# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:11:38.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-smith"
name: "Jim Smith"
slug: "jim-smith"
description: "James Michael Smith was an English footballer and manager. As a player, he made 249 appearances in the Fourth Division of the Football League, representing Aldershot, Halifax Town, Lincoln City and Colchester United, and played for 3+1⁄2 years for Boston United of the Northern Premier League. He began a long managerial career with Boston United, and went on to take charge of top division clubs such as Birmingham City, Newcastle United and Derby County. Smith served as a member of the board of directors of Oxford United for three years from 2006 to 2009. He served as the League Managers' Association's chief executive and was inducted into their Hall of Fame for managing over 1000 matches. He was nicknamed \"The Bald Eagle\"."
tagline: "English footballer (1940-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JimSmith.png?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: "1940-10-17"
deathDate: "2019-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.26
  momentum:             0.9657947686116704
  historical:           9.66984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джим Сміт (футболіст, 1940)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "جيم سميث (لاعب كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "جيم سميث (لاعب كورة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Smith_(footballer%2C_born_1940)"
    title: "Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "جیم اسمیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Smith_(football)"
    title: "Jim Smith (football)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Smith_(calciatore)"
    title: "Jim Smith (calciatore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Smith"
    title: "Jim Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Смит, Джим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Smith_(footballer%2C_born_1940)"
    title: "Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Smith_(1940_do%C4%9Fumlu_futbolcu)"
    title: "Jim Smith (1940 doğumlu futbolcu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6198196"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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