BASKETBALL PLAYER

Calvin Murphy

1948 - Today

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Calvin Jerome Murphy (born May 9, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player who after a prolific collegiate career at Niagara, where he averaged 33.1 points per game over his three years, played in the National Basketball Association as a guard for the San Diego/Houston Rockets from 1970 to 1983. He is a currently a member of the Houston Rockets' Space City Home Network broadcast team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Calvin Murphy has received more than 954,633 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Calvin Murphy is the 315th most popular basketball player (up from 344th in 2019), the 11,816th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,838th in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Calvin Murphy ranks 315 out of 1,757. Before her are Harry Gallatin, Ainars Bagatskis, Anthony Davis, Marco Belinelli, Rudy Gobert, and Satch Sanders. After her are Jamaal Wilkes, Chris Bosh, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Robert Horry, Teresa Edwards, and Juan Hernangómez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Calvin Murphy ranks 684. Before her are Juan José Muñante, S. E. Hinton, Artimus Pyle, Robert Ouko, Betty Thomas, and Vladimir Pilguy. After her are José Navarro, Andy Fairweather Low, Michael Moran, Kiki Caron, Mayanga Maku, and Kathleen Sebelius.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Calvin Murphy ranks 11,816 out of 20,380. Before her are Angela Kinsey (1971), Bobby Lashley (1976), Lisa Lopes (1971), Donna Dixon (1957), James Patrick Kelly (1951), and Loudon Wainwright III (1946). After her are Muhal Richard Abrams (1930), Janet Evanovich (1943), Daniel Everett (1951), Ron Klain (1961), Jeffrey Nordling (1962), and Carl Pomerance (1944).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Calvin Murphy ranks 166. Before her are Mitch Kupchak (1954), Buddy Jeannette (1917), Connie Hawkins (1942), Harry Gallatin (1927), Anthony Davis (1993), and Satch Sanders (1938). After her are Jamaal Wilkes (1953), Chris Bosh (1984), Robert Horry (1970), Teresa Edwards (1964), Grant Hill (1972), and Klay Thompson (1990).

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