SOCCER PLAYER

Danny Blanchflower

1926 - 1993

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Robert Dennis Blanchflower (10 February 1926 – 9 December 1993) was a former Northern Ireland footballer, football manager and journalist who played for and captained Tottenham Hotspur, including during their double-winning season of 1960–61. He was ranked as the greatest player in Spurs history by The Times in 2009. After a lengthy playing career, he retired at the age of 38. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danny Blanchflower has received more than 560,816 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Danny Blanchflower is the 3,762nd most popular soccer player (down from 3,406th in 2019), the 4,188th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,192nd in 2019) and the 168th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Danny Blanchflower ranks 3,762 out of 21,273. Before him are Giacomo Mari, Lucas Digne, Nena, Jimmy Armfield, Presnel Kimpembe, and Efraín Amézcua. After him are Segundo Durandal, Jean Tamini, Blagoje Paunović, Nils Arne Eggen, Anthony Réveillère, and Jorge Pardon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Danny Blanchflower ranks 407. Before him are Efraín Sánchez, Beatriz Segall, Astrid Ivask, Jacques Swaters, Joan Shawlee, and David Malet Armstrong. After him are Raymond Gosling, Diana Lynn, Bob Richards, W. Michael Blumenthal, Géza Kádas, and Rosa Taikon. Among people deceased in 1993, Danny Blanchflower ranks 227. Before him are Lisa De Leeuw, Claude Renoir, Michael Klein, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Marjorie Clark, and Vladimir Makogonov. After him are Jean Tamini, Alexis Smith, Masaru Furukawa, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Conway Twitty, and Kenneth Burke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Danny Blanchflower ranks 4,188 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin Baker (1943), John Major (1467), Mark Selby (1983), Jimmy Armfield (1935), Jamie Campbell Bower (1988), and John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735). After him are Thomas Bell (1792), Thomas Nashe (1567), Jim Brown (1908), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), Nigel Davenport (1928), and Andy White (1930).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Danny Blanchflower ranks 168. Before him are Danny Welbeck (1990), Archie Stark (1897), Mike Summerbee (1942), Steve Bruce (1960), Peter Osgood (1947), and Jimmy Armfield (1935). After him are Jim Brown (1908), Robbie Fowler (1975), Tommy Docherty (1928), Jimmy Jones (1928), Tony Adams (1966), and Charles W. Alcock (1842).

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