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Hal Greer

1936 - 2018

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Harold Everett Greer ( HAL GREER; June 26, 1936 – April 14, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1958 through 1973. A guard, Greer was a 10-time NBA All-Star and was named to the All-NBA Second Team seven times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hal Greer has received more than 639,214 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hal Greer is the 157th most popular basketball player (down from 128th in 2019), the 7,798th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,166th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Hal Greer ranks 157 out of 1,757. Before him are Walter Davis, Saša Obradović, Chuck Cooper, Rudy Tomjanovich, Jaak Lipso, and Carlos Blixen. After him are John Kundla, K. C. Jones, Dell Curry, Lauren Jackson, Stojko Vranković, and David Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Hal Greer ranks 415. Before him are Salvador Reyes Monteón, Trevor Taylor, James Darren, Erich Hof, Shelley Morrison, and Carlos Blixen. After him are Mary Millar, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Renato Corti, Michel Rousseau, Vladimir Bagirov, and Richard Rodney Bennett. Among people deceased in 2018, Hal Greer ranks 365. Before him are Carlo Giuffrè, Roy Bentley, Joseph Bonnel, Per Ahlmark, Kazimierz Kutz, and Houmane Jarir. After him are Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Fernando Serena, Albin Vidović, Bill Daily, Elizabeth Hawley, and Hans Aabech.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hal Greer ranks 7,798 out of 20,380. Before him are Esther Phillips (1935), DeWitt Clinton (1769), Kyle Gass (1960), David Brown (1916), John Jacob Abel (1857), and Sean Gunn (1974). After him are Kate Bosworth (1983), June Foray (1917), Steve Kloves (1960), Kevin Richardson (1971), Lynn Burke (1943), and Hugh S. Johnson (1882).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Hal Greer ranks 88. Before him are Russell Westbrook (1988), Frank Lubin (1910), Vince Carter (1977), Walter Davis (1954), Chuck Cooper (1926), and Rudy Tomjanovich (1948). After him are John Kundla (1916), K. C. Jones (1932), Dell Curry (1964), David Thompson (1953), Tracy McGrady (1979), and Jason Kidd (1973).

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