# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grant-batty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:11:26.587Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grant-batty"
name: "Grant Batty"
slug: "grant-batty"
description: "Grant Bernard Batty was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. A diminutive but effective wing for the All Blacks, Batty played domestically for Wellington and Bay of Plenty. A crowd favourite, he was usually the smallest man on the field. Nicknamed \"Batts\", he was also known as \"Twinkle Toes\" or \"Pocket Rocket\" for his small size, explosive acceleration, and fearless combative approach. His rugby career was cut short by a knee injury, leading to his retirement in 1977 at age 25."
tagline: "New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1951-08-31"
deathDate: "2026-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.88
  momentum:             0.4469273743016761
  historical:           5.680130666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Batty"
    title: "Grant Batty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "غرانت باتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "جرانت باتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Batty"
    title: "Grant Batty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Batty"
    title: "Grant Batty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Batty"
    title: "Grant Batty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q588403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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