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Dolph Schayes

1928 - 2015

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Adolph Schayes ( SHAYZ; May 19, 1928 – December 10, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A top scorer and rebounder, he was a 12-time NBA All-Star and a 12-time All-NBA selection. Schayes won an NBA championship with the Syracuse Nationals in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dolph Schayes has received more than 869,938 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Dolph Schayes is the 115th most popular basketball player (up from 117th in 2019), the 6,544th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,734th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 870k

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  • 48.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dolph Schayes ranks 115 out of 1,757. Before him are Mike Krzyzewski, Alexander Belov, Isaiah Thomas, Bill Sharman, Walt Frazier, and Kevin Garnett. After him are George Gervin, John Wooden, James Worthy, Steve Nash, Bill Walton, and Miloš Teodosić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Dolph Schayes ranks 394. Before him are Vladimir Toporov, Takako Doi, Washington Ortuño, Koko Taylor, Johnny Griffin, and Eduardo Guerrero. After him are Karel Mejta Sr, Pierre Tchernia, Sergey Mergelyan, Simón Díaz, Eydie Gormé, and Manuel Scorza. Among people deceased in 2015, Dolph Schayes ranks 299. Before him are Maria Vicol, Lev Durov, James Salter, Antonio Betancort, Malcolm Fraser, and Eduardo Guerrero. After him are Karel Mejta Sr, Candida Royalle, Mary Ellen Trainor, Lia van Leer, Ellen Albertini Dow, and Mario Cuomo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dolph Schayes ranks 6,544 out of 20,380. Before him are Lawrence Lessig (1961), Brad Whitford (1952), John Berry (1917), Charlene Tilton (1958), Steve Swallow (1940), and Albina Osipowich (1911). After him are Bernard Edwards (1952), Zoë Kravitz (1988), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Henry Thomas (1971), Dan Reynolds (1987), and David Landes (1924).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Dolph Schayes ranks 64. Before him are Spencer Haywood (1949), Mike Krzyzewski (1947), Isaiah Thomas (1989), Bill Sharman (1926), Walt Frazier (1945), and Kevin Garnett (1976). After him are George Gervin (1952), John Wooden (1910), James Worthy (1961), Bill Walton (1952), Dave Cowens (1948), and Tom Heinsohn (1934).

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