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George Karl

1951 - Today

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George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951) is an American former professional basketball coach and player. After spending five years as a player for the San Antonio Spurs, he became an assistant with the team before being appointed as a head coach in 1980 with the Montana Golden Nuggets of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). Three years later, Karl became one of the youngest National Basketball Association (NBA) head coaches in history when he was named coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers at age 33. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Karl has received more than 1,858,660 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). George Karl is the 267th most popular basketball player (down from 253rd in 2019), the 10,964th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,362nd in 2019) and the 139th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, George Karl ranks 267 out of 1,757. Before him are Petar Naumoski, Doug Collins, Andy Phillip, Aleksandr Salnikov, Sabit Hadžić, and Danko Cvjetićanin. After him are Joan Plaza, Marko Jarić, Hedo Türkoğlu, Shawn Bradley, Vince Boryla, and Gianmarco Pozzecco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, George Karl ranks 568. Before him are Doug Collins, Jay Inslee, Larry Black, Stefan Sofiyanski, Abdelmajid Bourebbou, and José Horacio Gómez. After him are Steven Lisberger, Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov, Didier Flament, Annie Borckink, Róža Domašcyna, and Ellen Nikolaysen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Karl ranks 10,964 out of 20,380. Before him are Chester Morris (1901), Macklemore (1983), J. Donald Cameron (1833), James Badge Dale (1978), Sheb Wooley (1921), and Henriette Avram (1919). After him are Bobbie Gentry (1942), Jeffrey Williams (1958), Marjorie Rambeau (1889), Pat Brown (1905), Raylene (1977), and Slim Thug (1980).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, George Karl ranks 139. Before him are Donald Piper (1911), Joe Dumars (1963), Vern Mikkelsen (1928), Michael Cooper (1956), Doug Collins (1951), and Andy Phillip (1922). After him are Vince Boryla (1927), Dwight Howard (1985), Sam Lacey (1948), Ralph Bishop (1915), Jimmy Butler (1989), and Larry Johnson (1969).

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