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Bill Walton

1952 - Today

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William Theodore Walton III (born November 5, 1952) is an American television sportscaster and former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for coach John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins, winning three consecutive national college player of the year awards (1972–1974), while leading UCLA to NCAA championships in 1972 and 1973 and an 88-game winning streak. After being selected as the first overall pick in the 1974 NBA draft, Walton led the Portland Trail Blazers to an NBA championship in 1977, earning the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award that season. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Walton has received more than 5,863,998 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Bill Walton is the 109th most popular basketball player (down from 103rd in 2019), the 6,386th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,484th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bill Walton ranks 109 out of 1,268. Before him are Bill Sharman, Mike D'Antoni, Frank Lubin, John Wooden, David Blatt, and Dikembe Mutombo. After him are Modestas Paulauskas, James Harden, Kevin McHale, Chris Andersen, Russell Westbrook, and Dave Bing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Bill Walton ranks 327. Before him are Fernando Morena, Chiaki Mukai, Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev, Piercarlo Ghinzani, Helmuts Balderis, and Bogusław Linda. After him are Ali Gomaa, Irina Allegrova, Amina Wadud, David Ho, Carol Ann Susi, and André Comte-Sponville.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Walton ranks 6,386 out of 18,182. Before him are Renee O'Connor (1971), Alfred G. Knudson (1922), James H. Clark (1944), Eli Lilly (1838), John Larroquette (1947), and Eric Stonestreet (1971). After him are Brad Delson (1977), Peyton List (1998), Ken Davitian (1953), Amina Wadud (1952), William Higinbotham (1910), and Eileen Ryan (1927).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bill Walton ranks 66. Before him are Bob McAdoo (1951), Bill Sharman (1926), Mike D'Antoni (1951), Frank Lubin (1910), John Wooden (1910), and David Blatt (1959). After him are James Harden (1989), Kevin McHale (1957), Chris Andersen (1978), Russell Westbrook (1988), Dave Bing (1943), and James Worthy (1961).

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