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Chuck Cooper

1926 - 1984

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Charles Henry Cooper (September 29, 1926 – February 5, 1984) was an American professional basketball player. Cooper played college basketball for Duquesne University and was named an All-American. He was the first African-American to play in a college basketball game south of the Mason-Dixon line. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chuck Cooper has received more than 9,437 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Chuck Cooper is the 172nd most popular basketball player (down from 120th in 2019), the 8,624th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,295th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.4k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Chuck Cooper ranks 172 out of 1,268Before him are Rick Carlisle, Spud Webb, Jaak Lipso, Klay Thompson, Raúl Fernández, and Sasha Vujačić. After him are Chris Mullin, Žan Tabak, Shawn Kemp, Donald Piper, Ed Macauley, and Željko Jerkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Chuck Cooper ranks 394Before him are Erna Schneider Hoover, H. R. Haldeman, Piero Drogo, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Ernst Larsen, and Noor Jehan. After him are Arne Bendiksen, Robert Jay Lifton, Loris Campana, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Fritz Weaver, and Lily Carlstedt. Among people deceased in 1984, Chuck Cooper ranks 209Before him are Henry Wilcoxon, Ann Christy, Laurent Grimmonprez, Simón Lecue, Vladimir Tendryakov, and José María Lavalle. After him are Antonio Maquilón, Peggy Ann Garner, Isaak Kikoin, Carl Foreman, Luther Adler, and Marcel Balsa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chuck Cooper ranks 8,624 out of 18,182Before him are Lois Wilson (1894), Clark Clifford (1906), Michael Hoffman (1956), John Antoine Nau (1860), C. Thomas Howell (1966), and Merv Griffin (1925). After him are Joe Lo Truglio (1970), Chris Mullin (1963), Eleanor Boardman (1898), Alex Grey (1953), Harry Spanjer (1873), and Joe Medicine Crow (1913).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Chuck Cooper ranks 103Before him are Rudy Tomjanovich (1948), John Kundla (1916), Paul Pierce (1977), Rick Carlisle (1959), Spud Webb (1963), and Klay Thompson (1990). After him are Chris Mullin (1963), Shawn Kemp (1969), Donald Piper (1911), Ed Macauley (1928), Gail Goodrich (1943), and Artis Gilmore (1949).