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Bobby Jones

1951 - Today

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Robert Clyde "Bobby" Jones (born December 18, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Denver Nuggets in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the Philadelphia 76ers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Secretary of Defense", Jones won an NBA championship with the 76ers in 1983, was a four-time NBA All-Star, a nine-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team, and was the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Jones has received more than 54,570 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Jones is the 359th most popular basketball player (down from 350th in 2019), the 12,486th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,915th in 2019) and the 188th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 55k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bobby Jones ranks 359 out of 1,757Before him are Mehmet Okur, Darjuš Lavrinovič, Dimitris Diamantidis, Darrall Imhoff, Blake Griffin, and Carlos Delfino. After him are Cliff Hagan, Andre Iguodala, James Forbes, Tom Gola, Hortência Marcari, and Fernando Romay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Bobby Jones ranks 637Before him are Grażyna Gęsicka, Ali Tarhouni, Pankaj Udhas, Corinne Lepage, Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, and Khattiya Sawasdipol. After him are Nikolay Merkushkin, Antonio de la Torre, Jay Benedict, Wolfgang Güldenpfennig, Simon Dickie, and Carlos Frenk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Jones ranks 12,486 out of 20,380Before him are Dennis Prager (1948), John Cassin (1813), Anthony Boucher (1911), Jill Kelly (1971), Anthony W. England (1942), and David Henrie (1989). After him are Tim Scott (1965), Willa Holland (1991), Mary Ellen Rudin (1924), William Grant Still (1895), William Frawley (1887), and Larry Charles (1956).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bobby Jones ranks 188Before him are DeMar DeRozan (1989), Chauncey Billups (1976), Chris Webber (1973), Frank Brian (1923), Darrall Imhoff (1938), and Blake Griffin (1989). After him are Cliff Hagan (1931), Andre Iguodala (1984), James Forbes (1952), Tom Gola (1933), Sidney Moncrief (1957), and Adrian Smith (1936).