BASKETBALL PLAYER

Chet Walker

1940 - 2024

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Chester "Chet" Walker (February 22, 1940 – June 8, 2024) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and was selected in 2012 to become a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star. He played 13 seasons in the NBA, seven with the Philadelphia 76ers, and he helped lead the 76ers to an NBA championship in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chet Walker has received more than 310,258 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Chet Walker is the 378th most popular basketball player (down from 294th in 2019), the 12,884th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,025th in 2019) and the 200th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Chet Walker ranks 378 out of 1,757. Before him are Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Igor Rakočević, Sam Perkins, Evan Fournier, Mike Bantom, and Dejan Tomašević. After him are Bob Boozer, Marcelo Huertas, Zaza Pachulia, Greg Oden, Boban Marjanović, and Felipe Reyes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Chet Walker ranks 587. Before him are Mary Rand, Howard Hesseman, Cynthia Weil, Sotsha Dlamini, Brian Labone, and Tommy Troelsen. After him are Tony Bill, Penelope Coelen, György Sarlós, Igor Romishevsky, Peter Ryan, and Ghulam Ali. Among people deceased in 2024, Chet Walker ranks 431. Before him are Sid Eudy, Toru Kawashima, Shawnacy Barber, Phil Donahue, Brian Stableford, and Mustapha Moussa. After him are Toini Pöysti, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Albert Heath, Joanne Chory, Ken Page, and Clement Quartey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chet Walker ranks 12,884 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin Eastman (1962), Tony Bettenhausen (1916), Judith Hoag (1968), George "Gabby" Hayes (1885), Mauricio Ochmann (1977), and Mozhan Marnò (1980). After him are Barbara Britton (1920), Bob Boozer (1937), Joe Boyd (1942), Sarah Hyland (1990), Henry Heth (1825), and Don Edmunds (1930).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Chet Walker ranks 200. Before him are Adrian Smith (1936), Francis Johnson (1910), Paul Westphal (1950), Alvin Robertson (1962), Sam Perkins (1961), and Mike Bantom (1951). After him are Bob Boozer (1937), Greg Oden (1988), Bill Cartwright (1957), Cliff Barker (1921), Cedric Maxwell (1955), and Kyle Anderson (1993).

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