# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roman-gabriel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:54.399Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roman-gabriel"
name: "Roman Gabriel"
slug: "roman-gabriel"
description: "Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr. was an American professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, earning first-team All-American honors twice. Gabriel was the second overall pick in the 1962 NFL draft and played 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, followed by five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He was notable for being the first Filipino-American quarterback in the NFL and the first and only Asian American to win the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, which he received in 1969."
tagline: "American football player (1940-2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roman_Gabriel%2C_1970.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: "1940-08-05"
deathDate: "2024-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.24
  momentum:             2.489386337321498
  historical:           6.729153333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300276/"
    handle:    "nm0300276"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Gabriel"
    title: "Roman Gabriel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "رومان غابرييل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "رومان جبريل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Gabriel"
    title: "Roman Gabriel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Gabriel"
    title: "Roman Gabriel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Gabriel"
    title: "Roman Gabriel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7361971"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97840"
    title: "Roman Gabriel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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