# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-craven
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:19:46.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-craven"
name: "John Craven"
slug: "john-craven"
description: "John Roland Craven was an English professional footballer. He began his playing career as a defender, but also played as a centre-forward on occasion. He also played in the United States and captained the Vancouver Whitecaps, including in their Soccer Bowl '79 winning year. The side were inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum as a Team of Distinction in 2011."
tagline: "English football player (1947-1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/John_Craven_BFC.jpg"
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: "1947-05-15"
deathDate: "1996-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.55
  momentum:             21.89024390243902
  historical:           5.676638666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Craven_(footballer)"
    title: "John Craven (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "جون كرافين (لاعب كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون كرافين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Craven_(c%E1%BA%A7u_th%E1%BB%A7_b%C3%B3ng_%C4%91%C3%A1)"
    title: "John Craven (cầu thủ bóng đá)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "جان کریون (بازیکن فوتبال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Craven_(calciatore)"
    title: "John Craven (calciatore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6227528"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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