# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-jackett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:51:12.918Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-jackett"
name: "Edward Jackett"
slug: "edward-jackett"
description: "Edward John Jackett, known as John Jackett, was an English rugby union player, who represented the England national rugby union team, the British Lions, and competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for Great Britain. He is the elder brother of Richard ″Dick″ Jackett, who was also in the Great Britain team which won the Olympic silver medal."
tagline: "English rugby union and rugby league footballer (1878–1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E._John_Jackett_in_1910.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: "1878-07-04"
deathDate: "1935-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.337005333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Джекетт, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jackett"
    title: "Edward Jackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jackett_(rugby_union)"
    title: "John Jackett (rugby union)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%DA%A9%D8%AA"
    title: "ادوارد جکت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jackett"
    title: "Edward Jackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jackett"
    title: "Edward Jackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jackett"
    title: "John Jackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2068265"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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