# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-spencer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:54:42.276Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-spencer"
name: "Howard Spencer"
slug: "howard-spencer"
description: "Howard Spencer was an English professional footballer. Often referred to as the \"Prince of Fullbacks\" due to his sportsmanship and ability, Spencer is considered one of the greatest Aston Villa captains of all time. In his 13 years as a senior player, he helped the side to four First Division championships and three FA Cup victories, as well as becoming the first Aston Villa player to captain England."
tagline: "English footballer (1875-1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HowardSpencer.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: "1875-08-23"
deathDate: "1940-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.84
  momentum:             5.856894301870378
  historical:           7.409000000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Spencer"
    title: "Howard Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1"
    title: "هوارد سبنسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1"
    title: "هوارد سبنسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Spencer"
    title: "Howard Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1"
    title: "هوارد اسپنسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Spencer"
    title: "Howard Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Spencer"
    title: "Howard Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Спенсер, Говард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2319091"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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