Template:Infobox Canadian Football League biography

Infobox Canadian Football League biography

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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 biography. This template may be more appropriate for a player, coach, or administrator who played in the NFL but is most notable for their CFL career.

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 CFL biography
| name              = 
| number            = 
| team              = 
| image             = 
| alt               = 
| caption           = 
| birth_date        = 
| birth_place       = 
| death_date        = 
| death_place       = 
| status            = 
| import            = 
| position1         = 
| height_ft         = 
| height_in         = 
| weight_lb         = 
| college           = 
| CIS               = 
| high_school       = 
| CFLDraftedYear    = 
| CFLDraftedRound   = 
| CFLDraftedPick    = 
| CFLDraftedTeam    = 
| NFLDraftedYear    = 
| NFLDraftedRound   = 
| NFLDraftedPick    = 
| NFLDraftedTeam    = 
| playing_years1    = 
| playing_team1     = 
| career_highlights = 
| CFL               = 
| NFL               = 
}}

All parameters

{{Infobox CFL biography
| embed                  = 
| name                   = 
| number                 = 
| team                   = 
| image                  = 
| image_upright          = 
| alt                    = 
| caption                = 
| nickname               = 
| birth_date             = 
| birth_place            = 
| death_date             = 
| death_place            = 
| status                 = 
| import                 = 
| position               = <!-- or: position1 -->
| position2              = 
| position3              = 
| position4              = 
| position5              = 
| uniform_number         = <!-- or: jersey -->
| height_ft              = 
| height_in              = 
| weight_lb              = <!-- or: weight_lbs -->
| college                = 
| CIS                    = 
| amateur_title          = 
| amateur_team           = 
| high_school            = <!-- or: highschool -->
| AFLRookieYear          = 
| AFLDraftedYear         = 
| AFLDraftedRound        = 
| AFLDraftedPick         = 
| AFLDraftedTeam         = 
| BAFLRookieYear         = 
| BAFLDraftedTeam        = 
| CFLDraftedYear         = 
| CFLDraftedRound        = 
| CFLDraftedPick         = 
| CFLDraftedTeam         = 
| CommonDraftedYear      = 
| CommonDraftedRound     = 
| CommonDraftedPick      = 
| CommonDraftedTeam      = 
| ExpDraftedYear         = 
| ExpDraftedRound        = 
| ExpDraftedPick         = 
| ExpDraftedTeam         = 
| NFLDraftedYear         = <!-- or: DraftedYear -->
| NFLDraftedRound        = <!-- or: DraftedRound -->
| NFLDraftedPick         = <!-- or: DraftedPick -->
| NFLSuppDraftedYear     = 
| NFLSuppDraftedRound    = 
| NFLSuppDraftedPick     = 
| NFLDraftedTeam         = 
| hand                   = 
| pass_style             = 
| administrating_years1  = 
| administrating_team1   = 
<!-- ... --->
| administrating_years10 = 
| administrating_team10  = 
| coaching_years1        = 
| coaching_team1         = 
<!-- ... --->
| coaching_years30       = 
| coaching_team30        = 
| playing_years1         = 
| playing_team1          = 
<!-- ... --->
| playing_years20        = 
| playing_team20         = 
| other_title            = 
| other_years1           = 
| other_team1            = 
<!-- ... --->
| other_years10          = 
| other_team10           = 
| career_footnotes       = 
| career_highlights      = 
*
| AFLAllStar             = 
| CFLAllStar             = 
| CFLEastAllStar         = 
| CFLWestAllStar         = 
| ProBowls               = 
| awards                 = 
| honors                 = <!-- or: honours -->
| retired #s             = 
| records                = 
| statlabel1             = 
| statvalue1             = 
| statlabel2             = 
| statvalue2             = 
| statlabel3             = 
| statvalue3             = 
| statlabel4             = 
| statvalue4             = 
| statlabel5             = 
| statvalue5             = 
| statlabel6             = 
| statvalue6             = 
| AFL                    = 
| ArenaFan               = 
| CFL                    = <!-- or: CFL-archive -->
| NFL                    = 
| CBS                    = 
| DatabaseFootball       = 
| CoachPFR               = 
| CFHOF                  = 
| CFHOFYear              = 
| CollegeHOF             = 
| CollegeHOFYear         = 
| PFHOF                  = <!-- or: HOF = -->
| PFHOFYear              = <!-- or: HOFYear = -->
| 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

Wikidata

These fields will fetch values from Wikidata if the parameter is omitted. That will be suppressed if the parameter is given an empty value (e.g. |image= )

• image - Image name, without File: namespace nor wiki-markups
• caption - caption for Image

Non-Wikidata

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_upright - Image scaling factor
• alt - Alt text to describe image, for visually impaired readers. See WP:ALT.
• status – Whether the person is active or not. Some options are Active or Not Active
• import – for CFL players only: American: yes, Global (since 2019): global, 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
• 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, in the form first-last
• 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.

Use as a child template

The embed parameter is used when embedding this infobox into another.

This infobox may be used to create a genre-specific section within {{Infobox person}} (or similar biographical infobox templates) for cases where a person may be notable in more than one field; a generic example is shown below. For guidance on usage, see Wikipedia:Infobox modules. Also see the Template:Infobox documentation which explains embedding and subboxes.

