# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-reader
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:21:06.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-reader"
name: "George Reader"
slug: "george-reader"
description: "George Reader was an English football referee, known for officiating in the 1950 FIFA World Cup Final. He is the first Englishman to do so, and the oldest match official at any World Cup in history. He hailed from Nuneaton, Warwickshire."
tagline: "English football referee (1896–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Empate_en_el_Maracan%C3%A1.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1896-11-22"
deathDate: "1978-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.50526933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "George Reader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج ريدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چورچ رايدير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Reader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reader"
    title: "George Reader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Reader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج ریدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reader"
    title: "George Reader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reader"
    title: "George Reader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reader"
    title: "George Reader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョージ・リーダー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reader"
    title: "George Reader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reader"
    title: "George Reader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6"
    title: "Ридер, Джордж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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