# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:26:06.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-thornton"
name: "Willie Thornton"
slug: "willie-thornton"
description: "William Thornton MM was a Scottish footballer and manager. Thornton's entire senior playing career was spent with Rangers, and Thornton is considered to be one of the greatest players in the club's history."
tagline: "Scottish footballer (1920-1991)"
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: "1920-03-03"
deathDate: "1991-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.79
  momentum:             2.636815920398011
  historical:           5.475810666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Thornton"
    title: "Willie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فيلي ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فيلى ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Thornton"
    title: "Willie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Thornton"
    title: "Willie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ویلی تورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8021848"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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