# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:24:03.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-thornton"
name: "Eric Thornton"
slug: "eric-thornton"
description: "Eric Thornton was a footballer who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games, where he won a bronze medal as a member of a mixed team representing Belgium that was mostly made up of students from the Université de Bruxelles. Born in England, he represented the Belgium national team in two official matches in 1905."
tagline: "Belgian association football player (1882-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1900_Belgian_Olympic_Football_Team.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1882-07-05"
deathDate: "1945-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.15
  momentum:             3.287179487179488
  historical:           10.93660933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Торнтон, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "إريك ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اريك ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Thornton"
    title: "Eric Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Thornton"
    title: "Eric Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Thornton"
    title: "Eric Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اریک تورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Thornton"
    title: "Eric Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Thornton"
    title: "Eric Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Thornton"
    title: "Eric Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%92riks_Torntons"
    title: "Ēriks Torntons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Thornton"
    title: "Eric Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Thornton"
    title: "Eric Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2636500"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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