SOCCER PLAYER

Herbert Chapman

1878 - 1934

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Herbert Chapman (19 January 1878 – 6 January 1934) was an English football player and manager. Though he had an undistinguished playing career, he went on to become one of the most influential and successful managers in the early 20th century, before his sudden death in 1934. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Chapman has received more than 666,628 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Herbert Chapman is the 954th most popular soccer player (down from 941st in 2019), the 1,872nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,136th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Herbert Chapman ranks 954 out of 21,273. Before him are Tim, Ferenc Szusza, Bernd Bransch, Adrian Mutu, Paolo Di Canio, and Joseph Alcazar. After him are Hulk, Kalle Svensson, Juan Ramón Verón, Kikuzo Kisaka, Ronald de Boer, and Fernando Muslera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Herbert Chapman ranks 95. Before him are Frank Jarvis, Paul Hazard, Léon Werth, Ernest King, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, and Charles Joughin. After him are Georgios Kondylis, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Stamen Grigorov, Otto Freundlich, Mirra Alfassa, and Theodoros Pangalos. Among people deceased in 1934, Herbert Chapman ranks 76. Before him are Paul Ulrich Villard, Benjamin Baillaud, Oskar von Hutier, Otakar Ševčík, Roger Fry, and Paul Gustav Fischer. After him are Alimardan Topchubashov, Infante Gonzalo of Spain, Lauri Ingman, Carlos Chagas, François Coty, and Rudolf Maister.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Chapman ranks 1,872 out of 8,785. Before him are Cyril Jackson (1903), James Blunt (1974), Prasutagus (50), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), David Coulthard (1971), and Ken Tyrrell (1924). After him are Andrew Bertie (1929), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Pauline Moran (1947), John Watson (1946), Frederick Copleston (1907), and Lilian Harvey (1906).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Herbert Chapman ranks 44. Before him are Alf Ramsey (1920), Dixie Dean (1907), Bill Foulkes (1932), Ian Callaghan (1942), Fergus Suter (1857), and Terry Venables (1943). After him are Billy Wright (1924), Peter Crouch (1981), Tommy Taylor (1932), Gordon Milne (1937), William Foulke (1874), and Glenn Hoddle (1957).

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