HOCKEY PLAYER

Bobby Hull

1939 - 2023

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Robert Marvin Hull (January 3, 1939 – January 30, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blond hair, skating speed, end-to-end rushes, and ability to shoot the puck at very high velocity all earned him the nickname "the Golden Jet". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Hull has received more than 2,113,220 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Bobby Hull is the 10th most popular hockey player (up from 11th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 200th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Bobby Hull ranks 10 out of 676. Before him are Valeri Kharlamov, Viktor Tikhonov, Gordie Howe, Václav Nedomanský, Georges Vézina, and Jiří Holeček. After him are Jaromír Jágr, Sergei Makarov, Stan Mikita, Phil Esposito, Vladimir Petrov, and Viacheslav Fetisov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Bobby Hull ranks 267. Before him are Corin Redgrave, Merab Kostava, Fahrudin Jusufi, Bulle Ogier, Norma Cappagli, and Pieter van Vollenhoven. After him are Miroslav Cerar, Jean Van Hamme, Valery Voronin, Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, James Galway, and Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya. Among people deceased in 2023, Bobby Hull ranks 303. Before him are Margit Carstensen, Johan Leysen, Renato Longo, Jacques Rozier, Stella Stevens, and Rachid Sfar. After him are Ernst Tugendhat, Kadriye Nurmambet, Arsenio Iglesias, Alma Adamkienė, Gérard Collomb, and Greta Andersen.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Bobby Hull ranks 222 out of 1,622. Before him are Terry Fox (1958), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Jon Vickers (1926), Ernest Burgess (1886), Marc Singer (1948), and Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907). After him are David Card (1956), Josephine Crowell (1859), Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Robert D. Hare (1934), Debbi Wilkes (1946), and August Schellenberg (1936).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Bobby Hull ranks 5. Before him are Wayne Gretzky (1961), Maurice Richard (1921), Gordie Howe (1928), and Georges Vézina (1887). After him are Phil Esposito (1942), Mario Lemieux (1965), Henri Richard (1936), Bobby Orr (1948), Guy Lafleur (1951), Marcel Dionne (1951), and Howie Morenz (1902).

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