# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mcphail
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:13:38.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mcphail"
name: "John McPhail"
slug: "john-mcphail"
description: "John McPhail was a Scottish footballer who spent his entire senior playing career with Celtic. He also played for Scotland, gaining five caps. Upon his retirement from professional football, he wrote for the Daily Record and The Celtic View. He was the elder brother of Billy McPhail, also a former Celtic player."
tagline: "Scottish footballer (1923-2000)"
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: "1923-12-27"
deathDate: "2000-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.23
  momentum:             2.041387024608502
  historical:           5.672678666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McPhail"
    title: "John McPhail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جون ماكفيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جون ماكفيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Макфейл, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McPhail_(footballer)"
    title: "John McPhail (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McPhail"
    title: "John McPhail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182075"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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