SOCCER PLAYER

Jock Stein

1922 - 1985

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John "Jock" Stein (5 October 1922 – 10 September 1985) was a Scottish football player and manager. He was the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jock Stein has received more than 1,142,359 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Jock Stein is the 1,414th most popular soccer player (down from 1,230th in 2019), the 2,370th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,479th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jock Steins by language

Over the past year Jock Stein has had the most page views in the with 153,597 views, followed by German (8,035), and Spanish (7,571). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Thai (375.22%), Hungarian (238.92%), and Simple English (168.05%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jock Stein ranks 1,414 out of 21,273. Before him are Filipe Luís, Marko Arnautović, Zoilo Saldombide, Ryuzo Shimizu, Joshua Kimmich, and Shota Arveladze. After him are Ján Pivarník, José Peseiro, João Félix, Bigode, Marinho Chagas, and Ignacio Eizaguirre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Jock Stein ranks 212. Before him are Roy Salvadori, Jack Klugman, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Emile Habibi, and René Lévesque. After him are Bigode, Georges Cottier, Angel Wagenstein, Burt Kennedy, Vladimir Etush, and Juan Carlos Lorenzo. Among people deceased in 1985, Jock Stein ranks 111. Before him are Manfred Winkelhock, Georgia Hale, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Pavel Batov, Sergei Gerasimov, and Renato Castellani. After him are Salvador Espriu, Francesca Bertini, Iosif Shklovsky, Dmitry Belyayev, Julia Robinson, and Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jock Stein ranks 2,370 out of 8,785. Before him are John Brunner (1934), George Dawe (1781), Robert Catesby (1573), Kelly Brook (1979), June Almeida (1930), and Sarah Siddons (1755). After him are John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), Patrick Troughton (1920), Charles Burney (1726), James Nasmyth (1808), Ray Cooney (1932), and Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jock Stein ranks 60. Before him are Phil Jones (1992), Rio Ferdinand (1978), Sol Campbell (1974), John Terry (1980), Teddy Sheringham (1966), and Trevor Francis (1954). After him are Jamie Vardy (1987), Jude Bellingham (2003), Nobby Stiles (1942), Ray Clemence (1948), Geoff Bent (1932), and David Seaman (1963).

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