SOCCER PLAYER

Charles William Miller

1874 - 1953

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Charles William Miller (24 November 1874 – 30 June 1953; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃaʁliz ˈwiʎɐ̃ ˈmileʁ]) was a Brazilian sportsman, who is considered to be the father of football in Brazil. Miller founded São Paulo Athletic Club (SPAC), one of the oldest sports club in Brazil, and found the Liga Paulista de Foot-Ball, current Campeonato Paulista, Brazil's first football league. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles William Miller has received more than 126,195 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles William Miller is the 2,075th most popular soccer player (down from 1,810th in 2019), the 431st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 397th in 2019) and the 213th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Charles William Miller ranks 2,075 out of 21,273Before him are Sidney Govou, Carlos Alberto Silva, Alan Ball Jr., Tomáš Ujfaluši, Gustav Wetterström, and Jacek Gmoch. After him are Carlo Ceresoli, Zezé Moreira, Leandro Paredes, Fulvio Bernardini, Katsuyuki Kawachi, and Yossi Benayoun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Charles William Miller ranks 148Before him are Ernst Streeruwitz, Alfred Tysoe, Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Leonard Eugene Dickson, Jerzy Żuławski, and Ludwig Diels. After him are Sténio Vincent, Friedrich Hasenöhrl, Honus Wagner, Nikolai Semashko, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, and Lucien Démanet. Among people deceased in 1953, Charles William Miller ranks 116Before him are Ralph Linton, Tamar Abakelia, Josef Fischer, Jean Becquerel, August Emil Fieldorf, and Albert Meyer. After him are Oskar Luts, Isaías Medina Angarita, Walter Wild, Jim Lightbody, Milovan Jakšić, and Pierre Dupong.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Charles William Miller ranks 431 out of 2,236Before him are Amílcar Barbuy (1893), Niginho (1912), Camargo Guarnieri (1907), Abel Braga (1952), Fernandinho (1985), and Carlos Alberto Silva (1939). After him are Zezé Moreira (1907), Alfredo II (1920), Francisco Rodrigues (1925), Diego (1985), Araken Patusca (1905), and Paulinho de Almeida (1932).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Charles William Miller ranks 213Before him are Rodolpho Barteczko (1910), Amílcar Barbuy (1893), Niginho (1912), Abel Braga (1952), Fernandinho (1985), and Carlos Alberto Silva (1939). After him are Zezé Moreira (1907), Alfredo II (1920), Francisco Rodrigues (1925), Diego (1985), Araken Patusca (1905), and Paulinho de Almeida (1932).