SOCCER PLAYER

Gordon Banks

1937 - 2019

Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks (30 December 1937 – 12 February 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. 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 1,577,307 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 38th most popular soccer player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gordon Banks ranks 38 out of 13,233. Before him are Mário Zagallo, Ricardo Zamora, Antonín Panenka, Josef Masopust, Ronaldo, and Béla Guttmann. After him are Carlos Alberto Torres, Nílton Santos, Ronaldinho, Rivellino, Djalma Santos, and Josef Bican.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Gordon Banks ranks 21. Before him are Vanessa Redgrave, Martti Ahtisaari, Madeleine Albright, Ahmed Yassin, Queen Paola of Belgium, and Mengistu Haile Mariam. After him are Warren Beatty, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Philip Glass, Egon Krenz, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Alain Badiou. Among people deceased in 2019, Gordon Banks ranks 17. Before him are Bibi Andersson, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Mohamed Morsi, Murray Gell-Mann, John Robert Schrieffer, and Michel Legrand. After him are Toni Morrison, Li Peng, Lennart Johansson, Albert Finney, Manfred Eigen, and Andrea Camilleri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gordon Banks ranks 360 out of 5,347. Before him are Roger Penrose (1931), Joshua Reynolds (1723), Thomas Carlyle (1795), Thomas Paine (1737), Thomas Bayes (1702), and Francis William Aston (1877). After him are Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), Jeremy Irons (1948), Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486), William Kidd (1645), Anthony Burgess (1917), and Robert Edwards (1925).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gordon Banks ranks 3. Before him are George Best (1946) and Bobby Charlton (1937). After him are Bobby Moore (1941), Stanley Matthews (1915), David Beckham (1975), Bobby Robson (1933), Denis Law (1940), Duncan Edwards (1936), Brian Clough (1935), Kevin Keegan (1951), and Bob Paisley (1919).

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