# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-neely
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:28:06.910Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-neely"
name: "Don Neely"
slug: "don-neely"
description: "Donald Owen Neely was a New Zealand cricket historian, administrator and player. He served as President of New Zealand Cricket from 2006 to 2009 and wrote or co-wrote more than 30 books about New Zealand cricket, making him the country's foremost cricket historian."
tagline: "New Zealand cricketer (1935-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Neely_MNZM_(cropped).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: "1935-12-21"
deathDate: "2022-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.201764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "دون نيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Neely"
    title: "Don Neely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Neely"
    title: "Don Neely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ڈان نیلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Neely"
    title: "Don Neely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5293208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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