# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/errol-tobias
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:39:35.746Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/errol-tobias"
name: "Errol Tobias"
slug: "errol-tobias"
description: "Errol George Tobias is a former South African rugby union player, and the first player of colour to play in a test match for the South African national side. He gained six caps between 1981 and 1984 when the country was still following the policy of apartheid. Tobias's selection paved the way for other black players to be added to the national team: first Avril Williams, and later, Avril's nephew, Chester Williams. Of his 21 games for the Springboks, six were tests."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1950-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.36
  momentum:             7.213848842289209
  historical:           5.684342666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Tobias"
    title: "Errol Tobias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Tobias"
    title: "Errol Tobias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "إيرول توبياس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Tobias"
    title: "Errol Tobias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Tobias"
    title: "Errol Tobias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Tobias"
    title: "Errol Tobias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959311"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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