SOCCER PLAYER

Gil Merrick

1922 - 2010

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Gilbert Harold Merrick (26 January 1922 – 3 February 2010) was an English footballer and football manager. Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the UK during the mid-1950s, Merrick was one in a long line of great Birmingham City keepers which included the likes of Johnny Schofield and Harry Hibbs. Merrick spent his entire career at Birmingham City, playing more than 700 times between 1939 and 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gil Merrick has received more than 87,525 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gil Merrick is the 5,082nd most popular soccer player (up from 5,752nd in 2019), the 5,007th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,498th in 2019) and the 236th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gil Merrick ranks 5,082 out of 21,273. Before him are Liédson, Daniel Sturridge, Jérémy Doku, Gilberto Penayo, Felipe Anderson, and Sébastien Squillaci. After him are Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, Friederich Franzl, Rafa Silva, Yahya Golmohammadi, Alfredo Torres, and Iulian Filipescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Gil Merrick ranks 403. Before him are Billy Liddell, Franz Fühmann, Eevi Huttunen, John Braine, Darren McGavin, and Ágnes Nemes Nagy. After him are Paul Winchell, Pierre Blondiaux, Ebbe Parsner, Miller Anderson, Maja Bošković-Stulli, and John Anderson. Among people deceased in 2010, Gil Merrick ranks 399. Before him are Ljupčo Jordanovski, Franciszek Gągor, Walter Frederick Morrison, Krystyna Bochenek, Jerry Bock, and Peter Orlovsky. After him are Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Michele Giordano, Christoph Schlingensief, György Mitró, Audrey Williamson, and Johanna Dohnal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gil Merrick ranks 5,007 out of 8,785. Before him are Vivien Merchant (1929), David Rose (1910), Eddie Jobson (1955), Ben Daniels (1964), Richie Hawtin (1970), and Daniel Sturridge (1989). After him are John Whitehurst (1713), Guy Pratt (1962), John Owen (1827), William Duesbury (1725), Gordon Thomas (1921), and John Betjeman (1906).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gil Merrick ranks 236. Before him are Nicky Butt (1975), John Aldridge (1958), Terry Paine (1939), Jimmy Murphy (1910), Claude Buckenham (1876), and Daniel Sturridge (1989). After him are Steve Archibald (1956), Alan Hansen (1955), Jimmy Murray (1933), Neville Southall (1958), James Jones (1873), and Pat Crerand (1939).

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