Clive Toye
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Clive Toye was a pioneering soccer executive best known for helping popularize the sport in the United States during the 1970s, including playing a key role in bringing global stars like Pelé to the NASL.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clive Toye canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7786470 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clive Toye Context triple: [New York Cosmos, notableExecutive, Clive Toye]
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A.
Clive Griffin
Clive Griffin is a British pop and soul singer best known for his 1993 duet "When I Fall in Love" with Celine Dion from the film Sleepless in Seattle.
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B.
Clive Tolley
Clive Tolley is a Canadian municipal politician who has served as the mayor of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
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C.
Clive Beddoe
Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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D.
Clive Revill
Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born actor and voice actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including providing the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the 1980 release of "The Empire Strikes Back."
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E.
Ian Rumfitt
Ian Rumfitt is a British philosopher best known for his work in the philosophy of language and logic, particularly on meaning, truth, and inferentialism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clive Toye Target entity description: Clive Toye was a pioneering soccer executive best known for helping popularize the sport in the United States during the 1970s, including playing a key role in bringing global stars like Pelé to the NASL.
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A.
Clive Griffin
Clive Griffin is a British pop and soul singer best known for his 1993 duet "When I Fall in Love" with Celine Dion from the film Sleepless in Seattle.
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B.
Clive Tolley
Clive Tolley is a Canadian municipal politician who has served as the mayor of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
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C.
Clive Beddoe
Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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D.
Clive Revill
Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born actor and voice actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including providing the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the 1980 release of "The Empire Strikes Back."
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E.
Ian Rumfitt
Ian Rumfitt is a British philosopher best known for his work in the philosophy of language and logic, particularly on meaning, truth, and inferentialism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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author ⓘ football administrator ⓘ sports executive ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
Canada
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England ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| employer |
Chicago Sting
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New York Cosmos ⓘ North American Soccer League ⓘ Toronto Blizzard ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
association football
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sports management ⓘ sports promotion ⓘ |
| genre | sports writing ⓘ |
| hasRole |
club executive
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journalist ⓘ league commissioner ⓘ sports promoter ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of the North American Soccer League
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growth of professional soccer in the United States ⓘ popular perception of soccer in the U.S. sports market ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being an early promoter of professional soccer in the United States
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helping popularize soccer in the United States in the 1970s ⓘ leadership roles in the North American Soccer League ⓘ playing a key role in bringing Pelé to the North American Soccer League ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | early professionalization of soccer in North America ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
contributed to increased media attention for soccer in the U.S.
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helped raise NASL’s international profile in the 1970s ⓘ helped secure Pelé’s move to the New York Cosmos ⓘ |
| notableWork |
efforts to sign Pelé to the New York Cosmos
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promotion of high-profile international stars in the NASL ⓘ |
| occupation |
football administrator
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soccer executive ⓘ sports journalist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commissioner of the North American Soccer League
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executive at Chicago Sting ⓘ executive at New York Cosmos ⓘ executive at Toronto Blizzard ⓘ general manager of New York Cosmos ⓘ president of New York Cosmos ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| workedOn |
expansion of the NASL fan base
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marketing of the New York Cosmos ⓘ recruitment of global soccer stars to the NASL ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clive Toye Description of subject: Clive Toye was a pioneering soccer executive best known for helping popularize the sport in the United States during the 1970s, including playing a key role in bringing global stars like Pelé to the NASL.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.