SOCCER PLAYER

Dennis Wilshaw

1926 - 2004

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Dennis James Wilshaw (11 March 1926 – 10 May 2004) was an English international footballer. A forward, he scored 173 goals in 380 appearances in the Football League, and also scored ten goals in twelve appearances for the England national team (including one goal in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and four goals against Scotland at Wembley). He spent 13 years with Wolverhampton Wanderers from 1944 to 1957, where he won the First Division title in 1953–54. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Wilshaw has received more than 44,066 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Dennis Wilshaw is the 7,145th most popular soccer player (down from 6,507th in 2019), the 6,068th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,754th in 2019) and the 372nd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dennis Wilshaw ranks 7,145 out of 21,273. Before him are Jonathan Biabiany, Guglielmo Vicario, Antonio Chimenti, Bruno Martins Indi, Celso Borges, and Radek Drulák. After him are Elzo Coelho, Dariusz Dziekanowski, Stéphane Sessègnon, Markel Susaeta, Andrea Ranocchia, and Stéphane Henchoz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Dennis Wilshaw ranks 545. Before him are Johnny Walker, Chuck Arnold, Alex Groza, Peter Broeker, Ray Price, and Pete Lovely. After him are Mona Freeman, Ernest Chapman, Sidney Drell, James M. Beggs, Bud Yorkin, and James Merrill. Among people deceased in 2004, Dennis Wilshaw ranks 327. Before him are Virginia Capers, Bob Tisdall, Kurt Dossin, Albert Paulsen, Hugh Shearer, and Henry Cockburn. After him are Beyers Naudé, Yash Johar, Salvador Laurel, June Maston, Albeiro Usuriaga, and Mikael Ljungberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dennis Wilshaw ranks 6,068 out of 8,785. Before him are Vic Crowe (1932), Ronald Searle (1920), Toyah Willcox (1958), Alan Smith (1962), Ralph Firman (1975), and Perrie Edwards (1993). After him are Simon Curtis (1960), Julien Temple (1953), N. T. Wright (1948), Phil Thompson (1954), Jeff Rawle (1951), and Aiden Shaw (1966).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Dennis Wilshaw ranks 372. Before him are Sandy Jardine (1948), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (1997), Gary Pallister (1965), Henry Cockburn (1921), Vic Crowe (1932), and Alan Smith (1962). After him are Phil Thompson (1954), Mel Charles (1935), Ted Ditchburn (1921), Allan Clarke (1946), John Robertson (1953), and Tommy Smith (1945).

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