# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-best
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:56:09.585Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-best"
name: "David Best"
slug: "david-best"
description: "David Best was an English professional footballer. A goalkeeper, he made over 200 appearances for AFC Bournemouth, nearly 100 appearances for Oldham Athletic and 168 appearances for Ipswich Town between 1968 and 1974."
tagline: "English footballer ( 1943-2025)"
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: "1943-09-06"
deathDate: "2025-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.13
  momentum:             9.435173299101411
  historical:           7.209288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Best_(futagl%C3%B6p%C3%A4dan)"
    title: "David Best (futaglöpädan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ديفيد بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ديفيد بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Best"
    title: "David Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Best_(footballer)"
    title: "David Best (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Best"
    title: "David Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "دیوید بست (بازیکن فوتبال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Best_(c%E1%BA%A7u_th%E1%BB%A7_b%C3%B3ng_%C4%91%C3%A1)"
    title: "David Best (cầu thủ bóng đá)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5231385"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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