BASKETBALL PLAYER

Bill Walton

1952 - 2024

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William Theodore Walton III (November 5, 1952 – May 27, 2024) was an American basketball player and television sportscaster. He played collegiately for UCLA Bruins and professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers, and Boston Celtics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Walton has received more than 7,645,756 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Bill Walton is the 120th most popular basketball player (down from 109th in 2019), the 6,740th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,373rd in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Basketball Player.

Bill Walton was a dominant NBA center who led the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship and had a successful college career at UCLA, where he was a member of the famous Walton Gang that won two NCAA titles. Despite injuries shortening his professional career, Walton made a huge impact with his passing skills for a seven-footer and was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1996.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bill Walton ranks 120 out of 1,757. Before him are Kevin Garnett, Dolph Schayes, George Gervin, John Wooden, James Worthy, and Steve Nash. After him are Miloš Teodosić, Dave Cowens, Borislav Stanković, Vlade Divac, Predrag Danilović, and Tom Heinsohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Bill Walton ranks 371. Before him are André Comte-Sponville, Ketil Bjørnstad, Merrick Garland, David Weber, Carol Ann Susi, and Jiří Paroubek. After him are Yousaf Raza Gillani, Henrique Mecking, Vittorio Sgarbi, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jean-Christophe Rufin, and Benny Hinn. Among people deceased in 2024, Bill Walton ranks 184. Before him are Robert Towne, Yoshiko Kuga, Wayne Kramer, Gary Graham, Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, and Mario Boljat. After him are James C. Scott, Jean-Claude Gaudin, Basdeo Panday, Richard Simmons, Akira Endo, and Akebono Tarō.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Walton ranks 6,740 out of 20,380. Before him are Jill Tarter (1944), Harley Race (1943), Noah Baumbach (1969), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), Brian Schmidt (1967), and Nick Adams (1931). After him are José Graziano da Silva (1949), William M. Evarts (1818), Samuel Dexter (1761), Jenny Shimizu (1967), Abbey Lincoln (1930), and Teri Weigel (1962).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bill Walton ranks 68. Before him are Walt Frazier (1945), Kevin Garnett (1976), Dolph Schayes (1928), George Gervin (1952), John Wooden (1910), and James Worthy (1961). After him are Dave Cowens (1948), Tom Heinsohn (1934), Marion Jones (1975), Kevin McHale (1957), Jo Jo White (1946), and Doc Rivers (1961).

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