# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-richardson-spensley
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:20:34.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-richardson-spensley"
name: "James Richardson Spensley"
slug: "james-richardson-spensley"
description: "James Richardson Spensley was an English medical doctor, footballer, manager, scout leader and medic from Stoke Newington, London. He is considered to be one of the \"Fathers of Italian football\", due to his association with Genoa CFC and his contribution to the modern day variation of the game in Italy and of Italian scouting."
tagline: "English footballer (1867-1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesRichardSpensley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1867-05-17"
deathDate: "1915-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.63
  momentum:             0.4335260115606936
  historical:           10.95932533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джеймс Спенслі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "چيمس ريتشاردسون سپينسلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Джеймс Ричардсън Спенсли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Spensley"
    title: "James Spensley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Richardson_Spensley"
    title: "James Richardson Spensley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Richardson_Spensley"
    title: "James Richardson Spensley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Spensley"
    title: "James Spensley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Spensley"
    title: "James Spensley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Spensley"
    title: "James Spensley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacobus_Spensley"
    title: "Iacobus Spensley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Richardson_Spensley"
    title: "James Richardson Spensley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Richardson_Spensley"
    title: "James Richardson Spensley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Спенсли, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396557"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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