SOCCER PLAYER

Ian St John

1938 - 2021

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John "Ian" St John (; 7 June 1938 – 1 March 2021) was a Scottish professional football player, coach and broadcaster. St John played as a forward for Liverpool throughout most of the 1960s. Signed by Bill Shankly in 1961, St John was a key member of the Liverpool team that emerged from the second tier of English football to win two league titles and one FA Cup—in which he scored the winner in the 1965 final—to cement a position as one of the country's top sides. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian St John has received more than 1,000,839 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Ian St John is the 6,409th most popular soccer player (down from 5,852nd in 2019), the 5,723rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,525th in 2019) and the 331st most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 1.0M

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  • 40.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ian St John ranks 6,409 out of 21,273. Before him are Laurent Robuschi, Ulrich Borowka, Sebastián Soria, Matheus Nunes, Nicolas Lombaerts, and Omar Abdulrahman. After him are Abdoulaye Traoré, Oleksandr Kucher, Atsushi Yanagisawa, Remko Pasveer, Claude Dambury, and An Yong-hak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ian St John ranks 578. Before him are Steve Kuhn, Satch Sanders, Rolando Serrano, B. Saroja Devi, Aldo Valentini, and Eugene J. Martin. After him are Peter Westbury, Charles Wuorinen, Darrall Imhoff, Gary Collins, Humberto Donoso, and Richard Lerner. Among people deceased in 2021, Ian St John ranks 641. Before him are Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Beverly Cleary, John Shelby Spong, David Darling, Boško Abramović, and Cara Williams. After him are Gert Blomé, Zizinho, Tuomo Ylipulli, Antonio de la Torre, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Shashikala.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian St John ranks 5,723 out of 8,785. Before him are Stephen Wiltshire (1974), Tom Roberts (1856), Kevin Doyle (1960), Neil Marshall (1970), Mark Akenside (1721), and Tomm Moore (1977). After him are Sabine Baring-Gould (1834), Peter Westbury (1938), Valerie Leon (1943), Walter Besant (1836), John Bright (1811), and Billy Fury (1940).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ian St John ranks 331. Before him are Ivor Broadis (1922), Jimmy Mullen (1923), Stan Bowles (1948), Darren Fletcher (1984), Bert Williams (1920), and Tom Whittaker (1898). After him are Mason Greenwood (2001), Eddie Hopkinson (1935), Allenby Chilton (1918), Bill Slater (1927), Levi Colwill (2003), and Craig Bellamy (1979).

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