# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-irvine
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:55:37.291Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-irvine"
name: "Willie Irvine"
slug: "willie-irvine"
description: "William John Irvine was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Born in Eden, County Antrim, into a large family, he grew up in the nearby town of Carrickfergus. He did well at school, but chose to pursue a career in professional football and initially played for local club Linfield. After a spell in amateur football, Irvine travelled to England for a trial with Burnley at the age of 16. He was offered a professional deal and spent three years playing for the youth and reserve teams, before making his senior debut at the end of the 1962–63 season. Over the following seasons, Irvine became a regular feature of the Burnley team and in the 1965–66 campaign, he scored 29 goals and was the highest goalscorer in the Football League First Division."
tagline: "Northern Irish footballer (1943–2025)"
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: "1943-06-18"
deathDate: "2025-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.39
  momentum:             19.325
  historical:           9.620628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%86"
    title: "ولی اروائن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF_1943)"
    title: "ويلي إيرفاين (لاعب كرة قدم مواليد 1943)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ويلى ايرڤين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Irvine"
    title: "Willie Irvine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Irvine"
    title: "Willie Irvine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Irvine"
    title: "Willie Irvine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ویلی اروین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Irvine"
    title: "Willie Irvine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Irvine"
    title: "Willie Irvine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Ирвин, Уилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%86%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Віллі Ірвін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971110"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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