# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-macfadyen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:45:36.497Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-macfadyen"
name: "Willie Macfadyen"
slug: "willie-macfadyen"
description: "William MacFadyen was a Scottish football player and manager. A goalscoring centre forward, his 52 league goals for Motherwell's 1931–32 championship winning side remains the record goals total for a single season in Scottish League history. He also topped the scoring charts again the following season, netting 45 times. In total, he scored 251 league goals for Motherwell – the eighth-best top flight total in Scottish League history."
tagline: "Scottish footballer and manager (1904-1971)"
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: "1904-06-23"
deathDate: "1971-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474838666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_MacFadyen"
    title: "Willie MacFadyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ويلى ماكفادين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_MacFadyen"
    title: "Willie MacFadyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8C%D1%94%D0%BD"
    title: "Віллі Макфедьєн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_MacFadyen"
    title: "Willie MacFadyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_MacFadyen"
    title: "Willie MacFadyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569089"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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