# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-flaherty
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:58:34.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-flaherty"
name: "Ray Flaherty"
slug: "ray-flaherty"
description: "Raymond Paul Flaherty was an American professional football player and coach who spent 18 total seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as both a player and a coach. He played college football for the Gonzaga Bulldogs and played for the Los Angeles Wildcats of the American Football League (AFL) and the New York Yankees and New York Giants of the NFL. The Giants retired his jersey number 1, the first in NFL history, upon his playing retirement in 1935."
tagline: "American football player and coach (1903-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_flaherty_photo_1940s.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: "1903-09-01"
deathDate: "1994-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.429088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Flaherty"
    title: "Ray Flaherty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "راي فلاهرتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "راى فلاهرتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Flaherty"
    title: "Ray Flaherty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Flaherty"
    title: "Ray Flaherty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Flaherty"
    title: "Ray Flaherty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Flaherty"
    title: "Ray Flaherty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Flaherty"
    title: "Ray Flaherty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955206"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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