SOCCER PLAYER

Gunnar Gren

1920 - 1991

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Johan Gunnar Gren (pronounced [ˈɡɵ̌nːar ˈɡreːn]; 31 October 1920 – 10 November 1991) was a Swedish professional football player and coach. He is best remembered for playing for IFK Göteborg and AC Milan. A creative forward, known for his technical skill, vision, tactical intelligence, and passing ability as a playmaker, he was part of the famous "Gre-No-Li" trio of forwards at Milan and the Sweden national team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Gren has received more than 215,432 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Gunnar Gren is the 152nd most popular soccer player, the 119th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 144th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

Gunnar Gren is most famous for being a Swedish Olympic athlete who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He won a gold medal in the 110 meter hurdles and a silver medal in the 400 meter hurdles.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gunnar Gren ranks 152 out of 21,273. Before him are Ruud Krol, Arie Haan, Kakuichi Mimura, Bora Milutinović, Ivica Osim, and Tameo Ide. After him are Grzegorz Lato, Pavel Nedvěd, Karim Benzema, Thierry Henry, Ademir de Menezes, and Andrés Iniesta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Gunnar Gren ranks 40. Before him are Douglass North, Sergei Bondarchuk, John Demjanjuk, Alberto Sordi, Ravi Shankar, and Sun Myung Moon. After him are Kaysone Phomvihane, Edmond H. Fischer, Mickey Rooney, Michèle Morgan, George Porter, and Prem Tinsulanonda. Among people deceased in 1991, Gunnar Gren ranks 30. Before him are Arno Breker, Margot Fonteyn, Henri Lefebvre, David Lean, Natalia Ginzburg, and Max Frisch. After him are Ragnar Granit, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Jean Tinguely, Martha Graham, Claudio Arrau, and Wilhelm Kempff.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunnar Gren ranks 119 out of 1,879. Before him are Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861), Nathan Söderblom (1866), Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799), Ingrid Thulin (1926), Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912), and Lasse Hallström (1946). After him are Sune Bergström (1916), Lennart Johansson (1929), Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden (1001), Hjalmar Branting (1860), Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896), and Ingemar Stenmark (1956).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Gunnar Gren ranks 5. Before him are Gunnar Nordahl (1921), Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981), Kurt Hamrin (1934), and Nils Liedholm (1922). After him are Bo Larsson (1944), Henrik Larsson (1971), Reino Börjesson (1929), Agne Simonsson (1935), Ove Kindvall (1943), Lennart Skoglund (1929), and Ronnie Hellström (1949).

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