# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-pithey
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:41:22.510Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-pithey"
name: "David Pithey"
slug: "david-pithey"
description: "David Bartlett Pithey was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in eight Tests for South Africa from 1963 to 1967. As well as playing for Rhodesia and Western Province, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Northamptonshire. Christopher Martin-Jenkins described him as \"spasmodically brilliant\". His brother, Tony, also played Test cricket for South Africa; they played together in five of the Tests on the 1963–64 tour of Australasia."
tagline: "Cricket player of South Africa. (1936-2018)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Tony_and_David_Pithey.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1936-10-04"
deathDate: "2018-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.737113333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ڈیوڈ پیتھی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%89"
    title: "ديڤيد پيثى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "ডেভিড পিদি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pithey"
    title: "David Pithey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pithey"
    title: "David Pithey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80"
    title: "डेव्हिड पिथी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "டேவிட் பித்தேய்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3525609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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