# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-botchan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:08:19.911Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-botchan"
name: "Ron Botchan"
slug: "ron-botchan"
description: "Ronald Leslie Botchan was an American football player, coach, and official. He played professionally as a linebacker in the American Football League (AFL) from 1960 to 1962. As an official, Botchan worked as an umpire for nearly his entire NFL career and wore the number 110. Regarded as the \"NFL's best umpire\" by the media, Botchan was assigned to a record-number five Super Bowls: XX in 1986, XXVII in 1993, XXIX in 1995, XXXI in 1997, and XXXIV in 2000. He was also an alternate in Super Bowl XXVI in 1992, and Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002. He ascended to the NFL ranks after nine years of officiating high school and college games."
tagline: "American football player, coach, and official"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_Botchan_1961.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: "1935-02-15"
deathDate: "2021-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.09
  momentum:             18.97727272727273
  historical:           4.604428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "رون بوتشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Botchan"
    title: "Ron Botchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Botchan"
    title: "Ron Botchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Botchan"
    title: "Ron Botchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ботчан, Рон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16096874"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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