# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-raper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:35:33.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-raper"
name: "Johnny Raper"
slug: "johnny-raper"
description: "John William Raper was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach. Nicknamed \"Chook\", he was a lock-forward who earned a then-record of 33 Test caps in the Australia national team between 1959 and 1968. He also played six World Cup games between 1960 and 1968. Raper captained Australia on eight occasions from 1967 to 68 and played in eight consecutive NSWRFL first-grade grand final victories for the St. George Dragons club. He was named as one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century."
tagline: "Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator (1939–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Raper.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1939-04-12"
deathDate: "2022-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.65
  momentum:             11.55339805825243
  historical:           5.382154666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Raper"
    title: "Johnny Raper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "جونى رابر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Raper"
    title: "Johnny Raper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Raper"
    title: "Johnny Raper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Raper"
    title: "Johnny Raper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Raper"
    title: "Johnny Raper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182959"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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