# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/butch-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:19:15.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/butch-james"
name: "Butch James"
slug: "butch-james"
description: "Andrew David \"Butch\" James is a South African former professional rugby union player who represented South Africa 40 times and was a member of the team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup. His usual position was fly-half, though he also played inside centre."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1979-01-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.34
  momentum:             5.399999999999999
  historical:           7.881930666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%87_%D0%8F%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Буч Џејмс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_James"
    title: "Butch James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "بوتش جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "بوتش جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_James"
    title: "Butch James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_James"
    title: "Butch James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_James"
    title: "Butch James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_James"
    title: "Butch James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ブッチ・ジェームス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597161"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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