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Don Revie

1927 - 1989

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Donald George Revie OBE (10 July 1927 – 26 May 1989) was an England international footballer and manager, best known for his successful spell with Leeds United from 1961 until 1974, which immediately preceded his appointment as England manager. A forward, he began his career with Leicester City in August 1944, before a £19,000 move to Hull City in November 1949. He was sold on to Manchester City in October 1951 for a fee of £25,000, where he became the main focus of the "Revie Plan" which saw him named as FWA Footballer of the Year in 1954–55 after innovating the role of the first deep-lying centre forward in England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Revie has received more than 1,284,243 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Don Revie is the 1,971st most popular soccer player (down from 1,589th in 2019), the 3,149th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,712th in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Don Revie ranks 1,971 out of 16,880. Before him are Heinz Kwiatkowski, Tomáš Rosický, Abel Xavier, Gabriel Calderón, Mario David, and Ljubiša Spajić. After him are Léopold Anoul, David Ospina, Shunichiro Okano, Masafumi Yokoyama, Tiago Mendes, and Vilmos Kohut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Don Revie ranks 264. Before him are Pasquale Festa Campanile, Mathé Altéry, Lars Hall, Elisabeth Söderström, Yury Grigorovich, and Dimitar Iliev Popov. After him are Arturo Armando Molina, Laura Cardoso, Pasqualino De Santis, L. K. Advani, Pierre Aubert, and Cesar Chavez. Among people deceased in 1989, Don Revie ranks 180. Before him are John J. McCloy, Merab Kostava, Ján Cikker, Roy Eldridge, Manuel Rosas, and Yannis Tsarouchis. After him are Anton Diffring, Luiz Luz, Thorkild Hansen, George Robledo, Antonio Janigro, and Yasuji Miyazaki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Don Revie ranks 3,149 out of 7,765. Before him are Clare Hollingworth (1911), Robert Kerr (1755), Everard Home (1756), Mal Evans (1935), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), and Steve Marriott (1947). After him are Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724), Nik Kershaw (1958), William John Burchell (1781), Henry Scott Tuke (1858), Gemma Arterton (1986), and Hermione Baddeley (1906).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Don Revie ranks 84. Before him are Ron Atkinson (1939), Billy Bremner (1942), Teddy Sheringham (1966), Reece James (1999), George Raynor (1907), and Steve Bloomer (1874). After him are Geoff Bent (1932), Pat Jennings (1945), Paul Cook (1956), Terry Venables (1943), Mark Hughes (1963), and Jim Bellamy (1881).

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