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Bill Shankly

1913 - 1981

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William Shankly (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish football player and manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool. Shankly brought success to Liverpool, gaining promotion to the First Division and winning three League Championships and the UEFA Cup. He laid foundations on which his successors Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan were able to build by winning seven league titles and four European Cups in the ten seasons after Shankly retired in 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Shankly has received more than 2,230,735 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Bill Shankly is the 79th most popular coach (down from 44th in 2019), the 1,318th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 865th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Coach.

Bill Shankly was a Scottish football player and manager who is most famous for being the first person to win three European Cups as a manager.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Bill Shankly ranks 79 out of 328Before him are Alberto Zaccheroni, Rafael Benítez, Köbi Kuhn, Gérard Houllier, Gregg Popovich, and Şenol Güneş. After him are Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Pierre Littbarski, Karel Brückner, Ljupko Petrović, Javier Aguirre, and Siniša Mihajlović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Bill Shankly ranks 89Before him are Pierre Werner, Israel Gelfand, Marika Rökk, Amrita Sher-Gil, Johannes Steinhoff, and Haxhi Lleshi. After him are José Sánchez del Río, Alexander Marinesko, Victor Mature, Franck Pourcel, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, and Willi Hennig. Among people deceased in 1981, Bill Shankly ranks 55Before him are Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Mike Hailwood, Christy Brown, Rómulo Betancourt, Gyula Lóránt, and Gloria Grahame. After him are Mao Dun, Victor Kugler, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Josep Pla, Alberto Suppici, and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Shankly ranks 1,318 out of 7,765Before him are Edward Frankland (1825), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), Ruth Rendell (1930), Melita Norwood (1912), and Jon Anderson (1944). After him are Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Jeremy Clarkson (1960), Gideon Mantell (1790), Smithson Tennant (1761), Glenn Tipton (1947), and John Charles (1931).

Among COACHES In United Kingdom

Among coaches born in United Kingdom, Bill Shankly ranks 4Before him are Alex Ferguson (1941), Matt Busby (1909), and Roy Hodgson (1947). After him are David Moyes (1963), Harry Redknapp (1947), Brendan Rodgers (1973), Gareth Southgate (1970), George Raynor (1907), Martin O'Neill (1952), Bob Houghton (1947), and Ernest Mangnall (1866).