1935 - 1958
William Augustine Whelan (1 April 1935 – 6 February 1958), known as Billy Whelan or Liam Whelan, was an Irish footballer who played as an inside-forward. He died at the age of 22, as one of eight Manchester United players who were killed in the Munich air disaster. Whelan was born in Dublin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Whelan has received more than 292,107 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Billy Whelan is the 3,227th most popular soccer player (down from 3,031st in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 228th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Billy Whelan ranks 3,227 out of 16,880. Before him are Marcelo Brozović, Omero Tognon, Koichi Kudo, Claudio Suárez, Daniel Jarque, and Sergio Cervato. After him are Frank Mill, Gabriel Alonso, Aldo Campatelli, Khoren Oganesian, Matthijs de Ligt, and Vedran Ćorluka.
1992 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 3,221
1924 - 1990
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 3,222
1909 - 1971
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 3,223
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 3,224
1983 - 2009
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 3,225
1929 - 2005
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 3,226
1935 - 1958
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 3,227
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 3,228
1923 - 1996
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 3,229
1919 - 1984
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 3,230
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 3,231
1999 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 3,232
1986 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 3,233
Among people born in 1935, Billy Whelan ranks 374. Before him are Nancy Kovack, Frank Robinson, Carol Kaye, Andrew Viterbi, Alberto Mariotti, and Bahaa Taher. After him are Larry Kramer, Assar Rönnlund, José Antonio Labordeta, Óscar Chávez, Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja, and György Kárpáti. Among people deceased in 1958, Billy Whelan ranks 147. Before him are José María Caro Rodríguez, Henri Béraud, Paul Pilgrim, Georgy Ivanov, H. B. Warner, and Erwin Bauer. After him are Jalmari Eskola, Alfredo Zibechi, George Orton, Walther Schreiber, Charles King, and Frank Swift.
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 368
1935 - 2019
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 369
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 370
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 371
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 372
1935 - 2022
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 373
1935 - 1958
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 374
1935 - 2020
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 375
1935 - 2011
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 376
1935 - 2010
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 377
1935 - 2020
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 378
1935 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 379
1935 - 2020
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 380
1866 - 1958
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 141
1885 - 1958
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 142
1883 - 1958
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 143
1894 - 1958
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 144
1876 - 1958
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 145
1912 - 1958
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 146
1935 - 1958
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 147
1886 - 1958
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 148
1895 - 1958
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 149
1873 - 1958
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 150
1884 - 1958
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 151
1880 - 1958
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 152
1913 - 1958
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 153
Among people born in Ireland, Billy Whelan ranks 253 out of 501. Before him are Sara Allgood (1879), John O'Shea (1981), Owen Moore (1886), William Desmond Taylor (1872), Liam Cosgrave (1920), and Tim Ahearne (1885). After him are Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Stephen Roche (1959), Patrick O'Connell (1887), Tom Crean (1877), Geraldine Somerville (1967), and Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779).
1879 - 1950
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 247
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 248
1886 - 1939
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 249
1872 - 1922
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 250
1920 - 2017
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 251
1885 - 1968
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 252
1935 - 1958
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 253
1110 - 1171
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 254
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 255
1887 - 1959
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 256
1877 - 1938
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 257
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 258
1779 - 1869
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 259
Among soccer players born in Ireland, Billy Whelan ranks 7. Before him are Roy Keane (1971), Robbie Keane (1980), Arthur Johnson (1879), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), Denis Irwin (1965), and John O'Shea (1981). After him are Patrick O'Connell (1887), Liam Brady (1956), Tony Dunne (1941), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), John McKenna (1855), and Johnny Giles (1940).
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 1
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 2
1879 - 1920
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 3
1864 - 1943
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 4
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 5
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 6
1935 - 1958
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 7
1887 - 1959
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 9
1941 - 2020
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 10
1998 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 11
1855 - 1936
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 12
1940 - Present
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 13