# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-simons
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:41:35.417Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-simons"
name: "Eric Simons"
slug: "eric-simons"
description: "Eric Owen Simons is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer. He was an all-rounder who played 23 One Day Internationals for South Africa in the 1990s. He later became coach of the national side for two years but he was replaced in 2004 by Ray Jennings."
tagline: "South African cricketer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1962-03-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.773833333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
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    title: "ایرک سائمنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اريك سيمونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "এরিক সিমন্স"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Simons"
    title: "Eric Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8"
    title: "एरिक सायमन्स"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "எரிக் சைமன்ஸ்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5387514"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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