SOCCER PLAYER

Bob Crompton

1879 - 1941

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Robert Crompton (26 September 1879 – 16 March 1941) was an English professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club, Blackburn Rovers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Crompton has received more than 62,364 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Crompton is the 5,007th most popular soccer player (down from 4,458th in 2019), the 4,955th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,828th in 2019) and the 229th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 62k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bob Cromptons by language

Over the past year Bob Crompton has had the most page views in the with 8,283 views, followed by Spanish (930), and Russian (832). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (69.23%), Southern Azerbaijani (56.92%), and Bulgarian (51.32%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bob Crompton ranks 5,007 out of 21,273Before him are Frode Grodås, Asparuh Nikodimov, Eijun Kiyokumo, Archil Arveladze, Sabino Bilbao, and Bruno Guimarães. After him are Adílson Batista, Oscar Zubía, Gerard Deulofeu, Kevin Volland, Guillermo Díaz, and Juan Pedevilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Bob Crompton ranks 240Before him are Otto Fickeisen, Øistein Schirmer, Waldemar Tietgens, Frank Odberg, Andrey Arkhangelsky, and Aimée Antoinette Camus. After him are Harry A. Pollard, Wesley Coe, Frank Greer, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Benjamin Bradshaw, and Sid Grauman. Among people deceased in 1941, Bob Crompton ranks 203Before him are Noël Liétaer, Alexander Afinogenov, Victor Schertzinger, Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, Herbert Adamski, and Frank Waller. After him are Blind Boy Fuller, Kei Okami, Kalle Jalkanen, Martti Nieminen, Leonid Leonidov, and Helmut Hamann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bob Crompton ranks 4,955 out of 8,785Before him are Laura Fraser (1976), John Braine (1922), Herbert Morrison (1888), Ronald Pope (1920), Mackenzie Crook (1971), and Frank Bruno (1961). After him are Tommy Flowers (1905), Sheila Lerwill (1928), David Bedford (1937), James Cleverly (1969), Denise Levertov (1923), and Harry Ricardo (1885).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Bob Crompton ranks 229Before him are Derek Kevan (1935), Danny Ward (1993), Bobby Smith (1933), Alan Hodgkinson (1936), Billy Liddell (1922), and Gary McAllister (1964). After him are Nicky Butt (1975), John Aldridge (1958), Terry Paine (1939), Jimmy Murphy (1910), Claude Buckenham (1876), and Daniel Sturridge (1989).