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SOCCER PLAYER

Billy Whelan

1935 - 1958

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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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  • 290k

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  • 44.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In Ireland

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).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

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).

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