SOCCER PLAYER

Danny McGrain

1950 - Today

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Daniel Fergus McGrain (born 1 May 1950) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played for Celtic, Hamilton Academical and the Scotland national team as a right back. McGrain is regarded as one of Scotland's greatest players and throughout the 1970s and 80s was one of the best full backs in world football; sports writer Hugh McIlvanney commented, "Anybody who saw him at his best had the unmistakable impression of watching a great player, probably one who had no superior anywhere in the world." McGrain began his career at Celtic and was one of the "Quality Street Gang", a group of young players that emerged in the late 1960s. He progressed to the first team and went on to play 659 competitive games for Celtic between 1970 and 1987, winning seven League Championships, five Scottish Cups and two Scottish League Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danny McGrain has received more than 354,480 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Danny McGrain is the 7,579th most popular soccer player (up from 9,590th in 2019), the 6,212th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,381st in 2019) and the 406th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Danny McGrain ranks 7,579 out of 21,273. Before her are Gai Assulin, Alexandru Epureanu, Richard Morales, Kálmán Kovács, Max Kruse, and Peter Møller. After her are Víctor Rangel, Vladimir Fyodorov, Daniel Caligiuri, Ko Jeong-woon, Carlos de los Cobos, and Diego Carlos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Danny McGrain ranks 701. Before her are John Sayles, Laura Ziskin, Pertti Ukkola, Lillian Watson, Karina Pankievich, and Shamil Khisamutdinov. After her are Lucjan Lis, Marina Stepanova, Fredis Refunjol, Cynthia Myers, Pamela Franklin, and Jaime Villegas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Danny McGrain ranks 6,212 out of 8,785. Before her are Kevin Phillips (1973), Scott Parker (1980), Jane Taylor (1783), Tommy Banks (1929), Ellen MacArthur (1976), and Bruce Rioch (1947). After her are Toby Regbo (1991), Diane Abbott (1953), Barbara Murray (1929), Bonobo (1976), Derek Redmond (1965), and Michael Oliver (1985).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Danny McGrain ranks 406. Before her are Laurie Hughes (1924), Aaron Lennon (1987), Bryan Douglas (1934), Kevin Phillips (1973), Scott Parker (1980), and Tommy Banks (1929). After her are Steve Coppell (1955), Brian McClair (1963), Lee Dixon (1964), Dave Sexton (1930), Colin Todd (1948), and Aaron Ramsdale (1998).

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