# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-bennett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:06:18.008Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-bennett"
name: "Phil Bennett"
slug: "phil-bennett"
description: "Philip Bennett was a Welsh rugby union player who played as a fly-half for Llanelli RFC and the Wales national team. He began his career in 1966, and a year later he had taken over from Barry John as Llanelli's first-choice fly-half. He made 414 appearances for the Scarlets over the course of a 15-year career he scored 131 tries, 43 drop goals, 293 pens and 523 conversions. He made his Wales debut in 1969, but it was not until John's retirement from rugby in 1972 that Bennett became a regular starter for his country. He led Wales to the Five Nations Championship title, including the Grand Slam in 1978, which culminated with his retirement from Wales duty."
tagline: "Welsh rugby union player (1948–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phil_Bennett.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: "1948-10-24"
deathDate: "2022-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.14
  momentum:             11.34625757416553
  historical:           12.11530266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Phil Bennett"
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    title: "فيل بينيت (لاعب اتحاد الرغبي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phil Bennett"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett_(ragbista)"
    title: "Phil Bennett (ragbista)"
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  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett"
    title: "Phil Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett_(Rugbyspieler)"
    title: "Phil Bennett (Rugbyspieler)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett"
    title: "Phil Bennett"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett"
    title: "Phil Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett"
    title: "Phil Bennett"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett"
    title: "Phil Bennett"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett"
    title: "Phil Bennett"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett"
    title: "Phil Bennett"
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  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett"
    title: "Phil Bennett"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bennett"
    title: "Phil Bennett"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1381032"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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