SOCCER PLAYER

Derek Kevan

1935 - 2013

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Derek Tennyson Kevan (6 March 1935 – 4 January 2013) was an English footballer. He spent the majority of his club career playing as a centre-forward for West Bromwich Albion, where he earned the nickname "The Tank". In 1961–62 he was joint leading scorer in Division One – alongside Ray Crawford of Ipswich Town – with 33 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Derek Kevan has received more than 82,501 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Derek Kevan is the 4,855th most popular soccer player (up from 5,166th in 2019), the 4,860th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,230th in 2019) and the 223rd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Derek Kevan ranks 4,855 out of 21,273. Before him are Georgi Kinkladze, Saul Malatrasi, Paco Herrera, Rumi Utsugi, Emiliano Mondonico, and Aksel V. Johannesen. After him are Beto, Paul Steiner, Danny, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Iván Hurtado, and Juraj Kucka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Derek Kevan ranks 470. Before him are Susan Cooper, Arvo Valton, Daniel Quinn, Victor Chizhikov, Vicente Cantatore, and Mitsuo Ikeda. After him are Larry Kramer, Sylvia Robinson, Judy Parfitt, Trevor Blokdyk, Kazimierz Paździor, and Leonid Potapov. Among people deceased in 2013, Derek Kevan ranks 420. Before him are Eero Kolehmainen, Narendra Dabholkar, Jean Kent, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Edward Stevens, and Faith Leech. After him are Janet Rowley, Robin Sachs, Michel Knuysen, Mohamed Brahmi, Sayan Sanya, and Yvonne Brill.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Derek Kevan ranks 4,860 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Rosher (1885), Mackenzie Bowell (1823), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), Dawn French (1957), and Guy Berryman (1978). After him are Richard Ashcroft (1971), David Storey (1933), Stuart Baird (1947), Phil Anderson (1958), Shirley Stelfox (1941), and Danny Ward (1993).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Derek Kevan ranks 223. Before him are Jermain Defoe (1982), Chris Smalling (1989), Andy Carroll (1989), Eric Dier (1994), Joe Spence (1898), and Ray Kennedy (1951). After him are Danny Ward (1993), Bobby Smith (1933), Alan Hodgkinson (1936), Billy Liddell (1922), Gary McAllister (1964), and Bob Crompton (1879).

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