# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-deans
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:07:25.271Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-deans"
name: "Bruce Deans"
slug: "bruce-deans"
description: "Ian Bruce Deans was a New Zealand rugby union player. He played for Canterbury during the 1980s and was a key part of the squad for many years. He played for two seasons for New Zealand. He was selected to be the understudy to half-back David Kirk in the All Black squad for the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987, but Frano Botica and himself didn't play a match. His first selection came during an end of seasons tour of Japan. Deans also played cricket for Canterbury Country in the Hawke Cup."
tagline: "New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1987_LC_Old_Boys_Rugby_World_Cup_(Bruce_Deans).tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1960-11-25"
deathDate: "2019-08-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.64
  momentum:             1.189189189189189
  historical:           4.140785333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "بروس دينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Deans"
    title: "Bruce Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Deans"
    title: "Bruce Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Deans"
    title: "Bruce Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4977366"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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