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Bob Love

1942 - 2024

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Robert Earl Love (December 8, 1942 – November 18, 2024) was an American professional basketball player who spent the prime of his career with the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. A versatile forward who could shoot with either his left or right hand, Love later worked as the Bulls' director of community affairs and goodwill ambassador. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Love has received more than 843,180 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Love is the 294th most popular basketball player (down from 291st in 2019), the 11,406th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,958th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bob Love ranks 294 out of 1,757. Before him are Ralph Sampson, Damian Lillard, Sergio Llull, Edy Tavares, Jeremy Lin, and Tom Thibodeau. After him are Jim "Bad News" Barnes, Jim Loscutoff, Ron Harper, Nando de Colo, Don Meineke, and Jason Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bob Love ranks 658. Before him are Richard Myers, Ozren Bonačić, Antonio Munguía, Samuel Ramey, Elvin Bishop, and Mridula Sinha. After him are Gerry Marsden, Jon Kyl, Susan Hill, Robert L. Stewart, Tommy Roe, and Connie Hawkins. Among people deceased in 2024, Bob Love ranks 401. Before him are Adan Canto, Kelvin Kiptum, Charles Dierkop, Sartaj Aziz, Gordon Bell, and Phelekezela Mphoko. After him are David Walker, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Ecaterina Oancia, Andrew Davis, José Carlos de Almeida, and Steve Albini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Love ranks 11,406 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Denning (1914), Ann Reinking (1949), Tom Thibodeau (1958), Gregg Berhalter (1973), Scoot McNairy (1977), and Ghostface Killah (1970). After him are James Barbour (1775), Shari Headley (1964), Charles Rocket (1949), Richard Wilbur (1921), William Demarest (1892), and Fairuza Balk (1974).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bob Love ranks 153. Before him are Sam Balter (1909), Joakim Noah (1985), Ralph Sampson (1960), Damian Lillard (1990), Jeremy Lin (1988), and Tom Thibodeau (1958). After him are Jim "Bad News" Barnes (1941), Jim Loscutoff (1930), Ron Harper (1964), Don Meineke (1930), Jason Williams (1975), and Erik Spoelstra (1970).

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