# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-bland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:06:57.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-bland"
name: "Colin Bland"
slug: "colin-bland"
description: "Kenneth Colin Bland was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in 21 Test matches for South Africa in the 1960s. He is regarded as one of the greatest fielders in the history of Test cricket."
tagline: "South African cricketer (1938-2018)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Colin_Bland_of_South_Africa.jpg"
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country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
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birthDate: "1938-04-05"
deathDate: "2018-04-14"
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