# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-gallaher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:18:25.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-gallaher"
name: "Dave Gallaher"
slug: "dave-gallaher"
description: "David Gallaher was an Irish-born New Zealand rugby union footballer best remembered as the captain of the \"Original All Blacks\"—the 1905–06 New Zealand national team, the first representative New Zealand side to tour the Irish and British Isles. Under Gallaher's leadership the Originals won 34 out of 35 matches over the course of tour, including legs in France and North America; the New Zealanders scored 976 points and conceded only 59. Before returning home he co-wrote the classic rugby text The Complete Rugby Footballer with his vice-captain Billy Stead. Gallaher retired as a player after the 1905–06 tour and took up coaching and selecting; he was a selector for both Auckland and New Zealand for most of the following decade."
tagline: "New Zealand rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Gallaher_1905c.jpg?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: "1873-10-30"
deathDate: "1917-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.896150666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%B2_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Дејв Галахер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "ديف غالاهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "ديف جالاهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gallaher"
    title: "David Gallaher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Gallaher"
    title: "Dave Gallaher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Gallaher"
    title: "Dave Gallaher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Gallaher"
    title: "Dave Gallaher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Gallaher"
    title: "Dave Gallaher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Gallaher"
    title: "Dave Gallaher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573987"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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