# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-neil
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:07:45.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-neil"
name: "Billy Neil"
slug: "billy-neil"
description: "William Neil was a Scottish footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Neil, who played as a centre half, played in the Scottish Football League for Airdrieonians and Queen's Park between 1956 and 1972. Neil holds the record for the player with the most amateur caps. He died on 22 September 2014, at the age of 75."
tagline: "Scottish footballer (1939-2014)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1939-05-22"
deathDate: "2014-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.36
  momentum:             2.745098039215686
  historical:           5.469006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_(%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%85_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B3%DB%B9)"
    title: "بیلی نیل (فوتبالیست، دوغوم ۱۹۳۹)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "بيلي نيل (لاعب كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بيلى نيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Neil"
    title: "Billy Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Neil_(footballer%2C_born_1939)"
    title: "Billy Neil (footballer, born 1939)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%8C_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B3%DB%B9)"
    title: "بیلی نیل (بازیکن فوتبال، زاده ۱۹۳۹)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4913091"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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