SOCCER PLAYER

Ivor Allchurch

1929 - 1997

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Ivor John Allchurch (16 October 1929 – 10 July 1997) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Known as the "Golden Boy of Welsh football", Allchurch began his career playing for his hometown side Swansea Town, where he spent over 10 years, captaining the side for several seasons and scoring over 100 goals in all competitions. He attracted attention from numerous clubs during his early years with Swansea, but chose to remain with the club until the age of 28, when he joined First Division side Newcastle United. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivor Allchurch has received more than 182,937 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ivor Allchurch is the 3,461st most popular soccer player (up from 3,889th in 2019), the 4,011th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,508th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ivor Allchurch ranks 3,461 out of 21,273. Before him are Hugo Hovenkamp, Otto Andersson, Federico Valverde, Kaoru Mitoma, Andreas Christensen, and Roy Bentley. After him are Alex Song, Didier Zokora, Nils Eriksen, Eugen Meier, Yasutaro Matsuki, and Joseph Bonnel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Ivor Allchurch ranks 405. Before him are Doina Cornea, James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, Dick Tiger, Kenneth MacMillan, Evert Gunnarsson, and Villy Sørensen. After him are Kazimierz Kutz, Acker Bilk, Bruno Belin, Francisco Zuluaga, Sergio Cervato, and Wolfgang Peters. Among people deceased in 1997, Ivor Allchurch ranks 248. Before him are Stubby Kaye, Tony Zale, Ted Gärdestad, Henry Vestine, Kiki Kogelnik, and Reinhard Lauck. After him are Tamara Makarova, Georgi Yumatov, Ronnie Lane, Pilar Miró, Lars Ahlin, and Maria Wittek.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ivor Allchurch ranks 4,011 out of 8,785. Before him are Brian Naylor (1923), Mary Garden (1874), William Robertson (1721), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), David Cross (1949), and Roy Bentley (1924). After him are Robert Whitehead (1823), David Beaton (1494), Aaron Ramsey (1990), Michael Ruse (1940), Rick Allen (1963), and Alfred Maudslay (1850).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ivor Allchurch ranks 152. Before him are David James (1970), Tony Barton (1937), Bart McGhee (1899), Frank Lampard (1948), Conor Gallagher (2000), and Roy Bentley (1924). After him are Aaron Ramsey (1990), Harry Stafford (1869), Dave Mackay (1934), Jonny Evans (1988), Alan A'Court (1934), and John Goodall (1863).

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