# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cromie-mccandless
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:28:59.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cromie-mccandless"
name: "Cromie McCandless"
slug: "cromie-mccandless"
description: "Cromie McCandless was a Northern Irish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in 1951, when he finished in third place in the 125cc world championship behind Carlo Ubbiali and Gianni Leoni. McCandless won two Grand Prix races during his career. He was the brother of Rex McCandless who designed the successful featherbed frame used by the Norton Motorcycle Company."
tagline: "Motorcycle racer from Belfast, Northern Ireland"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Cromie-McCandless-1952.jpg/330px-Cromie-McCandless-1952.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1921-01-17"
deathDate: "1992-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.9
  momentum:             0.7258064516129034
  historical:           5.871454666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromie_McCandless"
    title: "Cromie McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "كرومي مكاندلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromie_McCandless"
    title: "Cromie McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromie_McCandless"
    title: "Cromie McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromie_McCandless"
    title: "Cromie McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "クロミー・マッキャンドレス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1770326"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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