1907 - 1974
Friedrich "Fritz" Szepan (2 September 1907 – 14 December 1974) was a German footballer in the period leading up to and including World War II. He spent his entire career with Schalke 04 where he won six national championships and one German Cup. He is commonly regarded as one of the greatest Schalke players of all time. To celebrate the 100th birthday of the club, the supporters voted the Schalker Jahrhundertelf, the "Team of the century": he was included in the midfield. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fritz Szepan has received more than 73,171 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Fritz Szepan is the 1,593rd most popular soccer player (down from 1,426th in 2019), the 3,665th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,229th in 2019) and the 113th most popular German Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Fritz Szepan ranks 1,593 out of 16,880. Before him are Jakub Błaszczykowski, Sadok Sassi, Karlheinz Förster, Hatem Ben Arfa, Stanislaus Kobierski, and Alfred Bickel. After him are Toyohito Mochizuki, Alberto Chividini, Hidetoki Takahashi, Jim Brown, Sami Al-Jaber, and Coen Moulijn.
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 1,587
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 1,588
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 1,589
1987 - Present
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 1,590
1910 - 1972
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 1,591
1918 - 1999
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 1,592
1907 - 1974
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 1,593
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 1,594
1907 - 1961
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 1,595
1916 - 2000
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 1,596
1908 - 1994
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 1,597
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 1,598
1937 - 2011
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 1,599
Among people born in 1907, Fritz Szepan ranks 204. Before him are Ilia Vekua, Jack Albertson, Giuseppe Occhialini, Luigi Beccali, Zezé Moreira, and Gordon Douglas. After him are Alberto Chividini, František Junek, Kinue Hitomi, Edmond Delfour, Amir Sjarifuddin, and Jean Langlais. Among people deceased in 1974, Fritz Szepan ranks 138. Before him are Fred Kelly, Georgette Heyer, Werner Kohlmeyer, Egon Wellesz, Ned Maddrell, and Kajirō Yamamoto. After him are Harry Partch, Adolph Gottlieb, Lily Kronberger, Françoise Rosay, Edward Platt, and George Van Biesbroeck.
1907 - 1977
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 198
1907 - 1981
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 199
1907 - 1993
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 200
1907 - 1990
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 201
1907 - 1998
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 202
1907 - 1993
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 203
1907 - 1974
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 204
1907 - 1961
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 205
1907 - 1970
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 206
1907 - 1931
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 207
1907 - 1990
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 208
1907 - 1948
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 209
1907 - 1991
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 210
1891 - 1974
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 132
1902 - 1974
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 133
1924 - 1974
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 134
1885 - 1974
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 135
1877 - 1974
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 136
1902 - 1974
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 137
1907 - 1974
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 138
1901 - 1974
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 139
1903 - 1974
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 140
1890 - 1974
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 141
1891 - 1974
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 142
1916 - 1974
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 143
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 144
Among people born in Germany, Fritz Szepan ranks 3,665 out of 6,142. Before him are Conny Plank (1940), Georg Muche (1895), Jaki Liebezeit (1938), Robert Spaemann (1927), Alfred Bickel (1918), and Marco Rose (1976). After him are Max Lange (1832), Kim Dotcom (1974), Rudolf Wagner (1805), Sylvia Nasar (1947), Leonhard Frank (1882), and Claus Offe (1940).
1940 - 1987
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 3,659
1895 - 1987
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 3,660
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 3,661
1927 - 2018
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 3,662
1918 - 1999
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 3,663
1976 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 3,664
1907 - 1974
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 3,665
1832 - 1899
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 3,666
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 3,667
1805 - 1864
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 3,668
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,669
1882 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,670
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,671
Among soccer players born in Germany, Fritz Szepan ranks 113. Before him are Klaus Toppmöller (1951), Julian Draxler (1993), İlkay Gündoğan (1990), Karlheinz Förster (1958), Stanislaus Kobierski (1910), and Alfred Bickel (1918). After him are Hans Bauer (1927), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (1994), Leroy Sané (1996), Thorsten Fink (1967), Reinhard Libuda (1943), and Bernhard Cullmann (1949).
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 107
1993 - Present
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 108
1990 - Present
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 109
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 110
1910 - 1972
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 111
1918 - 1999
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 112
1907 - 1974
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 113
1927 - 1997
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 114
1994 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 115
1996 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 116
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 117
1943 - 1996
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 118
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 119