# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-howcroft
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:22:51.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-howcroft"
name: "John Howcroft"
slug: "john-howcroft"
description: "John Thomas \"Jack\" Howcroft was an English football referee who officiated 18 international matches between 1908 and 1921. He also refereed the 1920 FA Cup final between Aston Villa and Huddersfield Town at Stamford Bridge."
tagline: "English football referee (1874-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sport_NL_elftal_1912%2C_SFA022003844.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1874-10-23"
deathDate: "1962-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.801512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Howcroft"
    title: "Jack Howcroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Howcroft"
    title: "Jack Howcroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howcroft"
    title: "John Howcroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howcroft"
    title: "John Howcroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Хоукрофт, Джек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1101293"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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