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Bruce Grobbelaar

1957 - Today

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Bruce David Grobbelaar (born 6 October 1957) is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for English team Liverpool between 1981 and 1994, and for the Zimbabwean national team. He is remembered for his gymnastic-like athletic ability, unflappable confidence and eccentric and flamboyant style of play, as well as his rushing ability, which has led pundits to compare him retrospectively to the sweeper-keepers of the modern era. Born in South Africa, Grobbelaar grew up in neighbouring Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe), and served in the Rhodesian Army before he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps of the North American Soccer League in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce Grobbelaar has received more than 1,656,235 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Bruce Grobbelaar is the 1,981st most popular soccer player (down from 1,869th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 84th in 2019) and the most popular South African Soccer Player.

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  • 26

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  • 3.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bruce Grobbelaar ranks 1,981 out of 16,880. Before him are Tomáš Skuhravý, Arsenio Iglesias, Alfredo II, Zlatko Papec, Washington Ortuño, and Adi Hütter. After him are Geoff Bent, Kingsley Coman, Gyula Lázár, Iuliu Bodola, Thomas Bickel, and Uwe Rahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Bruce Grobbelaar ranks 201. Before him are Andrew Cuomo, Rick Husband, Alexander Dityatin, Ray Romano, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, and José Coronado. After him are Cameron Crowe, Esmail Ghaani, Alim Qasimov, Susanna Tamaro, Shlomo Mintz, and Stephen Baxter.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Bruce Grobbelaar ranks 88 out of 374. Before him are Gary Player (1935), Claude Chevalley (1909), Chris Hani (1942), Max Gluckman (1911), Frances Ames (1920), and Jan de Klerk (1903). After him are Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981), Ian Scheckter (1947), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Trevor Rabin (1954), and Sharlto Copley (1973).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Bruce Grobbelaar ranks 1. After him are Gordon Hodgson (1904), Dimas (1969), Benni McCarthy (1977), Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984), Steven Pienaar (1982), Phil Masinga (1969), Mark González (1984), Hans Vonk (1970), Lucas Radebe (1969), Matthew Booth (1977), and Aaron Mokoena (1980).

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