# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ronnie-whelan-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:10:06.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ronnie-whelan-sr"
name: "Ronnie Whelan, Sr."
slug: "ronnie-whelan-sr"
description: "Ronnie Whelan Sr. was a Republic of Ireland international footballer, who played for several clubs, most notably St. Patrick's Athletic. He is the father of Ronnie Jr. Another son, Paul, and a grandson, Gavin, were also League of Ireland players. Whelan died in July 1993 at the age of 56 from stomach cancer."
tagline: "Irish footballer (1936-1993)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1936-11-17"
deathDate: "1993-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.95
  momentum:             1.400778210116732
  historical:           2.410548
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  41
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "روني ويلان (لاعب كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Whelan_(footballer%2C_born_1936)"
    title: "Ronnie Whelan (footballer, born 1936)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7366027"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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