SOCCER PLAYER

Duncan Edwards

1936 - 1958

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Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played as a left-half for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s, playing 177 matches for the club. He was noted for his physical strength, toughness, and level of authority on the pitch, and has been ranked amongst the toughest players of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duncan Edwards has received more than 1,683,921 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Duncan Edwards is the 276th most popular soccer player (down from 210th in 2019), the 933rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 958th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Soccer Player.

Duncan Edwards was a footballer who played for Manchester United, and was one of the youngest players to ever play for England. He died in 1958 at the age of 21.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Duncan Edwards by language

Over the past year Duncan Edwards has had the most page views in the with 250,634 views, followed by Italian (16,907), and Spanish (15,214). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (95.85%), Simple English (84.22%), and Latvian (76.68%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Duncan Edwards ranks 276 out of 21,273. Before him are Ruud Geels, Thomas Müller, Takashi Kano, Rajko Mitić, Lee Yoo-hyung, and Antoni Ramallets. After him are Raúl, Gusztáv Sebes, Alessandro Nesta, Elías Figueroa, Marcelo, and Míchel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Duncan Edwards ranks 76. Before him are Engelbert Humperdinck, Yury Luzhkov, Joe D'Amato, Iolanda Balaș, Bruce Dern, and Abdul Qadeer Khan. After him are Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Margaret Hamilton, Ljubiša Samardžić, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Jacques Charrier, and Anna German. Among people deceased in 1958, Duncan Edwards ranks 32. Before him are Kim Tu-bong, Tyrone Power, Edna Purviance, Petru Groza, Ole Kirk Christiansen, and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. After him are Pál Maléter, Nuri al-Said, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Henri Farman, 'Abd al-Ilah, and Prince Oskar of Prussia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Duncan Edwards ranks 933 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Hodgkin (1914), Arthur Hailey (1920), Karl Jenkins (1944), Samuel Pepys (1633), John Harvard (1607), and Carol Reed (1906). After him are Michael Atiyah (1929), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Thomas Lipton (1848), Orlando Bloom (1977), Richard Stone (1913), and Guy Ritchie (1968).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Duncan Edwards ranks 13. Before him are Denis Law (1940), Bobby Robson (1933), Kevin Keegan (1951), Peter Shilton (1949), Kenny Dalglish (1951), and Gary Lineker (1960). After him are Brian Clough (1935), Phil Neville (1977), Ryan Giggs (1973), Ian Rush (1961), Bob Paisley (1919), and Steven Gerrard (1980).

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