# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-mccrum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:27:39.079Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-mccrum"
name: "William McCrum"
slug: "william-mccrum"
description: "William McCrum was a wealthy Irish linen manufacturer and sportsman from Ulster, most famous for being the inventor in 1890 of the penalty kick in football."
tagline: "Irish footballer (1865-1932)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1865-02-07"
deathDate: "1932-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.48
  momentum:             13.46153846153846
  historical:           7.024516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Маккрам, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "ويليام مكروم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCrum"
    title: "William McCrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCrum"
    title: "William McCrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCrum"
    title: "William McCrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B4_%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%94%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4"
    title: "Ուիլյամ ՄաքՔրամ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCrum"
    title: "William McCrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCrum"
    title: "William McCrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4020100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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