# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-jeffrey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:43:52.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-jeffrey"
name: "William Jeffrey"
slug: "william-jeffrey"
description: "William Jeffrey was the head coach of the United States national soccer team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup that famously beat England 1–0 in one of the greatest upsets in the history of soccer. He was the coach of Penn State for 26 seasons, winning ten national college championships. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American soccer player (1892-1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WJeffrey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1892-08-03"
deathDate: "1966-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.52
  momentum:             18.41040462427746
  historical:           11.57185333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вільям Джеффрі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "ويليام جيفري (لاعب كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jeffrey"
    title: "William Jeffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jeffrey_(American_soccer)"
    title: "William Jeffrey (American soccer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jeffrey"
    title: "William Jeffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C)"
    title: "ویلیام جفری (بازیکن فوتبال آمریکایی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jeffrey"
    title: "William Jeffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jeffrey"
    title: "William Jeffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jeffrey"
    title: "William Jeffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Билл Джеффри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jeffrey"
    title: "William Jeffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jeffrey"
    title: "William Jeffrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Джеффри, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2053280"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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