# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russ-francis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:59:45.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russ-francis"
name: "Russ Francis"
slug: "russ-francis"
description: "Russell Ross Francis was an American professional football player who was a tight end for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers. He was also a professional wrestler.\n\nFrancis finished his NFL career with 393 receptions for 5,262 yards and 40 touchdowns. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1993."
tagline: "Player of American football (1953–2023)"
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: "1953-04-03"
deathDate: "2023-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.45
  momentum:             0.6363636363636366
  historical:           5.722610666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Francis"
    title: "Russ Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "راسيل فرنسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "راسيل فرنسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Francis"
    title: "Russ Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Francis"
    title: "Russ Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Francis"
    title: "Russ Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3453408"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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