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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 113,581 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Wanzer is the 348th most popular basketball player (down from 318th in 2019), the 11,909th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,950th in 2019) and the 204th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bobby Wanzer ranks 348 out of 1,268. Before him are Danko Cvjetićanin, Fabricio Oberto, Calvin Murphy, Erik Spoelstra, Lisa Leslie, and Alex Groza. After him are Joan Plaza, Bobby Jones, Metta World Peace, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Fernando Romay, and Mark Aguirre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Bobby Wanzer ranks 403. Before him are Peter Sallis, Ian Raby, John Davis, Wayne C. Booth, Tom Kilburn, and Jack Valenti. After him are Henry Cockburn, Rodger Ward, Terence Cooke, Sita Ram Goel, Tommy Noonan, and Wilbur Thompson. Among people deceased in 2016, Bobby Wanzer ranks 496. Before him are Terry Wogan, Pat Conroy, Bernie Worrell, Ron Glass, Guy Clark, and Viktor Gavrikov. After him are Christopher Zeeman, Riki Sorsa, Pavel Sheremet, Marcos Danilo Padilha, Maurice G. Dantec, and Vanity.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Wanzer ranks 11,909 out of 18,182. Before him are Brittany Snow (1986), Perry Farrell (1959), Elinor Donahue (1937), Antonio Villaraigosa (1953), Jorge Masvidal (1984), and Alex Groza (1926). After him are Oscar Micheaux (1884), Joan Caulfield (1922), Archie Williams (1915), Mario Cantone (1959), Ivan Dresser (1896), and William Kennedy (1928).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bobby Wanzer ranks 204. Before him are Kevin Love (1988), Len Bias (1963), Calvin Murphy (1948), Erik Spoelstra (1970), Lisa Leslie (1972), and Alex Groza (1926). After him are Bobby Jones (1951), Metta World Peace (1979), Mark Aguirre (1959), Tex Gibbons (1907), Jack Sikma (1955), and Dick Barnett (1936).

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