TENNIS PLAYER

Frank Shields

1909 - 1975

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Francis Xavier Alexander Shields Sr. (November 18, 1909 – August 19, 1975) was an American amateur tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s, and an actor known for Hoosier Schoolboy (1937). He was ranked world No. 2 in 1931, and U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Shields has received more than 268,716 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Frank Shields is the 365th most popular tennis player (down from 185th in 2019), the 9,582nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,110th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Frank Shields ranks 365 out of 1,569. Before him are Flavia Pennetta, Renée Richards, Mark Edmondson, Marty Riessen, Horace Rice, and Garbiñe Muguruza. After him are Shirley Brasher, Nicolas Kiefer, Gardnar Mulloy, Gastón Gaudio, Younes El Aynaoui, and Heinz Günthardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Frank Shields ranks 371. Before him are Milt Kahl, Yelena Kuzmina, Valerio Perentin, Andrei Bărbulescu, Ann Sothern, and Heather Angel. After him are Don Finlay, Richard Maibaum, Frank Henry, Friedrich Scherfke, Jean Taris, and Dorothy Round. Among people deceased in 1975, Frank Shields ranks 240. Before him are Anatoly Blagonravov, Frithjof Sælen, Alfred Neveu, Joseph Calleia, Lionel Tertis, and Roberto Cortés. After him are Leslie Boardman, Belle Moore, Marino Klinger, Keith Park, Richard Tucker, and Masanori Yusa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Shields ranks 9,582 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas C. Hart (1877), Stuart Davis (1892), Carmen Zapata (1927), Mildred Cohn (1913), Virginia Fox (1902), and John Russell (1921). After him are Spud Webb (1963), Blue Mitchell (1930), Elizabeth Peña (1959), Kelly Clarkson (1982), Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), and Edward Seaga (1930).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Frank Shields ranks 79. Before him are Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1912), Elizabeth Ryan (1892), Rosemary Casals (1948), Margaret Osborne duPont (1918), Renée Richards (1934), and Marty Riessen (1941). After him are Gardnar Mulloy (1913), George Lott (1906), Pam Shriver (1962), Patricia Canning Todd (1922), Chuck McKinley (1941), and Clarence Clark (1859).

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