# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fran-cotton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:59:06.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fran-cotton"
name: "Fran Cotton"
slug: "fran-cotton"
description: "Francis Edward Cotton is a former rugby union prop forward who played for England and the British Lions. His clubs included Coventry R.F.C. and Sale. A \"fearsome\" prop, he was primarily a tighthead but also played to a high level at loosehead, winning three Lions caps in 1977 on the left of the front row and the Grand Slam with England in 1980. After retiring, he remained in rugby administration and founded a clothing company. In 2007, Cotton returned to his former club Sale as a member of the club's board."
tagline: "English rugby union footballer"
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: "1947-01-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.705258666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Cotton"
    title: "Fran Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "فران كوتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "فران كوتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Cotton"
    title: "Fran Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Cotton"
    title: "Fran Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Cotton"
    title: "Fran Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440699"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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