# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricky-bell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:45:02.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricky-bell"
name: "Ricky Bell"
slug: "ricky-bell"
description: "Ricky Lynn Bell was an American professional football player who was a running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). Bell played college football for the USC Trojans, gaining 1,875 yards rushing in his junior season. The first overall pick in the 1977 NFL draft, Bell was inducted posthumously into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004."
tagline: "Player of American football (1955–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1986_Jeno's_Pizza_-_19_-_Ricky_Bell_(cropped).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: "1955-04-08"
deathDate: "1984-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.49
  momentum:             16.98649701376266
  historical:           5.832842666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Bell_(running_back)"
    title: "Ricky Bell (running back)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ريكي بيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87)"
    title: "ريكى بيل (لاعب كورة القدم الامريكيه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Bell"
    title: "Ricky Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Bell"
    title: "Ricky Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Bell"
    title: "Ricky Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3935038"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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