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Alex Groza

1926 - 1995

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Alex John Groza (October 7, 1926 – January 21, 1995) was an American professional basketball player from Martins Ferry, Ohio. Resulting from the CCNY point shaving scandal, Groza was banned from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for life in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Groza has received more than 228,464 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Alex Groza is the 396th most popular basketball player (down from 347th in 2019), the 13,082nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,881st in 2019) and the 208th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Alex Groza ranks 396 out of 1,757. Before him are Cliff Barker, Cedric Maxwell, Kyle Anderson, Fabricio Oberto, İbrahim Kutluay, and Paul Silas. After him are Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Bernard King, Igors Miglinieks, Glen Rice, Al Attles, and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Alex Groza ranks 541. Before him are Dorothy E. Smith, Ann B. Davis, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Ruth Asawa, Johnny Walker, and Chuck Arnold. After him are Peter Broeker, Ray Price, Pete Lovely, Dennis Wilshaw, Mona Freeman, and Ernest Chapman. Among people deceased in 1995, Alex Groza ranks 322. Before him are Odette Hallowes, Charlie Rich, Rogelio Farías, Paul Eddington, Albert Hackett, and Tor Ulven. After him are Alan Bush, Charles L. Veach, Mary Beth Hughes, Paul Kipkoech, Stuart Milner-Barry, and Chuck Stevenson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Groza ranks 13,082 out of 20,380. Before him are Rob Benedict (1970), John Woodruff (1915), Ken Page (1954), Sadie Sink (2002), Russell Simmons (1957), and Johnny Isakson (1944). After him are Jake Johnson (1978), Mark Warner (1954), Kathleen Rose Perkins (1974), Curtis Brown (1956), Tom Everett Scott (1970), and Robert R. Gilruth (1913).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Alex Groza ranks 208. Before him are Greg Oden (1988), Bill Cartwright (1957), Cliff Barker (1921), Cedric Maxwell (1955), Kyle Anderson (1993), and Paul Silas (1943). After him are Bernard King (1956), Glen Rice (1967), Al Attles (1936), Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (1969), Bill Lienhard (1930), and John Johnson (1947).

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