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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 172,216 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ivor Allchurch is the 3,890th most popular soccer player (down from 3,558th in 2019), the 4,517th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,113th in 2019) and the 187th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 22

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  • 3.35

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ivor Allchurch ranks 3,890 out of 16,880. Before him are José Fonte, Héctor Socorro, Dušan Galis, Rob Witschge, Takehiro Tomiyasu, and Martin Petrov. After him are Porfirio Armando Betancourt, Tomás Fernández, Roberto Matosas, José Reinaldo de Lima, Sylvio Hoffmann, and Erick Mombaerts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Ivor Allchurch ranks 424. Before him are Yozhef Betsa, Francisco Zuluaga, Ödön Földessy, Irwin I. Shapiro, Dick Clark, and Red Amick. After him are Ali Mirzaei, Nirmala Deshpande, Clyde Lovellette, Wolfgang Peters, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, and Charlotte Froese Fischer. Among people deceased in 1997, Ivor Allchurch ranks 249. Before him are Jacques Pollet, Lars Ahlin, Luigi Cantone, Helene Hanff, Leni Junker, and Sidney Darlington. After him are Michael Manley, Reinhard Lauck, Francis Johnson, Frank Parker, Sheldon Leonard, and James Dickey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ivor Allchurch ranks 4,517 out of 7,765. Before him are Clarence Kingsbury (1882), Lynsey de Paul (1948), Walter de la Mare (1873), Jarvis Cocker (1963), W. Morgan Sheppard (1932), and Victor d'Arcy (1887). After him are Eddie Howe (1977), Piers Morgan (1965), Yvonne Blake (1940), Chris Dreja (1945), Skin (1967), and Jackie Blanchflower (1933).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ivor Allchurch ranks 187. Before him are Tommy Lawton (1919), Gerry Hitchens (1934), Gareth Barry (1981), Jack Wilshere (1992), David O'Leary (1958), and Jimmy Gallagher (1901). After him are Eddie Howe (1977), Jackie Blanchflower (1933), Darren Fletcher (1984), Glenn Hoddle (1957), Chris Smalling (1989), and Cliff Bastin (1912).

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