# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-balderstone
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:09:12.212Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-balderstone"
name: "Chris Balderstone"
slug: "chris-balderstone"
description: "John Christopher Balderstone was an English professional in cricket and football, and one of the last sportsmen to combine both sports over a prolonged period. He played football as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United, Doncaster Rovers and Queen of the South. He played and umpired in first-class cricket making it to international level – he played in two Tests in 1976 and umpired in two ODIs between 1994 and 1998. In a long club career, he was a key part of the five trophy winning Leicestershire side of the early and mid-1970s."
tagline: "Cricket player of England. (1940-2000)"
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: "1940-11-16"
deathDate: "2000-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.25
  momentum:             6.553124999999999
  historical:           6.42754
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "کرس بالڈرسٹون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريس بالديرستون"
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    title: "ক্রিস বল্ডারস্টোন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Balderstone"
    title: "Chris Balderstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کریس بالدرستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Balderstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "क्रिस बाल्डरस्टोन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "கிரிஸ் பால்டெர்ஸ்டோன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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