# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-gonsalves
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:24:18.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-gonsalves"
name: "Billy Gonsalves"
slug: "billy-gonsalves"
description: "Adelino William Gonsalves was an American soccer player, sometimes described as the \"Babe Ruth of American Soccer\". He spent over 25 years playing in various American professional leagues and was a member of the U.S. squad at the FIFA World Cup in 1930 and 1934. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American soccer player (1908-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_gonsalves_in_1930.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: "1908-08-10"
deathDate: "1977-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           15.81217333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump