# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-deans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:59:06.086Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-deans"
name: "John Deans"
slug: "john-deans"
description: "John Kelly \"Dixie\" Deans was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward in the 1960s and 1970s, primarily for Motherwell and Celtic. Deans played in two international matches for Scotland, both in 1974. A prolific goal-scorer, Deans was nicknamed \"Dixie\" in honour of Everton and England centre-forward Dixie Dean."
tagline: "Scottish footballer (1946–2025)"
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: "1946-07-30"
deathDate: "2025"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.21
  momentum:             1.258741258741259
  historical:           8.088734666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Джон Дінс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جون دينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جون دينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Deans"
    title: "Dixie Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Deans"
    title: "Dixie Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deans"
    title: "John Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Deans"
    title: "Dixie Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deans"
    title: "John Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Динс, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181340"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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