{{Infobox person
| name = 
| image = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = 
| <!-- etc. -->
| module = 
  {{Infobox CFL biography | embed=yes
  | parameter-1 = 
  | parameter-2 = 
  | parameter-3 = 
  | parameter-4 = 
  | <!-- etc. -->
  }}
}}

Embedding other templates

The module parameter is used for embedding other templates into this infobox.

{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = 
| <!-- etc. -->
| module =
  {{Infobox ABC
  | embed = yes <!-- or child=yes / subbox=yes -->
  | <!-- etc. -->
  }}
}}

Example

John Smith

No. 1
File:Placeholder.svg Caption
Nickname(s)	Jonno
Born:	(1981-01-15)January 15, 1981 City
Died:	City
Career information
Status	Active
CFL status	American
Position(s)	QB/HB/FB/WR/TE
Height
Weight
College	Wikipedia
High school	Wikipedia High School
AFL entry	2008
AFL draft	1966 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Drafted by	Wikipedians
CFL Draft	2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Drafted by	Wikipedians
Common draft	1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Drafted by	Wikipedians
Expansion draft	2002 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Drafted by	Wikipedians
NFL draft	2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Supplemental draft	2008 / Round: 4 / Pick: 100
Drafted by	Wikipedians
Hand	Right
Passing style	Over
Career highlights and awards
2008 League MVP
Career stats
TD-INT	273-139
Yards	40,551
QB Rating	92.3
Comp-Att	3,409-5,391
%	63.2
GP-GS	192-164
Playing stats at Arenafootball.com Playing stats at CFL.ca Playing stats at NFL.com
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 2008 College Football Hall of Fame, 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2008

{{Infobox CFL biography
| name                 = John Smith
| nickname             = Jonno
| image                = Placeholder.svg
| 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_lb            = 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
| 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                  = john-smith/135791
| NFL                  = SMI024682
| NFL-new              = johnsmith/1234567
| CFHOF                = john-smith
| CFHOFYear            = 2008
| CollegeHOF           = 1378
| 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). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

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

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox Canadian Football League biography An infobox for gridion football person. Template parameters This template prefers block formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Name name Name of player. Default Article name without disambiguation. String optional Nickname nickname Nickname of player. String optional Team team Currently signed team, defines header colours for infobox use no wiki-markups. String optional Image image Image name, without File: namespace nor wiki-markups. File optional Image upright image_upright Image scaling factor. Number optional Alt alt Alt text to describe image, for visually impaired readers. See WP:ALT. String optional Caption caption Caption for Image. String optional Status status Whether the person is active or not. Some options are Active or Not Active. String optional Import import For CFL players only: International: yes, National: no; leave blank if n/a. String optional Position position Deprecated, will only display if no position# below given. String optional Positions position1, position2, position3, position4, & position5 Add the position without brackets, automatically wikilinked and abbreviated. Line optional Number number Player current jersey number. Number optional College college US college team. String optional CIS CIS Canadian university. String optional Amateur title amateur_title Heading for non-college play (e.g. CJFL); amateur_team. String optional Birth date birth_date If living, you may use {{Birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}}. String optional Death date death_date You may use {{Death date and age|ydyd|md|dd|ybyb|mb|db}}. String optional AFL Rookie Year AFLRookieYear Arena Football League entry year. String optional AFL Drafted AFLDraftedYear, AFLDraftedRound, AFLDraftedPick, AFLDraftedTeam American Football League Draft. String optional AFL Drafted CFLDraftedYear, CFLDraftedRound, CFLDraftedPick, CFLDraftedTeam Canadian Football League Draft. String optional AFL Drafted NFLDraftedYear, NFLDraftedRound, NFLDraftedPick, NFLDraftedTeam National Football League Draft. String optional Others other_teams,other_years Chronological list of other football-related roles. Line optional Other title other_title Heading for Organizations as {{{other_title}}}. String optional Highlights career_highlights List of achievements ordered by a *. Line optional AFL All Star AFLAllStar Years selected as American Football League All-Star. String optional CFL All Star CFLAllStar Years selected as American Football League All-Star or All-Canadian. String optional Pro Bowls ProBowls Years selected for the NFL All-Star game. String optional AFL AFL Player identification from Arenafootball.com. String optional Arena Fan ArenaFan Player identification from ArenaFan.com, not displayed if AFL is used. String optional CFL CFL Player identification from CFL.ca. String optional NFL NFL Player identification from NFL.com. String optional CBS CBS Player identification from cbs.sportsline.com, not displayed if NFL is used. String optional Database Football DatabaseFootball Player identification from databasefootball.com, not displayed if CBS or NFL is used. String optional CF Hall Of Fame CFHOF Player page identification from Canadian Football Hall of Fame, in the form 'first-last' String optional College Hall Of Fame CollegeHOF Player identification from College Football Hall of Fame website, empty otherwise. String optional Pro Football Hall Of Fame PFHOF Player identification from Pro Football Hall of Fame website, empty otherwise. String optional PF HOF Year PFHOFYear Year player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, empty otherwise. String optional Module module Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one. Unknown optional Height height_ft no description Unknown optional Height height_in no description Unknown optional Weight weight_lb no description Unknown optional

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox Canadian Football League biography with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox Canadian Football League biography with military parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox Canadian Football League biography to be checked for style (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox Canadian Football League biography with invalid CFL parameter (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox Canadian Football League biography with DatabaseFootball parameter (0)

See also

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

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