# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/keith-wood
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:31:02.384Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/keith-wood"
name: "Keith Wood"
slug: "keith-wood"
description: "Keith Wood is an Irish former rugby union player who played as a hooker at international level for Ireland, and the British & Irish Lions. He also played at club level for Garryowen, Harlequins and Munster. He was nicknamed 'The Raging Potato' because of his bald head, and as 'Uncle Fester' due to his resemblance to the character in The Addams Family. Wood is considered by many to have been the best hooker in rugby union during his era, winning the inaugural World Rugby Player of the Year award, and to be among the best hookers in the history of the game."
tagline: "Irish rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Keith_Wood_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1972-01-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.39287733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Кит Вуд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "كيث وود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "كيث وود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Gerard_Mallinson_Wood"
    title: "Keith Gerard Mallinson Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Wood"
    title: "Keith Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Wood"
    title: "Keith Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Wood"
    title: "Keith Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Wood"
    title: "Keith Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Wood"
    title: "Keith Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Wood"
    title: "Keith Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Wood"
    title: "Keith Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%83%E3%83%89"
    title: "キース・ウッド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Wood"
    title: "Keith Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Wood"
    title: "Keith Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Wood"
    title: "Keith Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%83%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82"
    title: "Вуд, Кит"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388702"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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