# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-finney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:37:16.730Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-finney"
name: "Jim Finney"
slug: "jim-finney"
description: "James Finney was an English football referee during the 1960s and 1970s, active on the FIFA list. He was born in St Helens, but was based during his refereeing career in Hereford. Outside football he worked as a brewery representative."
tagline: "English football referee (1924–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Finney_(1966)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-08-17"
deathDate: "2008-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.31
  momentum:             17.2
  historical:           5.679050666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "جیم فینی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Finney"
    title: "Jim Finney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Finney"
    title: "Jim Finney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Finney"
    title: "Jim Finney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Finney"
    title: "Jim Finney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Finney"
    title: "James Finney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266193"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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