# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ross-gillespie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:24.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ross-gillespie"
name: "Ross Gillespie"
slug: "ross-gillespie"
description: "John Ross Gillespie was a New Zealand field hockey player and coach. Gillespie represented New Zealand at the Summer Olympics twice as a player, in 1960 and 1964. He was head coach of the New Zealand field hockey team at 1972 Summer Olympics and of the gold medal-winning team four years later in 1976."
tagline: "New Zealand field hockey player (1935–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Ross_Gillespie_-_Wiki.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1935-06-02"
deathDate: "2023-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.79
  momentum:             4.074074074074074
  historical:           6.336069333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%BE%DB%8C"
    title: "راس گلیسپی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Gillespie"
    title: "Ross Gillespie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Gillespie"
    title: "Ross Gillespie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Gillespie"
    title: "Ross Gillespie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Gillespie"
    title: "Ross Gillespie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Gillespie"
    title: "Ross Gillespie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Гиллеспи, Росс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7369352"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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