# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/delme-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:29:10.617Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/delme-thomas"
name: "Delme Thomas"
slug: "delme-thomas"
description: "William Delme Thomas is a former rugby union player who became one of Wales' best known rugby players in the 1960s and 1970s. He joined Llanelli RFC in 1961 and was the team's captain when they won the league in the 1972–73 season and was also the captain when Llanelli beat a touring All Blacks team in 1972. He is remembered for his emotional speech given to his teammates before this game. He played lock forward."
tagline: "Welsh rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Delme_Thomas.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1942-09-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.47
  momentum:             6.123348017621145
  historical:           6.146509333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3935449"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "دلمى توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delme_Thomas"
    title: "Delme Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delme_Thomas"
    title: "Delme Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delme_Thomas"
    title: "Delme Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delme_Thomas"
    title: "Delme Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delme_Thomas"
    title: "Delme Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q979336"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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