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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 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 158,419 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bob Kurland is the 284th most popular basketball player (up from 334th in 2019), the 10,906th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,097th in 2019) and the 165th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bob Kurland ranks 284 out of 1,268Before her are Valdis Valters, Žarko Varajić, Teresa Edwards, Alexey Shved, Aleksandr Salnikov, and Chauncey Billups. After her are Sergio Rodríguez, Duane Swanson, Jack Ragland, Harry Gallatin, Vassilis Spanoulis, and Adrian Dantley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Bob Kurland ranks 423Before her are Matti Kassila, Lucky Thompson, Louie Bellson, Nikolai Sologubov, Knut Steen, and Jo Benkow. After her are Georges Dransart, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, Russell Johnson, William H. Gass, Frank Havens, and Harry Schwarz. Among people deceased in 2013, Bob Kurland ranks 421Before her are John Kerr, Bruce C. Murray, Vladimir Vikulov, Eeva Ruoppa, Harold Camping, and Jo Benkow. After her are Edward Stevens, Noel Harrison, Marian McPartland, Audrey Totter, Richard LeParmentier, and Stefano Borgonovo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Kurland ranks 10,906 out of 18,182Before her are Joseph Pevney (1911), Lona Andre (1915), Vic Seixas (1923), Robert Merrill (1917), McG (1968), and Robert J. Walker (1801). After her are Michael Ealy (1973), John B. Floyd (1806), Sally Rand (1904), Tim Mayotte (1960), Beverly Garland (1926), and Stephen Furst (1954).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bob Kurland ranks 165Before her are Bob Kenney (1931), Bob Lanier (1948), Cliff Hagan (1931), Paul Westphal (1950), Teresa Edwards (1964), and Chauncey Billups (1976). After her are Duane Swanson (1913), Jack Ragland (1913), Harry Gallatin (1927), Adrian Dantley (1956), Bob Love (1942), and Frank Brian (1923).