Template:Infobox gridiron football person/doc

Intended uses

This infobox template is intended to be used for current and former Canadian Football League (CFL) players, coaches and administrators.

This infobox template is not intended to be used for current and former National Football League (NFL) players, coaches and administrators, nor for players, coaches and administrators in the several NFL predecessor leagues, including the American Professional Football Association (APFA, 1920–1921), All-America Football Conference (AAFC, 1946–1949), American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969). This template is also not used for Arena Football League players, coaches and administrators. All of the foregoing use Template:Infobox NFL player.

This template is also not used for American college football players, which use Template:Infobox college football player, nor for American college football coaches, which use Template:Infobox college coach, the uniform template for college coaches in all American college sports.

Blank template

Standard

{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name              = 
| team              = 
| image             = 
| image_size        = 
| alt               = 
| caption           = 
| status            = 
| import            = 
| position1         = 
| birth_date        = 
| birth_place       = 
| death_date        = 
| death_place       = 
| number            = 
| college           = 
| CIS               = 
| high_school       = 
| height_ft         = 
| height_in         = 
| weight_lbs        = 
| CFLDraftedYear    = 
| CFLDraftedRound   = 
| CFLDraftedPick    = 
| CFLDraftedTeam    = 
| NFLDraftedYear    = 
| NFLDraftedRound   = 
| NFLDraftedPick    = 
| NFLDraftedTeam    = 
| playing_years     = 
| playing_teams     = 
| career_highlights = 
| CFL               = 
| NFL               = 
}}

All parameters

{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name                 =
| nickname             =
| team                 =
| image                =
| image_size           =
| alt                  =
| caption              =
| status               =
| import               =
| position1            =
| position2            =
| position3            =
| position4            =
| position5            =
| birth_date           =
| birth_place          =
| death_date           =
| death_place          =
| number               = <!-- or | uniform_number =  -->
| college              =
| CIS                  =
| amateur_title        =
| amateur_team         =
| high_school          =
| height_ft            =
| height_in            =
| weight_lbs           =
| hand                 =
| pass_style           =
| AFLRookieYear        =
| AFLDraftedYear       =
| AFLDraftedRound      =
| AFLDraftedPick       =
| AFLDraftedTeam       =
| CFLDraftedYear       =
| CFLDraftedRound      =
| CFLDraftedPick       =
| CFLDraftedTeam       =
| CommonDraftedYear    =
| CommonDraftedRound   =
| CommonDraftedPick    =
| CommonDraftedTeam    =
| ExpDraftedYear       =
| ExpDraftedRound      =
| ExpDraftedPick       =
| ExpDraftedTeam       =
| NFLDraftedYear       =
| NFLDraftedRound      =
| NFLDraftedPick       =
| NFLSuppDraftedYear   =
| NFLSuppDraftedRound  =
| NFLSuppDraftedPick   =
| NFLDraftedTeam       =
| other_title          =
| other_years          =
| other_teams          =
| administrating_years =
| administrating_teams =
| coaching_years       =
| coaching_teams       =
| playing_years        =
| playing_teams        =
| career_highlights    =
* 
| AFLAllStar           =
| CFLAllStar           =
| ProBowls             =
| Awards               =
| honors               =
| honours              =
| retired #s           =
| records              =
| statlabel1           =
| statvalue1           =
| statlabel2           =
| statvalue2           =
| statlabel3           =
| statvalue3           =
| statlabel4           =
| statvalue4           =
| statlabel5           =
| statvalue5           =
| statlabel6           =
| statvalue6           =
| AFL                  =
| ArenaFan             =
| CFL                  =
| NFL                  =
| CoachPFR             =
| CFHOF                =
| CFHOFYear            =
| CollegeHOF           =
| CollegeHOFYear       =
| PFHOF                =
| PFHOFYear            =
| module               =
}}

Parameters

Mandatory parameters

These fields will be shown regardless of whether a value is given

• name – name of player, PAGENAME used if no value given

Optional parameters

These fields will not be shown if the parameter is omitted or if no value is given

• nickname -
• team - currently signed team, defines header colours for infobox use no wiki-markups
• image - Image name, without File: namespace nor wiki-markups
• image_size - Image size in pixels
• alt - Alt text to describe image, for visually impaired readers. See WP:ALT.
• caption - caption for Image
• status – Whether the person is active or not. Some options are Active or Not Active
• import – for CFL players only: International: yes, National: no; leave blank if n/a
• position - deprecated, will only display if no position# below given
• position1, position2, position3, position4, & position5 – Add the position without brackets, automatically wikilinked and abbreviated
• number – player current jersey number
• college - US college team
• CIS - Canadian university
• amateur_title - heading for non-college play (e.g. CJFL); amateur_team
• birth_date - if living, you may use {{Birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}}
• death_date - you may use {{Death date and age|ydyd|md|dd|ybyb|mb|db}}
• AFLRookieYear - Arena Football League entry year
• AFLDraftedYear, AFLDraftedRound, AFLDraftedPick, AFLDraftedTeam - American Football League Draft
• CFLDraftedYear, CFLDraftedRound, CFLDraftedPick, CFLDraftedTeam - Canadian Football League Draft
• NFLDraftedYear, NFLDraftedRound, NFLDraftedPick, NFLDraftedTeam - National Football League Draft
• administrating_teams, coaching_teams, playing_teams – a chronological list of teams separated by <br />
• administrating_years, coaching_years, playing_years – a list of year ranges corresponding to the listed teams, separated by <br />
• other_teams, other_years - chronological list of other football-related roles
  • other_title - heading for Organizations as {{{other_title}}}
• career_highlights – list of achievements ordered by a *
• AFLAllStar - years selected as American Football League All-Star
• CFLAllStar - years selected as Canadian Football League All-Star or All-Canadian
• ProBowls - years selected for the NFL All-Star game
• External link for statistics.
  • AFL – player identification from Arenafootball.com
    • ArenaFan - player identification from ArenaFan.com, not displayed if AFL is used
  • CFL – player identification from CFL.ca
  • NFL – player identification from NFL.com
    • CBS - player identification from cbs.sportsline.com, not displayed if NFL is used
      • DatabaseFootball - player identification from databasefootball.com, not displayed if CBS or NFL is used
• CFHOF - player page identification from Canadian Football Hall of Fame, include everything after "page/" in the url
• CollegeHOF player identification from College Football Hall of Fame website, empty otherwise
• PFHOF – player identification from Pro Football Hall of Fame website, empty otherwise
  • PFHOFYear – year player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, empty otherwise

