SOCCER PLAYER

Alex James

1901 - 1953

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Alexander Wilson James (14 September 1901 – 1 June 1953) was a Scottish international footballer. He is mostly noted as a playmaking lynchpin at Arsenal with whom he won six trophies from 1930 to the 1936 season. James featured as a deep-lying creative midfielder who provided a link between defence and attack. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex James has received more than 43,593 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Alex James is the 5,190th most popular soccer player (down from 4,410th in 2019), the 5,072nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,792nd in 2019) and the 245th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alex James ranks 5,190 out of 21,273. Before him are Luigi De Canio, Noni Madueke, Alessandro Lucarelli, Heiko Herrlich, Magnus Hedman, and Jean-Claude Piumi. After him are Harold Walden, Diego Alves, Bruno Génésio, Tommy Lawton, Beto, and Chicão.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Alex James ranks 329. Before him are Frankie Genaro, Paulo d'Eça Leal, Henrique da Silveira, Gilda Gray, Shirley Mason, and Helia Bravo Hollis. After him are Anna Aloys Henga, V. Shantaram, Nelson Eddy, Jimmy Gallagher, Louis Kuehn, and Nikolay Akimov. Among people deceased in 1953, Alex James ranks 185. Before him are Luis Alberto Riart, Henri Padé, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Thomas Thorstensen, James Scullin, and Edward Sedgwick. After him are Josef Ternström, Robert G. Vignola, Alan Curtis, Roland Young, Robert F. Wagner, and Richard Pearse.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex James ranks 5,072 out of 8,785. Before him are Dannie Abse (1923), Sybil Thorndike (1882), Noni Madueke (2002), Danny Kirwan (1950), Benjamin Wilson (1721), and David Abulafia (1949). After him are Lionel Atwill (1885), Ann Cleeves (1954), Tommy Lawton (1919), Keith Allen (1953), G. D. H. Cole (1889), and W. T. Tutte (1917).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alex James ranks 245. Before him are Jimmy Murray (1933), Neville Southall (1958), James Jones (1873), Pat Crerand (1939), John Connelly (1938), and Noni Madueke (2002). After him are Tommy Lawton (1919), Mark Hateley (1961), Viv Anderson (1956), Mark Jones (1933), Brian Kidd (1949), and Harvey Barnes (1997).

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