1937 - 2019
Gordon Banks (30 December 1937 – 12 February 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he made 679 appearances during a 20-year professional career, and won 73 caps for England, highlighted by starting every game of the nation's 1966 World Cup victory. Banks joined Chesterfield in March 1953, and played for their youth team in the 1956 FA Youth Cup final. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordon Banks has received more than 2,295,271 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Gordon Banks is the 79th most popular soccer player (down from 71st in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 529th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Soccer Player.
Gordon Banks is most famous for his save on Pelé in the 1970 World Cup.
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Among soccer players, Gordon Banks ranks 79 out of 16,880. Before him are Gabriel Batistuta, Hristo Stoichkov, Leônidas, Andriy Shevchenko, Alisha Lehmann, and Rivaldo. After him are Francesco Totti, Kazuyoshi Miura, Eric Cantona, Guillermo Stábile, Bebeto, and Jean-Pierre Adams.
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 73
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 74
1913 - 2004
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 75
1976 - Present
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 76
23 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 77
1972 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 78
1937 - 2019
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 79
1976 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 80
1967 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 81
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 82
1905 - 1966
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 83
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 84
1948 - 2021
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 85
Among people born in 1937, Gordon Banks ranks 35. Before him are Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Jared Diamond, Gennady Yanayev, Bill Cosby, Alain Badiou, and David Hockney. After him are Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Avram Hershko, Robert Lucas Jr., Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Colleen McCullough, and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Among people deceased in 2019, Gordon Banks ranks 34. Before him are Albert Finney, Andrea Camilleri, Bert Hellinger, Manfred Eigen, Tony Buzan, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Mariss Jansons, Beji Caid Essebsi, B. J. Habibie, Li Peng, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, and Marie Laforêt.
1937 - 2024
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 29
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 30
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 31
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 32
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 33
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 34
1937 - 2019
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 35
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 36
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 37
1937 - 2023
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 38
1937 - 2023
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 39
1937 - 2015
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 40
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 41
1936 - 2019
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 28
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 29
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 30
1927 - 2019
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 31
1942 - 2019
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 32
1921 - 2019
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 33
1937 - 2019
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 34
1943 - 2019
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 35
1926 - 2019
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 36
1936 - 2019
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 37
1928 - 2019
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 38
1925 - 2019
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 39
1939 - 2019
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 40
Among people born in United Kingdom, Gordon Banks ranks 552 out of 7,765. Before him are Fred Perry (1909), Alexander Pope (1688), John Smith (1580), Alice Liddell (1852), Alfred Molina (1953), and John Newlands (1837). After him are Henry Hallett Dale (1875), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), Robert Robinson (1886), Mike Hawthorn (1929), and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532).
1909 - 1995
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 546
1688 - 1744
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 547
1580 - 1631
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 548
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 549
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 550
1837 - 1898
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 551
1937 - 2019
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 552
1875 - 1968
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 553
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 554
1415 - 1495
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 555
1886 - 1975
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 556
1929 - 1959
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 557
1532 - 1588
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 558
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gordon Banks ranks 6. Before him are George Best (1946), Bobby Charlton (1937), Stanley Matthews (1915), David Beckham (1975), and Bobby Moore (1941). After him are Denis Law (1940), Bobby Robson (1933), Kenny Dalglish (1951), Kevin Keegan (1951), Duncan Edwards (1936), and Peter Shilton (1949).
1946 - 2005
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 1
1937 - 2023
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 2
1915 - 2000
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 3
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 4
1941 - 1993
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 5
1937 - 2019
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 7
1933 - 2009
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 10
1936 - 1958
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 12