SOCCER PLAYER

Gary Speed

1969 - 2011

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Gary Andrew Speed (8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. As manager of Wales, Speed is often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting the pathway to future successes. Having played for the Leeds United youth team, he began his professional career with the club in 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Speed has received more than 4,044,281 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Speed is the 2,449th most popular soccer player (up from 5,123rd in 2019), the 3,257th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,210th in 2019) and the 107th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gary Speed ranks 2,449 out of 21,273. Before him are Álvaro Negredo, Massimo Oddo, Rildo da Costa Menezes, Julián Álvarez, Sven Andersson, and Taribo West. After him are Ivan Nielsen, Gyula Lázár, Rudolf Wetzer, Toninho, José Ramón Alexanko, and Giuseppe Giannini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Gary Speed ranks 177. Before him are Christopher Scarver, Thomas Linke, Erlend Loe, Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Hendry, and Byron Moreno. After him are Shawn Crahan, Shawnee Smith, Spike Jonze, Matthew Settle, Noah Taylor, and Danis Tanović. Among people deceased in 2011, Gary Speed ranks 279. Before him are George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, Wilson Greatbatch, Hans Apel, Mikhail Simonov, Filoimea Telito, and Boris Chertok. After him are Birgitta Trotzig, Milivoj Ašner, Iya Savvina, Gilbert Adair, May-Louise Flodin, and Peter Gethin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gary Speed ranks 3,257 out of 8,785. Before him are William Roxburgh (1751), Mike Spence (1936), Leonard Whiting (1950), Madge Syers (1881), Jennifer Saunders (1958), and Warren Clarke (1947). After him are Jane March (1973), Harry Patch (1898), Reginald Punnett (1875), Dave Davies (1947), Isaac Watts (1674), and Donald Moffat (1930).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gary Speed ranks 107. Before him are Jesse Carver (1911), Jamie Carragher (1978), Mark Hughes (1963), James Milner (1986), Steve Bloomer (1874), and Jack Grealish (1995). After him are Joe Fagan (1921), Vic Buckingham (1915), Ramón Zabalo (1910), Peter Bonetti (1941), Simone Perrotta (1977), and Billy McNeill (1940).

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