SOCCER PLAYER

David Jack

1898 - 1958

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David Bone Nightingale Jack (3 April 1898 – 10 September 1958) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 267 goals from 490 appearances in the Football League playing for Plymouth Argyle, Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal. He was the first footballer to be transferred for a fee in excess of £10,000, was the first to score at Wembley – in the 1923 FA Cup Final – and was capped nine times for England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Jack has received more than 115,442 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. David Jack is the 6,148th most popular soccer player (down from 5,138th in 2019), the 5,592nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,215th in 2019) and the 313th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, David Jack ranks 6,148 out of 21,273. Before him are Hans Bongartz, Tranquilino Garcete, Philippe Desmet, Thomas Brdarić, Joshua Kennedy, and Lucas Radebe. After him are Jeffrén Suárez, Fred Martin, Rolando Serrano, Óscar Ramírez, Gino Pariani, and Ali Al-Bulaihi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, David Jack ranks 307. Before him are Baby Dodds, Lucy Morton, Yefim Dzigan, Bedřich Šupčík, Ludwig Bemelmans, and Elemér Somfay. After him are Frank Sullivan, Tom Whittaker, William O. Douglas, Rod La Rocque, Doug Livingstone, and George Chandler. Among people deceased in 1958, David Jack ranks 195. Before him are Pat O'Connor, Walter Crickmer, Tris Speaker, Friedrich Maurer, Mary Ritter Beard, and Harold Smith. After him are James Branch Cabell, Russell Mockridge, Charles King, Dunc Munro, Helen Twelvetrees, and Zoe Akins.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Jack ranks 5,592 out of 8,785. Before him are Norman Whiteside (1965), Julie Covington (1946), Don Howe (1935), Hans Matheson (1975), Les Leston (1920), and Lucy Gordon (1980). After him are Fred Martin (1929), Thomas Percy (1729), David Kelly (1944), Elizabeth Allan (1910), Sandrine Holt (1972), and Bryan Steel (1969).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, David Jack ranks 313. Before him are Ron Springett (1935), Alex Miller (1949), Tammy Abraham (1997), Mason Mount (1999), Norman Whiteside (1965), and Don Howe (1935). After him are Fred Martin (1929), Hughie Gallacher (1903), Eddie Baily (1925), Colin McDonald (1930), Stevie Chalmers (1935), and Alan Smith (1980).

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