# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/morne-du-plessis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:12:08.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/morne-du-plessis"
name: "Morné du Plessis"
slug: "morne-du-plessis"
description: "Morné du Plessis OIS is a former South African rugby union player often described as one of the Springboks' most successful captains. During the five years from 1975 to 1980 that he served as captain, the Springboks won 13 of 15 matches, giving Du Plessis an 86.66% success rate as captain."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1949-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.22
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.168181333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  213
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "மோனி டி பிலசிஸ்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morn%C3%A9_du_Plessis"
    title: "Morné du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "مورن دو پليسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morn%C3%A9_du_Plessis"
    title: "Morné du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morn%C3%A9_du_Plessis"
    title: "Morné du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morn%C3%A9_du_Plessis"
    title: "Morné du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morn%C3%A9_du_Plessis"
    title: "Morné du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3324209"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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