SOCCER PLAYER

Frank Swift

1913 - 1958

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Frank Victor Swift (26 December 1913 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for Manchester City and England. After starting his career with Fleetwood, near his hometown of Blackpool, in 1932 he was signed by First Division Manchester City, with whom he played his entire professional career. Swift broke into the Manchester City first team in 1933, taking part in the club's run to the 1934 FA Cup Final, where the club triumphed 2–1 against Portsmouth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Swift has received more than 256,671 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Frank Swift is the 3,973rd most popular soccer player (down from 3,620th in 2019), the 4,329th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,330th in 2019) and the 180th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Frank Swift ranks 3,973 out of 21,273. Before him are Sunday Oliseh, Peter Taylor, José Naya, Maino Neri, Gusztáv Juhász, and Enrique Wolff. After him are Eduardo González Valiño, Valdir Espinosa, József Tóth, Yerry Mina, Bogdan Lobonț, and Tom Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Frank Swift ranks 314. Before him are Ólafur Jóhannesson, Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, Annette Rogers, François Devries, Vintilă Cossini, and Imre Harangi. After him are Frank Tashlin, Masaji Kiyokawa, Amado Azar, Marco Cimatti, Gerard Wodarz, and Halima Nosirova. Among people deceased in 1958, Frank Swift ranks 166. Before him are Daniel Norling, Olaf Gulbransson, David Pegg, Walther Schreiber, Billy Whelan, and Francis Carco. After him are Cyril M. Kornbluth, Norman Bel Geddes, Sam Zimbalist, George Orton, Kurt Neumann, and Virginia Pearson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank Swift ranks 4,329 out of 8,785. Before him are John Moresby (1830), Richard Haydn (1905), Alan Rees (1938), Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854), John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690), and Lloyd Hildebrand (1870). After him are Norma Varden (1898), Johnny Marr (1963), Pino Palladino (1957), Ray Park (1974), Jarvis Cocker (1963), and David Goodall (1914).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Frank Swift ranks 180. Before him are Charles W. Alcock (1842), Stan Mortensen (1921), Jadon Sancho (2000), Adebayo Akinfenwa (1982), Cliff Bastin (1912), and Peter Taylor (1928). After him are David O'Leary (1958), Marcus Rashford (1997), Jack Rowley (1920), Jackie Blanchflower (1933), Bill Nicholson (1919), and Bob Glendenning (1888).

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