SOCCER PLAYER

Bill Foulkes

1932 - 2013

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William Anthony Foulkes ( or ; 5 January 1932 – 25 November 2013) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was centre-half. For Manchester United, he played 688 games which places him at number 4 on the all-time list of appearances behind Ryan Giggs, Bobby Charlton and Paul Scholes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Foulkes has received more than 381,362 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Bill Foulkes is the 821st most popular soccer player (down from 694th in 2019), the 1,708th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,769th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bill Foulkes ranks 821 out of 21,273. Before him are Hans Tilkowski, Dudu Georgescu, Viktor Ponedelnik, Winfried Schäfer, Florent Malouda, and Thiago Silva. After him are Pablo Forlán, Bernard Voorhoof, Thomas Häßler, Alexandre Pato, Fabio Grosso, and Ian Callaghan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Bill Foulkes ranks 164. Before him are József Antall, Félix Malloum, Pentti Linkola, Frances E. Allen, Horst Eckel, and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. After him are Karen Demirchyan, José Saraiva Martins, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Étienne Tshisekedi, and Richard Lester. Among people deceased in 2013, Bill Foulkes ranks 143. Before him are Shakuntala Devi, Mariangela Melato, Luis Cubilla, Robert Ressler, Marie-Claire Alain, and Harry Reems. After him are Karen Black, Hans Riegel, László Csatáry, S. N. Goenka, Esther Williams, and Amedeo Amadei.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Foulkes ranks 1,708 out of 8,785. Before him are James Finlayson (1887), Noel Gallagher (1967), George Green (1793), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Oliver Hart (1948), and Cassivellaunus (-100). After him are James Gillray (1756), James Ferguson (1797), Harold Laski (1893), John Ross (1777), Donald Adamson (1939), and George Rooke (1650).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Bill Foulkes ranks 40. Before him are Roger Byrne (1929), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Erling Braut Håland (2000), Harry Kane (1993), Alf Ramsey (1920), and Dixie Dean (1907). After him are Ian Callaghan (1942), Fergus Suter (1857), Terry Venables (1943), Herbert Chapman (1878), Billy Wright (1924), and Peter Crouch (1981).

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