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Bill Hougland

1930 - 2017

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William Marion Hougland (June 20, 1930 – March 6, 2017) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the Kansas Jayhawks' 1952 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship team. He was a member of the 1952 American basketball team, which won the gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Hougland has received more than 33,225 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Hougland is the 545th most popular basketball player (down from 388th in 2019), the 14,774th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,455th in 2019) and the 297th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33k

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  • 36.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bill Hougland ranks 545 out of 1,757. Before him are Cedi Osman, Marko Popović, Frédéric Weis, A. C. Green, John Starks, and Klemen Prepelič. After him are Luol Deng, Eddie Jones, Sam Cassell, Rubén Wolkowyski, DeAndre Jordan, and Jamal Crawford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Bill Hougland ranks 636. Before him are Frank Shakespeare, Timothy Findley, Bill Brock, Joni James, Tom Mboya, and Wendy Beckett. After him are Cathryn Damon, Shirley Williams, Windsor Davies, Barbara Lawrence, Tony Madigan, and Jagjit Kaur. Among people deceased in 2017, Bill Hougland ranks 646. Before him are Brent Briscoe, Ivan Stoyanov, Willie Toweel, Ann Wedgeworth, Jay Thomas, and Steffi Martin. After him are Tom Alter, František Rajtoral, Pete Domenici, Vasily Kudinov, Cecil Andrus, and Dirk Hafemeister.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Hougland ranks 14,774 out of 20,380. Before him are Brian Michael Bendis (1967), Eric Boe (1964), John Garcia (1970), Alexa Bliss (1991), Ken Olin (1954), and Ken Marino (1968). After him are Sean Hannity (1961), James Maslow (1990), Dileep Rao (1973), Jeff Bingaman (1943), Andrew Card (1947), and William Gargan (1905).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bill Hougland ranks 297. Before him are Ralph Beard (1927), Shawn Marion (1978), Jrue Holiday (1990), Jermaine O'Neal (1978), A. C. Green (1963), and John Starks (1965). After him are Eddie Jones (1971), Sam Cassell (1969), DeAndre Jordan (1988), Jamal Crawford (1980), David Lee (1983), and Richard Hamilton (1978).

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