# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-scheurer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:48:58.572Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-scheurer"
name: "Rudolf Scheurer"
slug: "rudolf-scheurer"
description: "Rudolf Scheurer was a football (soccer) referee from Bettlach, most remembered for supervising four matches at the FIFA World Cup: two in 1970 and 1974. During his peak times, Scheurer was a high-profile referee: In 1970, he was nominated as linesman in the final between Brazil and Italy. In 1974, he was awarded the opening game. Scheurer also whistled in 1970 and 1974 World Cup qualifiers, UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying, and many European club competition matches. After he retired from his active career, Scheurer served as chief of the Swiss soccer referees. He died on November 1, 2015."
tagline: "Swiss football referee (1925-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rudolf_Scheurer_(1973).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1925-05-25"
deathDate: "2015-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.09
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.482866666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Scheurer"
    title: "Rudolf Scheurer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AB_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "রুডলফ শিউরের"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Scheurer_(Schiedsrichter)"
    title: "Rudolf Scheurer (Schiedsrichter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Scheurer"
    title: "Rudolf Scheurer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Scheurer"
    title: "Rudolf Scheurer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Scheurer"
    title: "Rudolf Scheurer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q614536"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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