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Bobby Wanzer

1921 - 2016

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Robert Francis Wanzer (June 4, 1921 – January 23, 2016) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A five time NBA All-Star and three time All-NBA Second Team selection, Wanzer played his entire professional career for the Rochester Royals of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). He won an NBA championship with the Royals in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Wanzer has received more than 120,724 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bobby Wanzer is the 282nd most popular basketball player (up from 348th in 2019), the 11,224th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,882nd in 2019) and the 146th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bobby Wanzer ranks 282 out of 1,757. Before him are Tomás Herrera Martínez, Sam Lacey, Ralph Bishop, Roger Grimau, Jimmy Butler, and Larry Johnson. After him are Sam Balter, Joakim Noah, Gregor Fučka, Boris Diaw, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, and Ralph Sampson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Bobby Wanzer ranks 436. Before him are Donald Campbell, Joan Greenwood, Ian Raby, Gilbert Stork, Marilyn Maxwell, and Sheb Wooley. After him are Alan Hale Jr., Wayne C. Booth, Brian Moore, Bill Bright, Muriel Pavlow, and Richard Wilbur. Among people deceased in 2016, Bobby Wanzer ranks 521. Before him are Reinhard Häfner, Donald E. Williams, Sydney Schanberg, Vince Boryla, Patrick Manning, and Alv Gjestvang. After him are Sergey Mikaelyan, Alfonso Portugal, Sándor Csoóri, Johnny Rebel, Wiesław Rudkowski, and Engelbert Kraus.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Wanzer ranks 11,224 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Klebnikov (1963), Bob Steele (1907), Angela Jones (1968), Mike Garson (1945), Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1970), and Larry Johnson (1969). After him are James Bridges (1936), Hailee Steinfeld (1996), Beatrix Loughran (1900), Frank Armi (1918), Johnny Ace (1929), and Rochelle Hudson (1916).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bobby Wanzer ranks 146. Before him are Vince Boryla (1927), Dwight Howard (1985), Sam Lacey (1948), Ralph Bishop (1915), Jimmy Butler (1989), and Larry Johnson (1969). After him are Sam Balter (1909), Joakim Noah (1985), Ralph Sampson (1960), Damian Lillard (1990), Jeremy Lin (1988), and Tom Thibodeau (1958).

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