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Garfield Sobers

1936 - Today

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The Right Excellent Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, NH, AO, OCC (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a former Barbadian cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler, an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder, he is widely considered to be cricket's greatest ever all-rounder and one of the greatest cricketers of all time. Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, Sobers made his first-class debut for the Barbados cricket team at the age of 16 in 1953, and his Test debut for the West Indies the following year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Garfield Sobers has received more than 2,043,607 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Garfield Sobers is the 14th most popular cricketer (down from 10th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Barbados (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Barbadian Cricketer.

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  • 17

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  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Garfield Sobers ranks 14 out of 136. Before her are Bishan Singh Bedi, Willie Watson, Viv Richards, Shane Warne, Ravindra Jadeja, and Muttiah Muralitharan. After her are Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Montagu Toller, Jack Hobbs, Alfred Bowerman, and Ian Chappell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Garfield Sobers ranks 580. Before her are Bob Graham, Freddy Cannon, Virginia Hamilton, Marge Piercy, Mihály Fülöp, and Dick Barnett. After her are Saginaw Grant, Jimmy Ruffin, Sushma Seth, Sue Ane Langdon, John Danforth, and Carole Quinton.

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In Barbados

Among people born in Barbados, Garfield Sobers ranks 15 out of 22. Before her are Owen Arthur (1949), Elliott Belgrave (1931), Arthur Barclay (1854), Errol Barrow (1920), Lloyd Erskine Sandiford (1937), and Obadele Thompson (1976). After her are Tom Adams (1931), Shontelle (1985), Beverley Goddard (1956), Marita Payne (1960), Jim Wedderburn (1938), and Ryan Brathwaite (1988).

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Among CRICKETERS In Barbados

Among cricketers born in Barbados, Garfield Sobers ranks 1. 

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