Template:Infobox CFL biography/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 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.

Standard


All 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

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  or
 * import – for CFL players only: American:, Global (since 2019):  , National:  ; 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
 * death_date - you may use
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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


If the player served notably in the military, you may include the following parameters, using module. See Template:Infobox military person for further information.
 * module =
 * 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   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.

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



Example


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