# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-gower
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:02:20.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-gower"
name: "David Gower"
slug: "david-gower"
description: "David Ivon Gower is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who was captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. Described as one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of his era, Gower played 117 Test matches and 114 One Day Internationals (ODI) scoring 8,231 and 3,170 runs, respectively. He was one of the most capped and high-scoring players for England during this period, and only Jack Hobbs made more runs against Australia than Gower's 3,269. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup."
tagline: "Cricket player of England. (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sky_Team.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1957-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump