SOCCER PLAYER

Alf Ramsey

1920 - 1999

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Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey (22 January 1920 – 28 April 1999) was an English football player and manager. As a player, he represented the England national team and captained the side, but he is best known for his time as England manager from 1963 to 1974, which included guiding them to victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Knighted in 1967 in recognition of the World Cup win, Ramsey also managed his country to third place in the 1968 European Championship and the quarter-finals of the 1970 World Cup and the 1972 European Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alf Ramsey has received more than 1,072,518 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Alf Ramsey is the 746th most popular soccer player (down from 710th in 2019), the 1,611th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,796th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alf Ramseys by language

Over the past year Alf Ramsey has had the most page views in the with 118,008 views, followed by Spanish (6,714), and German (6,026). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (1,996.15%), Latvian (229.48%), and Uzbek (107.47%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alf Ramsey ranks 746 out of 21,273. Before him are Pak Doo-ik, Kiyoshi Tomizawa, Waldo Machado, Adelardo Rodríguez, Dimitar Berbatov, and Federico Sacchi. After him are Son Heung-min, Azeglio Vicini, Joaquín Peiró, Hong Myung-bo, Dida, and Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Alf Ramsey ranks 139. Before him are John Maynard Smith, Nobuyuki Kato, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, George Shultz, Jean Carmet, and Zao Wou-Ki. After him are Michael Anderson, Philippa Foot, Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Emilio Colombo, Alexander Arutiunian, and Marcial Maciel. Among people deceased in 1999, Alf Ramsey ranks 82. Before him are Viacheslav Chornovil, Phaedon Gizikis, Giant Baba, Michel Petrucciani, Peko Dapčević, and Victor Mature. After him are Sylvia Sidney, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Ilmari Juutilainen, Joseph Heller, David Ogilvy, and Aldo van Eyck.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alf Ramsey ranks 1,611 out of 8,785. Before him are Sidney Paget (1860), Havelock Ellis (1859), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), John Canton (1718), and John Nelson Darby (1800). After him are Matthew Flinders (1774), Leonard Woolley (1880), Sandford Fleming (1827), Paul Scofield (1922), Lynn Redgrave (1943), and Bernie Taupin (1950).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alf Ramsey ranks 38. Before him are Harry Gregg (1932), Michael Owen (1979), Roger Byrne (1929), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Erling Braut Håland (2000), and Harry Kane (1993). After him are Dixie Dean (1907), Bill Foulkes (1932), Ian Callaghan (1942), Fergus Suter (1857), Terry Venables (1943), and Herbert Chapman (1878).

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