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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 30,534 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bill Hougland is the 388th most popular basketball player (down from 381st in 2019), the 12,484th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,686th in 2019) and the 230th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 16

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  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bill Hougland ranks 388 out of 1,268Before him are Goran Dragić, Zelmo Beaty, Joe Johnson, Frank Vogel, Bob Houbregs, and Cedric Maxwell. After him are Kyle Korver, Rasho Nesterović, Al Attles, Kevin Johnson, Margo Dydek, and Jamal Crawford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Bill Hougland ranks 549Before him are Allison Hayes, Charles Correa, Colin McDonald, Stuart Williams, Al Lawrence, and Frank Shakespeare. After him are Timothy Findley, Shirley Williams, Don Edmunds, Dave Sexton, Sim Iness, and Richard Davis. Among people deceased in 2017, Bill Hougland ranks 562Before him are Jim Bunning, Al Lawrence, Maria Verónica Reina, Tommy Gemmell, Frank Spellman, and Bruce Forsyth. After him are Donna Williams, Francine York, Denis Voronenkov, Robert Osborne, Sergei Mylnikov, and Nat Hentoff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Hougland ranks 12,484 out of 18,182Before him are Meghan Trainor (1993), Cedric Maxwell (1955), Jon Moxley (1985), Tony Revolori (1996), Sharon Robinson (1953), and Ashanti (1980). After him are Janet L. Kavandi (1959), Derek Chauvin (1976), Leon Wilkeson (1952), Mark Cerny (1964), Frederick D. Gregory (1941), and Tiffany Darwish (1971).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bill Hougland ranks 230Before him are John Salley (1964), Mark Price (1964), Zelmo Beaty (1939), Joe Johnson (1981), Frank Vogel (1973), and Cedric Maxwell (1955). After him are Kyle Korver (1981), Al Attles (1936), Kevin Johnson (1966), Jamal Crawford (1980), Sidney Moncrief (1957), and Roy Tarpley (1964).