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SOCCER PLAYER

Bobby Moore

1941 - 1993

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Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English professional footballer. He most notably played for West Ham United, captaining the club for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England national team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders in the history of football, and was cited by Pelé as the greatest defender that he had ever played against. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Moore has received more than 5,926,256 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Moore is the 64th most popular soccer player (up from 128th in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 722nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Soccer Player.

Bobby Moore is most famous for captaining the England football team to victory in the 1966 World Cup.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bobby Moore ranks 64 out of 16,880. Before him are Paolo Rossi, Giacinto Facchetti, Nílton Santos, Vahid Halilhodžić, Oliver Kahn, and Arthur Friedenreich. After him are Carlos Queiroz, Gianni Rivera, Mario Kempes, Silvio Piola, Matthias Sindelar, and Gheorghe Hagi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Bobby Moore ranks 48. Before him are Wolfgang Petersen, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Dennis Ritchie, Anne Rice, Jürgen Prochnow, and Chick Corea. After him are Ryan O'Neal, Michael D. Higgins, Eric Burdon, Ivan Gašparovič, Mahmoud Darwish, and Ritchie Valens. Among people deceased in 1993, Bobby Moore ranks 20. Before him are Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, André the Giant, Inge Lehmann, Hans Jonas, Brandon Lee, and Polykarp Kusch. After him are W. Edwards Deming, Dizzy Gillespie, Kōbō Abe, Lillian Gish, Bill Bixby, and Wolfgang Paul.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bobby Moore ranks 520 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Hudson (1570), Nigel Mansell (1953), A. S. Neill (1883), James Bradley (1693), Maud of Wales (1869), and William Tyndale (1494). After him are Bill Wyman (1936), John Wallis (1616), Oliver Sacks (1933), Emma Thompson (1959), Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848), and G. H. Hardy (1877).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Bobby Moore ranks 5. Before him are George Best (1946), Bobby Charlton (1937), Stanley Matthews (1915), and David Beckham (1975). After him are Gordon Banks (1937), Denis Law (1940), Bobby Robson (1933), Kenny Dalglish (1951), Kevin Keegan (1951), Duncan Edwards (1936), and Peter Shilton (1949).

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