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Bob Kurland

1924 - 2013

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Robert Albert Kurland (December 23, 1924 – September 29, 2013) was a 7 feet (2.13m) American basketball center, who played for the two-time NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies (now Oklahoma State Cowboys) basketball team. He has been credited as the first person to dunk in a college basketball game. He led the U.S. basketball team to gold medals in two Summer Olympics, and led his AAU team to three national titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Kurland has received more than 174,926 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Bob Kurland is the 186th most popular basketball player (up from 284th in 2019), the 8,564th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,881st in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bob Kurland ranks 186 out of 1,757. Before her are Gail Goodrich, Earl Monroe, Emiliano Rodríguez, Jure Zdovc, Dave DeBusschere, and Stepas Butautas. After her are Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Jim Pollard, Ricky Rubio, Ivan Edeshko, Alexander Belostenny, and Luis Scola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Bob Kurland ranks 401. Before her are Vladimir Bogomolov, Stanley Jaki, Charles Coste, Maino Neri, Gail Russell, and Paul Shan Kuo-hsi. After her are Silvano Piovanelli, Raúl Córdoba, Erkki Kataja, Donald Richie, Gisela May, and Joseph Nérette. Among people deceased in 2013, Bob Kurland ranks 379. Before her are Amar Bose, Arthur Wightman, Masae Kasai, Luis Ubiña, Ersilio Tonini, and Regina Bianchi. After her are Carlos Graça, Paul Bearer, Richard LeParmentier, Irina Petrescu, Donald Richie, and George E. P. Box.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Kurland ranks 8,564 out of 20,380. Before her are Parker Posey (1968), William Ellery Channing (1780), Frank Robinson (1935), Robert H. Dennard (1932), Paul Bostaph (1964), and Marty Robbins (1925). After her are Karin Slaughter (1971), James Broderick (1927), Steve Harwell (1967), Chuck Mangione (1940), Christian Pulisic (1998), and Zitkala-Sa (1876).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bob Kurland ranks 102. Before her are Mark Eaton (1957), Ray Allen (1975), Chris Paul (1985), Gail Goodrich (1943), Earl Monroe (1944), and Dave DeBusschere (1940). After her are Jim Pollard (1922), Rick Carlisle (1959), Chris Mullin (1963), Bill Laimbeer (1957), Alex Hannum (1923), and Slater Martin (1925).

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