HOCKEY PLAYER

Bernie Geoffrion

1931 - 2006

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Joseph Bernard André Geoffrion (French pronunciation: [ʒɔfʁjɔ̃]; February 16, 1931 – March 11, 2006), nicknamed "Boom Boom", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Generally considered one of the innovators of the slapshot, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972 following a 16-year career with the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernie Geoffrion has received more than 283,581 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernie Geoffrion is the 65th most popular hockey player (down from 48th in 2019), the 608th most popular biography from Canada (down from 508th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Bernie Geoffrion ranks 65 out of 676. Before him are Veniamin Alexandrov, Jan Palouš, Ernie Collett, Valentin Kuzin, Mark Messier, and Alexander Mogilny. After him are Justin McCarthy, Tomas Jonsson, Ronald Pettersson, Kent Nilsson, Art Langley, and Viktor Zinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Bernie Geoffrion ranks 540. Before him are Yves Dreyfus, Gordon Pirie, Dean Smith, Georgi Vladimov, Josephine Tewson, and Jerry Herman. After him are Boris Gurevich, Andrew Hill, Bruce C. Murray, Arthur Fry, Felix Sobolev, and George Baker. Among people deceased in 2006, Bernie Geoffrion ranks 346. Before him are Vincent Sherman, Val Guest, Jon Nödtveidt, Sofia Muratova, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, and Ossi Reichert. After him are G. William Miller, Suzanne Morrow Francis, Shirley Walker, Gordon George Avery, Nellie Connally, and Larry Black.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Bernie Geoffrion ranks 608 out of 1,622. Before him are Tony Esposito (1943), Cathleen Synge Morawetz (1923), Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871), Mark Messier (1961), Alexander Hurd (1910), and Suzanne Clément (1969). After him are Haji (1946), Guy Lombardo (1902), George Woodcock (1912), Eva Dawes (1912), Sam Langford (1886), and Currie Graham (1967).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Bernie Geoffrion ranks 17. Before him are Marcel Dionne (1951), Howie Morenz (1902), Herb Drury (1896), Ross Cuthbert (1892), Ernie Collett (1895), and Mark Messier (1961). After him are Bobby Clarke (1949), Frank Sullivan (1898), Colin Carruthers (1890), Sid Abel (1918), Steve Yzerman (1965), and Joe Sakic (1969).

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