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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 74,210 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Derek Kevan is the 5,167th most popular soccer player (down from 4,179th in 2019), the 5,242nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,501st in 2019) and the 260th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 74k

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  • 39.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Derek Kevan ranks 5,167 out of 16,880Before him are Chicão, Lucas Pérez, Im Shung-hwi, Harvey Barnes, Julian Weigl, and Youssef Chippo. After him are Marc Emmers, Kiril Ivkov, Lars Stindl, Frode Johnsen, Dani Aranzubia, and Tanguy Ndombele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Derek Kevan ranks 438Before him are J. G. Farrell, Walter Mahlendorf, Ronnie Hawkins, Lucile Wheeler, Ron Springett, and Alex Karras. After him are Jim Bolger, John Inman, Harry B. Gray, Laurent Robuschi, P. J. Patterson, and Peter Hollingworth. Among people deceased in 2013, Derek Kevan ranks 428Before him are Edward Stevens, Noel Harrison, Marian McPartland, Audrey Totter, Richard LeParmentier, and Stefano Borgonovo. After him are Ray Price, Marina Solodkin, Igor Romishevsky, Karla Álvarez, Robin Sachs, and Stanisław Szozda.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Derek Kevan ranks 5,242 out of 7,765Before him are Tom Heaton (1986), Caryl Churchill (1938), James Allison (1968), Harvey Barnes (1997), Jason Hughes (1971), and Rhodri Morgan (1939). After him are Anna Chancellor (1965), Martyn Poliakoff (1947), Anne-Marie (1991), Samuel Gompers (1850), Siobhan Finneran (1966), and Tony Curran (1969).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Derek Kevan ranks 260Before him are David Jack (1898), Jimmy Dickinson (1925), Ron Springett (1935), Viv Anderson (1956), Tom Heaton (1986), and Harvey Barnes (1997). After him are Alan Hansen (1955), Mark Hateley (1961), Bobby Smith (1933), Neville Southall (1958), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (1997), and Jim Leighton (1958).