# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reginald-courtenay-welch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:49:18.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reginald-courtenay-welch"
name: "Reginald Courtenay Welch"
slug: "reginald-courtenay-welch"
description: "Reginald Courtenay Welch was an English footballer, a key figure in the early years of the sport. He played for the Wanderers in the FA Cup Finals of 1872 and 1873, and also played for England in the first ever international match. During his career he appeared both in goal and as a defender."
tagline: "English footballer (1851-1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Welch.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: "1851-10-17"
deathDate: "1939-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.79
  momentum:             19.97175141242938
  historical:           8.076206666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Уэлч, Реджиналд"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رجنلد د کورتنی ولچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Courtenay_Welch"
    title: "Reginald Courtenay Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Courtenay_Welch"
    title: "Reginald Courtenay Welch"
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    title: "رجنلد د کورتنی ولچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Courtenay_Welch"
    title: "Reginald Courtenay Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Courtenay_Welch"
    title: "Reginald Courtenay Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Courtenay_Welch"
    title: "Reginald Courtenay Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3075604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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