SOCCER PLAYER

Bobby Johnstone

1929 - 2001

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Robert Johnstone (7 September 1929 – 22 August 2001) was a Scottish footballer who played for Selkirk, Hibernian, Manchester City, Oldham Athletic and Witton Albion. Johnstone also represented Scotland and the Scottish League. Johnstone is most remembered as one of the Famous Five forward line (Smith, Johnstone, Reilly, Turnbull and Ormond) for Hibernian in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Johnstone has received more than 89,813 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Johnstone is the 7,510th most popular soccer player, the 6,188th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 397th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 90k

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  • 38.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bobby Johnstone ranks 7,510 out of 21,273. Before him are Michalis Konstantinou, Sandro Ramírez, Denis Caniza, Nando Muñoz, Diego Demme, and Asako Takakura. After him are Alex Greenwood, Freddy Adu, Przemysław Tytoń, Martin Wagner, Jimmy Hill, and Étienne Capoue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Bobby Johnstone ranks 543. Before him are Yash Johar, Joan Taylor, Eddie Garcia, T. P. McKenna, William Safire, and King Moody. After him are Tommy Banks, Barbara Murray, Keith Gardner, Surinder Kaur, Jack Kelsey, and Jacqueline Hill. Among people deceased in 2001, Bobby Johnstone ranks 350. Before him are Joan Sims, Tom Kilburn, G. N. Ramachandran, Stan Cullis, Wail al-Shehri, and King Moody. After him are Hani Hanjour, Betty Everett, Jay Chamberlain, Frankie Carle, Sidney Dillon Ripley, and Duke Nalon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bobby Johnstone ranks 6,188 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Parrott (1947), Jackie Henderson (1932), Frederick DuCane Godman (1834), Muriel Day (1942), Peter Asher (1944), and Howard Wilkinson (1943). After him are Sarah Lancashire (1964), Amanda Donohoe (1962), Alex Greenwood (1993), Jimmy Hill (1928), David Hare (1947), and Laurie Hughes (1924).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Bobby Johnstone ranks 397. Before him are Danny Drinkwater (1990), Joe Corrigan (1948), Sammy McIlroy (1954), Sammy Lee (1959), Jackie Henderson (1932), and Howard Wilkinson (1943). After him are Alex Greenwood (1993), Jimmy Hill (1928), Laurie Hughes (1924), Aaron Lennon (1987), Bryan Douglas (1934), and Kevin Phillips (1973).

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