John Riggins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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