SOCCER PLAYER

Billy Wright

1924 - 1994

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William Ambrose Wright (6 February 1924 – 3 September 1994) was an English footballer who played as a centre-back. He spent his entire club career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The first footballer in the world to earn 100 international caps, Wright also held the record for longest unbroken run in competitive international football, with 70 consecutive appearances, although that was surpassed by Andoni Zubizarreta's 86 consecutive appearances for Spain (1985–94). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Wright has received more than 35,202 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Billy Wright is the 970th most popular soccer player (down from 855th in 2019), the 1,897th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,024th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Billy Wright ranks 970 out of 21,273. Before him are Giovane Élber, Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Géza Toldi, Bauer, Mario Evaristo, and Rafael Márquez. After him are Jordi Cruyff, Mitsuo Kamata, György Orth, Thomas Ravelli, Harald Nielsen, and Branco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Billy Wright ranks 160. Before him are Franco Cristaldi, Claude Lefort, Walter Gotell, Eduardo Fajardo, Ken Tyrrell, and Franco Basaglia. After him are Michel Constantin, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Alexander Matrosov, Friaça, Gilbert Simondon, and Marcel Broodthaers. Among people deceased in 1994, Billy Wright ranks 129. Before him are Zail Singh, Motoo Kimura, Stephen Cole Kleene, Dean Rusk, John Edward Williams, and Frederick Copleston. After him are Joe Pass, William Conrad, Stanisław Maczek, Lindsay Anderson, Moana Pozzi, and Giovanni Goria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Billy Wright ranks 1,897 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), Ouida (1839), John Aubrey (1626), Ælle of Sussex (500), Nell Gwyn (1650), and Damon Albarn (1968). After him are Mike Rutherford (1950), Catherine Ashton (1956), Harry Redknapp (1947), John Hume (1937), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), and Mike Leigh (1943).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Billy Wright ranks 45. Before him are Dixie Dean (1907), Bill Foulkes (1932), Ian Callaghan (1942), Fergus Suter (1857), Terry Venables (1943), and Herbert Chapman (1878). After him are Peter Crouch (1981), Tommy Taylor (1932), Gordon Milne (1937), William Foulke (1874), Glenn Hoddle (1957), and Dennis Viollet (1933).

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