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Eric Lindros

1973 - Today

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Eric Bryan Lindros (; born February 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Oshawa Generals prior to being chosen first overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques. He refused to play for the Nordiques and was eventually traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in June 1992 in exchange for a package of players and draft picks including Peter Forsberg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Lindros has received more than 2,397,209 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Eric Lindros is the 146th most popular hockey player (down from 127th in 2019), the 868th most popular biography from Canada (down from 780th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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  • 45.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Eric Lindros ranks 146 out of 676. Before him are Roop Singh, Alexei Yashin, Milt Schmidt, Harry Sinden, Ryan Miller, and Al Arbour. After him are Marián Hossa, Sandis Ozoliņš, Tiny Thompson, Teppo Numminen, Miroslav Šatan, and Alexei Zhamnov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Eric Lindros ranks 600. Before him are Dan Harmon, Rahul Dravid, Bridget Marquardt, Roberto Orci, Khamis Al-Owairan, and Caroline Corr. After him are Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Eric Carrière, Brigitte Vasallo, Laia Marull, Angélica, and Eurelijus Žukauskas.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Eric Lindros ranks 868 out of 1,622. Before him are Katharine Isabelle (1981), Kari Matchett (1970), Al Arbour (1932), Carlos Ramírez (null), Shroud (1994), and Deadmau5 (1981). After him are Yanic Truesdale (1970), La Zarra (1987), Tom Mulcair (1954), Tiny Thompson (1903), Tahmoh Penikett (1975), and Nicole Appleton (1974).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Eric Lindros ranks 37. Before him are Bert McCaffrey (1893), Andy Bathgate (1932), Martin St. Louis (1975), Milt Schmidt (1918), Harry Sinden (1932), and Al Arbour (1932). After him are Tiny Thompson (1903), Paul Kariya (1974), Bryan Trottier (1956), Joe Thornton (1979), Hooley Smith (1903), and Dale Hawerchuk (1963).

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