# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-gleeson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:13:25.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-gleeson"
name: "John Gleeson"
slug: "john-gleeson"
description: "John William Gleeson was an Australian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches from 1967 to 1972. He is best known for his unique bowling style, which according to Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland \"bamboozled batsmen\" and could \"regularly dumbfound the best batsmen in any team\"."
tagline: "Australian cricketer (1938-2016)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/JW_Gleeson.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1938-03-14"
deathDate: "2016-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.5
  historical:           5.739093333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "জন গ্লিসন"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gleeson_(cricketer)"
    title: "John Gleeson (cricketer)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump