# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-close
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:50:29.782Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-close"
name: "Brian Close"
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description: "Dennis Brian Close, was an English first-class cricketer. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, captaining them seven times to six wins and one drawn test. Close also captained Yorkshire to four county championship titles – the main domestic trophy in English cricket. He later went on to captain Somerset, where he is widely credited with developing the county into a hard-playing team, and helping to mould Viv Richards and Ian Botham into the successful players they became."
tagline: "English cricketer (1931-2015)"
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birthDate: "1931-02-24"
deathDate: "2015-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump