# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-nitschke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:56:02.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-nitschke"
name: "Ray Nitschke"
slug: "ray-nitschke"
description: "Raymond Ernest Nitschke was an American professional football player who spent his entire 15-year career as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers. Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978, he was the anchor of the defense for head coach Vince Lombardi in the 1960s, leading the Packers to five NFL championships and victories in the first two Super Bowls."
tagline: "American football player (1936-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nitschke_packers.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1936-12-29"
deathDate: "1998-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.866029333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633014/"
    handle:    "nm0633014"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nitschke"
    title: "Ray Nitschke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%87"
    title: "راي نيتشكه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%87"
    title: "راى نيتشكه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%86%DA%A9%DB%95"
    title: "ڕەی نیچکە"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nitschke"
    title: "Ray Nitschke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nitschke"
    title: "Ray Nitschke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nitschke"
    title: "Ray Nitschke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nitschke"
    title: "Ray Nitschke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nitschke"
    title: "Ray Nitschke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123527"
    title: "Ray Nitschke"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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