SOCCER PLAYER

Billy Gonsalves

1908 - 1977

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Adelino William Gonsalves (August 10, 1908 – July 17, 1977) was an American soccer player, sometimes described as the "Babe Ruth of American Soccer". He spent over 25 years playing in various American professional leagues and was a member of the U.S. squad at the FIFA World Cup in 1930 and 1934. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Gonsalves has received more than 48,960 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Gonsalves is the 5,817th most popular soccer player (down from 4,115th in 2019), the 11,349th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,439th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Billy Gonsalves ranks 5,817 out of 21,273. Before him are Rúben Amorim, Ivo Ulich, Justo Villar, Jacek Bąk, Luis Gabelo Conejo, and Marcos Assunção. After him are Rúben Bareño, Predrag Đorđević, Diego Llorente, Raphael Tracey, Ciprian Marica, and Javier Vargas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Billy Gonsalves ranks 400. Before him are Paul Stewart, Pablo Pacheco, Jacob Bronowski, Max Bloesch, George Simpson, and Fritz Spengler. After him are Kathleen Raine, Robert O'Brien, Franklin Farrell, Alan Baxter, Willi Eichhorn, and David Marshall. Among people deceased in 1977, Billy Gonsalves ranks 264. Before him are Ivan Artobolevsky, Sleepy John Estes, Alan Reed, Ruth Moufang, Odd Frantzen, and Gertrude Abercrombie. After him are Andy Auld, Freddie Prinze, Sonja Åkesson, Richard Carlson, Gertrude Astor, and Norman Thomas Gilroy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Gonsalves ranks 11,349 out of 20,380. Before him are Horace Ashenfelter (1923), Cam Newton (1989), Beau Garrett (1982), Christina Hoff Sommers (1950), Robert Benchley (1889), and Oscar Micheaux (1884). After him are Joseph Pilato (1949), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Johnny Rebel (1938), Raphael Tracey (1904), Melissa Hill (1970), and Hobart Bosworth (1867).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United States

Among soccer players born in United States, Billy Gonsalves ranks 26. Before him are Clint Dempsey (1983), Timothy Weah (2000), Ed Czerkiewicz (1913), Frank Vaughn (1902), Kristine Lilly (1971), and Oguchi Onyewu (1982). After him are Raphael Tracey (1904), Gregg Berhalter (1973), Tony Meola (1969), Arnie Oliver (1907), Daniel Schmidt (1992), and Gino Pariani (1928).

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