# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilson-whineray
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:52:48.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilson-whineray"
name: "Wilson Whineray"
slug: "wilson-whineray"
description: "Sir Wilson James Whineray was a New Zealand business executive and rugby union player. He was the longest-serving captain of the national rugby union team, the All Blacks, until surpassed by Richie McCaw in 2014. Rugby writer Terry McLean considered him the All Blacks' greatest captain."
tagline: "New Zealand rugby union player and businessman (1935–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilson_Whineray_2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1935-07-10"
deathDate: "2012-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.87
  momentum:             3.585214644987718
  historical:           8.549713333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Уайнрей, Уилсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "ويلسون وينراى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilson_Vaynrey"
    title: "Vilson Vaynrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Whineray"
    title: "Wilson Whineray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Whineray"
    title: "Wilson Whineray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Whineray"
    title: "Wilson Whineray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Whineray"
    title: "Wilson Whineray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Whineray"
    title: "Wilson Whineray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Whineray"
    title: "Wilson Whineray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Whineray"
    title: "Wilson Whineray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455124"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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