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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 215,294 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Alex Groza is the 347th most popular basketball player (down from 326th in 2019), the 11,908th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,037th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Alex Groza ranks 347 out of 1,268. Before him are Mehmet Okur, Danko Cvjetićanin, Fabricio Oberto, Calvin Murphy, Erik Spoelstra, and Lisa Leslie. After him are Bobby Wanzer, Joan Plaza, Bobby Jones, Metta World Peace, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and Fernando Romay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Alex Groza ranks 470. Before him are Géza Kádas, Tulsi Giri, Hazel Court, June Haver, J. P. Donleavy, and Yash Pal. After him are Bruce Harlan, Mathilde Krim, Lorenzo Wright, Dennis Wilshaw, Joan Lorring, and Bud Yorkin. Among people deceased in 1995, Alex Groza ranks 290. Before him are Les Aspin, Salil Chowdhury, Vivian Blaine, Albert Hackett, Johnny Carey, and Trevor Blokdyk. After him are Mary Beth Hughes, Stuart Milner-Barry, Gale Gordon, Genevieve Tobin, Charles L. Veach, and Alan Bush.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Groza ranks 11,908 out of 18,182. Before him are Jack Valenti (1921), Brittany Snow (1986), Perry Farrell (1959), Elinor Donahue (1937), Antonio Villaraigosa (1953), and Jorge Masvidal (1984). After him are Bobby Wanzer (1921), Oscar Micheaux (1884), Joan Caulfield (1922), Archie Williams (1915), Mario Cantone (1959), and Ivan Dresser (1896).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Alex Groza ranks 203. Before him are Darrall Imhoff (1938), Kevin Love (1988), Len Bias (1963), Calvin Murphy (1948), Erik Spoelstra (1970), and Lisa Leslie (1972). After him are Bobby Wanzer (1921), Bobby Jones (1951), Metta World Peace (1979), Mark Aguirre (1959), Tex Gibbons (1907), and Jack Sikma (1955).

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