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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 361,255 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Foulkes is the 694th most popular soccer player (up from 884th in 2019), the 1,774th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,994th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

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  • 54.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bill Foulkes ranks 694 out of 16,880. Before him are Alberto Spencer, Yuki Fushimi, Viliam Schrojf, Bodo Illgner, Attilio Demaría, and Danilo Popivoda. After him are Yasuo Haruyama, Kazu Naoki, Robert Enke, Nani, Alfredo Foni, and Waldo Machado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Bill Foulkes ranks 155. Before him are Tavo Burat, Pentti Linkola, Tomohiko Ikoma, Nichelle Nichols, José Saraiva Martins, and Dino Sani. After him are John G. Thompson, Étienne Tshisekedi, Zózimo, Bob Pettit, Alexander Kluge, and Jean-Pierre Marielle. Among people deceased in 2013, Bill Foulkes ranks 143. Before him are Luis Cubilla, Marta Eggerth, Alain Mimoun, Hans Riegel, Walter De Maria, and Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau. After him are Harry Reems, Patti Page, Juan José Linz, Ottmar Walter, Eiji Toyoda, and Tony Sheridan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Foulkes ranks 1,774 out of 7,765. Before him are Jack W. Szostak (1952), Naomie Harris (1976), John Adams (1767), James Gillray (1756), Edward Balliol (1283), and Augustus Pugin (1812). After him are Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Keith Flint (1969), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Tom Felton (1987), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), and Sandie Shaw (1947).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Bill Foulkes ranks 38. Before him are Paul Scholes (1974), Michael Owen (1979), Phil Jones (1992), Geoff Hurst (1941), Dixie Dean (1907), and Paul Gascoigne (1967). After him are Alf Ramsey (1920), Ian Callaghan (1942), Jack Charlton (1935), Erling Braut Håland (2000), Billy Wright (1924), and Gordon Milne (1937).

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