HOCKEY PLAYER

Bobby Orr

1948 - Today

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Robert Gordon Orr (born March 20, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest of all time. Orr used his skating speed, scoring, and play-making abilities to revolutionize the position of defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 12 seasons, the first 10 with the Boston Bruins, followed by two with the Chicago Black Hawks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Orr has received more than 3,338,389 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Bobby Orr is the 19th most popular hockey player (up from 24th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 296th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Bobby Orr ranks 19 out of 676. Before him are Stan Mikita, Phil Esposito, Vladimir Petrov, Viacheslav Fetisov, Mario Lemieux, and Henri Richard. After him are Jiří Holík, Jari Kurri, Igor Larionov, Roman Čechmánek, Guy Lafleur, and René Fasel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Bobby Orr ranks 361. Before him are T. C. Boyle, Hans Moravec, Louis Raphaël I Sako, John Ashton, Sinéad Cusack, and Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro. After him are Geoff Nicholls, Janusz Gortat, Catherine Millet, Felix Kulov, M. C. Gainey, and JoBeth Williams.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Bobby Orr ranks 283 out of 1,622. Before him are Lothaire Bluteau (1957), Henri Richard (1936), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), David Johnston (1941), and Patricia Churchland (1943). After him are André Bessette (1845), Joe Clark (1939), Yannick Bisson (1969), Édouard Gagnon (1918), Terry Sawchuk (1929), and Bill Brack (1935).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Bobby Orr ranks 9. Before him are Gordie Howe (1928), Georges Vézina (1887), Bobby Hull (1939), Phil Esposito (1942), Mario Lemieux (1965), and Henri Richard (1936). After him are Guy Lafleur (1951), Marcel Dionne (1951), Howie Morenz (1902), Herb Drury (1896), Ross Cuthbert (1892), and Ernie Collett (1895).

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