# Pudge Heffelfinger

> William Walter "Pudge" Heffelfinger, also spelled Hafelfinger, was an American football player and coach. He is considered the greatest lineman of his time, and the first athlete to play American football professionally, having been paid to play in 1892 for the Allegheny Athletic Association.

*American football player and coach (1867–1954)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pudge-heffelfinger

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1867-12-20
- **Died:** 1954-04-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 10.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Heffelfinger](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger)
- [وليام هيفيلفينجير](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [وليام هيفيلفينجير](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [William Heffelfinger](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger)
- [William Heffelfinger](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger)
- [Γουίλιαμ Χεφελφίνγκερ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BC_%CE%A7%CE%B5%CF%86%CE%B5%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%81)
- [Pudge Heffelfinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudge_Heffelfinger)
- [William Heffelfinger](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger)
- [William Heffelfinger](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger)
- [វីលៀម ហេហ្វេលហ្វីងហ្គ័រ](https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%80%E1%9E%98_%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%9B%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%84%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%82%E1%9F%90%E1%9E%9A)
- [William Heffelfinger](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger)
- [William Heffelfinger](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573706)

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