# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-rush
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:51:58.221Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-rush"
name: "Eric Rush"
slug: "eric-rush"
description: "Eric James Rush is a former Māori New Zealand rugby union footballer and rugby sevens player, and now a supermarket owner. His New Zealand Sevens career began in 1988 and ran until 2004. Rush played in more than 60 tournaments, with the highlights being two Commonwealth Games gold medals and the World Cup Sevens victory in 2001. He was also voted Best and Fairest Player at the 1991 Hong Kong Sevens."
tagline: "New Zealand rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tauranga_Gala_Dinner_2016_(cropped)_-_Eric_Rush.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1965-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.550577333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%83%E9%87%8C%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E6%8B%89%E4%BB%80"
    title: "埃里克·拉什"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "إريك راش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "اريك راش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Rush"
    title: "Eric Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Rush"
    title: "Eric Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Rush"
    title: "Eric Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Rush"
    title: "Eric Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3056393"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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