SOCCER PLAYER

Ian St John

1938 - Today

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Ian St John (born 7 June 1938) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward for Liverpool throughout most of the 1960s, remembered as a stalwart member of the team that emerged from the second tier of English football to win two league titles and one FA Cup to cement a position as one of the country's top sides. He played for Scotland 21 times, scoring nine goals. He later became a manager – including at hometown team Motherwell where he had begun his playing career – and a media pundit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian St John has received more than 388,036 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ian St John is the 6,072nd most popular soccer player (down from 4,961st in 2019), the 5,254th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 352nd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ian St John ranks 6,072 out of 16,923. Before him are Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Jiang Jin, Francesc Arnau, Mohamed Barakat, Christian Gentner, and Aldo Duscher. After him are Patrick Roberts, Aleš Čeh, Nikola Maksimović, Marcos Acuña, Miran Pavlin, and Anthony Le Tallec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ian St John ranks 452. Before him are Leonard Frey, Dawn Wells, Sultan Rahi, Maxine Waters, Sam Nunn, and Ishmael Reed. After him are Lynn Carlin, Keith Greene, Lorraine Crapp, Samuel Bodman, Derek Dougan, and Bruce Babbitt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian St John ranks 5,254 out of 6,924. Before him are Aaron Wan-Bissaka (1997), Tom Sturridge (1985), James Key (1972), Alison Carroll (1985), Michael Fallon (1952), and Vernon Reid (1958). After him are Patrick Roberts (1997), Adam Johnson (1987), Ed Speleers (1988), Luke Shaw (1995), Amanda Donohoe (1962), and Adam Curtis (1955).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ian St John ranks 352. Before him are Tom Whittaker (1898), Bryan Douglas (1934), David Herd (1934), Dave Sexton (1930), Steve Clarke (1963), and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (1997). After him are Patrick Roberts (1997), Adam Johnson (1987), Luke Shaw (1995), Jeff Astle (1942), Rickie Lambert (1982), and Mike Phelan (1962).

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