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Duncan Edwards

English footballer

1936 - 1958

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His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Duncan Edwards is the 543rd most popular soccer player (down from 275th in 2024), the 1,421st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 933rd in 2019) and the 28th 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.

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Duncan Edwards's biography appears in 44 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 92% of all Soccer Players.

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Duncan Edwards shares a October 1 birthday with Jimmy Carter, Severus Alexander, and Richard Harris.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Duncan Edwards ranks 540 out of 21,273. Before him are Fernando Redondo, Oliver Bierhoff, Rajko Mitić, Mikel Arteta, Wojciech Szczęsny, and Henri Michel. After him are Julen Lopetegui, Radamel Falcao, Taizo Kawamoto, Nicolas Anelka, Willem van Hanegem, and Lukas Podolski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Duncan Edwards ranks 118. Before him are Alan Alda, Didier Ratsiraka, James Harrison, Yuan T. Lee, William Levada, and Nicos Poulantzas. After him are Wilfried Martens, Claude Brasseur, A. B. Yehoshua, Don DeLillo, Trần Đức Lương, and Canaan Banana. Among people deceased in 1958, Duncan Edwards ranks 41. Before him are Alfred Weber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Pál Maléter, 'Abd al-Ilah, Henri Farman, and Wilhelm Zaisser. After him are Prince Oskar of Prussia, Princess Louise of Orléans, Johnston McCulley, Otto Abetz, Infanta Eulalia of Spain, and Florent Schmitt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Duncan Edwards ranks 1,421 out of 8,785. Before him are Zayn Malik (1993), Alan Moore (1953), Julia Ormond (1965), John McLaughlin (1942), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), and Michael Smith (1932). After him are Catherine Ashton (1956), James Lind (1716), William Henry Perkin (1838), William Booth (1829), Vinnie Jones (1965), and Martin Frobisher (1535).

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Among Soccer Players In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Duncan Edwards ranks 28. Before him are Francis Lee (1944), Ally McCoist (1962), Charles W. Alcock (1842), Erling Haaland (2000), John Toshack (1949), and Frank Lampard (1948). After him are Jim Brown (1908), Bob Paisley (1919), Gareth Bale (1989), Ryan Giggs (1973), Phil Neville (1977), and Herbert Chapman (1878).

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