Military service

<!--Military service-->
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance    = 
| branch        = 
| serviceyears  = 
| rank          = 
| servicenumber = <!-- Do not use data from primary sources such as service records -->
| unit          = 
| commands      = 
| battles       = 
| battles_label = 
| awards        =
| memorials     =
| spouse        = <!-- Add spouse if reliably sourced --> 
| relations     =
| laterwork     = 
}}

If the player served notably in the military, you may include the following parameters, using |module={{infobox military person|embed=yes}}. See Template:Infobox military person for further information.

• allegiance – the country or other power the person served. Multiple countries may be indicated together with the corresponding dates. This field should not be used to indicate a particular service branch, which is better indicated by the branch field (below).
• branch – the service branch (Army, Navy, etc.) the person was a part of; this should be left blank for people who were not part of a formal armed service, or who predate the establishment of formal service branches.
• serviceyears – the years during which the person served.
• rank – the highest rank achieved by the person. Unusual cases, such as this rank not being the last achieved, or the rank being awarded posthumously, may be noted. In cases where the person held different ranks in different armies, multiple ranks should be specified with a date and country note for each.
• unit – for persons who are not notable as commanding officers, the unit (company, battalion, regiment, etc.) in which they served. This should be omitted if the commands are specified (as above).
• battles – any notable battles or wars in which the person participated. This should be omitted if a campaignbox is used in conjunction with this template.
• awards – any notable military awards or decorations the person received.

Example

{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name                 = John Smith
| full_name            = John Chris Smith
| nickname             = Jonno
| image                = Placeholder.svg
| image_size           = 200
| caption              = Caption
| status               = Active
| import               = yes
| position1            = Quarterback
| position2            = Halfback
| position3            = Fullback
| position4            = Wide receiver
| position5            = Tight end
| birth_date           = {{Birth date|1981|1|15}}
| birth_place          = City
| death_date           = {{Death date and age|2081|1|15|1981|1|15}}
| death_place          = City
| number               = 1
| college              = [[College|Wikipedia]]
| high_school          = [[High school|Wikipedia High School]]
| height_ft            = 6
| height_in            = 0
| weight_lbs           = 200
| hand                 = right
| pass_style           = over
| AFLRookieYear        = 2008
| AFLDraftedYear       = 1966
| AFLDraftedRound      = 1
| AFLDraftedPick       = 1
| AFLDraftedTeam       = [[Wikipedia]]ns
| CFLDraftedYear       = 2008
| CFLDraftedRound      = 1
| CFLDraftedPick       = 1
| CFLDraftedTeam       = [[Wikipedia]]ns
| CommonDraftedYear    = 1967
| CommonDraftedRound   = 1
| CommonDraftedPick    = 1
| CommonDraftedTeam    = [[Wikipedia]]ns
| ExpDraftedYear       = 2002
| ExpDraftedRound      = 1
| ExpDraftedPick       = 1
| ExpDraftedTeam       = [[Wikipedia]]ns
| NFLDraftedYear       = 2008
| NFLDraftedRound      = 1
| NFLDraftedPick       = 1
| NFLSuppDraftedYear   = 2008
| NFLSuppDraftedRound  = 4
| NFLSuppDraftedPick   = 100
| NFLDraftedTeam       = [[Wikipedia]]ns
| administrating_years = 2008
| administrating_teams = Team
| coaching_years       = 2008
| coaching_teams       = Team
| playing_years        = 2008
| playing_teams        = Team
| career_highlights    =
* 2008 League MVP
| statlabel1           = [[Touchdown|TD]]-[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue1           = 273-139
| statlabel2           = Yards
| statvalue2           = 40,551
| statlabel3           = [[Passer rating|QB Rating]]
| statvalue3           = 92.3
| statlabel4           = [[Completion (American football)|Comp]]-Att
| statvalue4           = 3,409-5,391
| statlabel5           = %
| statvalue5           = 63.2
| statlabel6           = GP-GS
| statvalue6           = 192-164
| AFL                  = 12341
| CFL                  = 2344
| NFL                  = 143143
| CFHOF                = 1player=Smith,_John
| CFHOFYear            = 2008
| CollegeHOF           = 12421
| CollegeHOFYear       = 2008
| PFHOF                = 845250
| PFHOFYear            = 2008
}}

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583).

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• birthplace
• category
• country-name
• deathdate
• deathplace
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Infobox gridiron football person

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See also

• Template:Infobox NFL player (for current and former NFL players and coaches)
• Template:Infobox college football player (for American current and former college football players)

Tracking/maintenance category

• Category:Pages using infobox gridiron football person with military parameters