# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-mclaren
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:58:02.725Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-mclaren"
name: "Bill McLaren"
slug: "bill-mclaren"
description: "William Pollock McLaren was a Scottish rugby union commentator, teacher, journalist and one time rugby player. Known as \"the voice of rugby\", he retired from commentating in 2002. Renowned throughout the sport, his enthusiasm and memorable turn of phrase endeared him to many."
tagline: "Scottish rugby union player (1923-2010)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1923-10-16"
deathDate: "2010-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.84
  momentum:             0.6557377049180328
  historical:           7.699750666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/25c9796c-42d0-413b-adf7-52dca94836c8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيل مكلارين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McLaren"
    title: "Bill McLaren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McLaren"
    title: "Bill McLaren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McLaren"
    title: "Bill McLaren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McLaren"
    title: "Bill McLaren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McLaren"
    title: "Bill McLaren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McLaren"
    title: "Bill McLaren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McLaren"
    title: "Bill McLaren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862313"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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