# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pudge-heffelfinger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:54:10.018Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pudge-heffelfinger"
name: "Pudge Heffelfinger"
slug: "pudge-heffelfinger"
description: "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."
tagline: "American football player and coach (1867–1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pudge_heffelfinger.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: "1867-12-20"
deathDate: "1954-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.46
  momentum:             1.510791366906475
  historical:           10.30651866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Heffelfinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "وليام هيفيلفينجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام هيفيلفينجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger"
    title: "William Heffelfinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger"
    title: "William Heffelfinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Γουίλιαμ Χεφελφίνγκερ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudge_Heffelfinger"
    title: "Pudge Heffelfinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger"
    title: "William Heffelfinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger"
    title: "William Heffelfinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "វីលៀម ហេហ្វេលហ្វីងហ្គ័រ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger"
    title: "William Heffelfinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger"
    title: "William Heffelfinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573706"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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