# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-motz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:18:08.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-motz"
name: "Dick Motz"
slug: "dick-motz"
description: "Richard Charles Motz was a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman, Motz played 32 Test matches for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1961 and 1969. He was the first bowler for New Zealand to take 100 wickets in Test cricket."
tagline: "New Zealand cricketer (1940-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dick_Motz%2C_1961.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1940-01-12"
deathDate: "2007-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.59
  momentum:             4.782608695652175
  historical:           5.738229333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DA%A9_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%B2"
    title: "ڈک موٹز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ديك موتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%9C"
    title: "ডিক মোৎজ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Motz"
    title: "Dick Motz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Motz"
    title: "Dick Motz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9D"
    title: "डिक मोत्झ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "డిక్ మోట్జ్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5273218"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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