# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-lester
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:16:47.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-lester"
name: "John Lester"
slug: "john-lester"
description: "John Ashby Lester was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and a teacher. Lester was one of the Philadelphian cricketers who played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I. His obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, described him as \"one of the great figures in American cricket.\" During his career, he played in 53 matches for the Philadelphians, 47 of which are considered first class. From 1897 until his retirement in 1908, Lester led the batting averages in Philadelphia and captained all the international home matches."
tagline: "American cricketer (1871-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_A_Lester.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1871-08-01"
deathDate: "1969-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.406084
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "جون ليستير (لاعب كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون ليستير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lester"
    title: "John Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ஜான் லெஸ்டர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1"
    title: "جان لیسٹر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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