# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-dawson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:29:26.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-dawson"
name: "Matt Dawson"
slug: "matt-dawson"
description: "Matthew James Sutherland Dawson, MBE is an English retired rugby union player who played scrum half for Northampton Saints and then London Wasps. During his international career he toured with the British & Irish Lions three times and was part of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winning side. He won 77 caps for his country in total, including nine as captain and was England's most capped scrum half until passed by Danny Care."
tagline: "English rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Dawson_UNICEF_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1972-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.88
  momentum:             16.36440966315073
  historical:           5.786906666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dawson"
    title: "Matt Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%A8%D9%8A)"
    title: "مات دوسن (لاعب اتحاد الرغبي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89)"
    title: "مات داوسون (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dawson"
    title: "Matt Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dawson"
    title: "Matt Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dawson"
    title: "Matt Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299432"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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