1913 - 1981
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, Bill Shankly ranks 79 out of 328. Before 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.
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 73
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 74
1943 - 2019
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 75
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 76
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 77
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 78
1913 - 1981
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 79
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 80
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 81
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 82
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 83
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 84
1969 - 2022
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 85
Among people born in 1913, Bill Shankly ranks 89. Before 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 55. Before 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.
1913 - 2002
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 83
1913 - 2009
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 84
1913 - 2004
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 85
1913 - 1941
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 86
1913 - 1994
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 87
1913 - 1998
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 88
1913 - 1981
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 89
1913 - 1928
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 90
1913 - 1963
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 91
1913 - 1999
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 92
1913 - 2000
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 93
1913 - 1996
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 94
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 95
1905 - 1981
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 49
1940 - 1981
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 50
1932 - 1981
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 51
1908 - 1981
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 52
1923 - 1981
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 53
1923 - 1981
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 54
1913 - 1981
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 55
1896 - 1981
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 56
1900 - 1981
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 57
1883 - 1981
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 58
1897 - 1981
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 59
1898 - 1981
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 60
1892 - 1981
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 61
Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Shankly ranks 1,318 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1825 - 1899
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,312
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,313
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,314
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 1,315
1912 - 2005
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1,316
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1,317
1913 - 1981
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1,318
600 - 593
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,319
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,320
1790 - 1852
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 1,321
1761 - 1815
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,322
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,323
1931 - 2004
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,324
Among coaches born in United Kingdom, Bill Shankly ranks 4. Before 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).
1941 - Present
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 1
1909 - 1994
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 2
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 3
1913 - 1981
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 6
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 8
1907 - 1985
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 9
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 11
1866 - 1932
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 12