# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-furness
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:56:28.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-furness"
name: "Steve Furness"
slug: "steve-furness"
description: "Stephen Robert Furness, nicknamed Buckethead, Furny, was an American professional football defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), and a member of the Steelers' famed Steel Curtain defense. He earned four Super Bowl rings as a member of the Steelers. He was of English and Armenian descent. He converted to Judaism."
tagline: "American football player and coach (1950-2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Furness_Training_Camp.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: "1950-12-05"
deathDate: "2000-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.43
  momentum:             4.698795180722891
  historical:           5.682002666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Furness"
    title: "Steve Furness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ستيف فورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ستيف فورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Furness"
    title: "Steve Furness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "استیو فورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Furness"
    title: "Steve Furness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5999152"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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