# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-balvay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:05:51.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-balvay"
name: "Thomas Balvay"
slug: "thomas-balvay"
description: "Georges Balvay, also known as Thomas Balvay was a football referee in the 1920s and 1930s and one of four European referees who participated in the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 in Uruguay. He was the only match official from France at the tournament."
tagline: "French football referee (1888–1945)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1888-02-02"
deathDate: "1945-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.39
  momentum:             21.16666666666666
  historical:           10.97314933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Balvay"
    title: "Thomas Balvay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "توماس بالفاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "توماس بالفاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Balvay"
    title: "Thomas Balvay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Balvay"
    title: "Thomas Balvay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balway"
    title: "John Balway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%A1_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%BE%D5%A5"
    title: "Թոմա Բալվե"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Balvay"
    title: "Thomas Balvay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Balvay"
    title: "Thomas Balvay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Balvay"
    title: "Thomas Balvay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Balvay"
    title: "Thomas Balvay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Balvay"
    title: "Thomas Balvay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B5%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Бальве, Тома"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535333"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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