# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:03:09.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-benson"
name: "John Benson"
slug: "john-benson"
description: "John Harvey Benson was a Scottish football player and manager. Born in Arbroath, Benson started his career as an apprentice at Manchester City. He turned professional in 1961, and made 44 league appearances over the next three seasons before being sold to Fourth Division side Torquay United in 1964. He was a regular in the first team during his whole spell with Torquay, helping the club win promotion to the Third Division in the 1965–66 season."
tagline: "Scottish football player and manager (1942-2010)"
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: "1942-12-23"
deathDate: "2010-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.93
  momentum:             2.650602409638554
  historical:           6.348453333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benson_(Schots_voetballer)"
    title: "John Benson (Schots voetballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benson_(Fu%C3%9Fballspieler)"
    title: "John Benson (Fußballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benson_(footballer%2C_born_1942)"
    title: "John Benson (footballer, born 1942)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benson_(bluckaneyr%2C_ruggit_1942)"
    title: "John Benson (bluckaneyr, ruggit 1942)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benson"
    title: "John Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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