# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-paynter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:00:43.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-paynter"
name: "Eddie Paynter"
slug: "eddie-paynter"
description: "Edward Paynter was an English cricketer: an attacking batsman and excellent fielder. Among batsmen with at least ten Test dismissals, his batting average of 59.23 is the eighth highest ever; among batsmen with at least 25 Test dismissals, his average is the fifth highest ever, second only to Herbert Sutcliffe amongst Englishmen. Against Australia alone Paynter averaged an extraordinary 84.42."
tagline: "English cricketer (1901-1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_Paynter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1901-11-05"
deathDate: "1979-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.98
  momentum:             7.04963404883449
  historical:           4.876890666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Paynter"
    title: "Eddie Paynter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ادى پاينتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "এডি পেন্টার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%B9%D8%B1"
    title: "ایڈی پینٹر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "एडी पेंटर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "எடி பெயின்டர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5336391"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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