SOCCER PLAYER

Jack Charlton

1935 - 2020

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John Charlton (8 May 1935 – 10 July 2020) was an English professional footballer and manager who played as a centre-back. He was part of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup and managed the Republic of Ireland national team from 1986 to 1996, taking them to two World Cups and one European Championship. He was the elder brother of Manchester United forward Bobby Charlton and one of his teammates in England's World Cup final victory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Charlton has received more than 3,892,594 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jack Charlton is the 527th most popular soccer player (up from 809th in 2019), the 1,311th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,944th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 3.9M

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  • 57.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jack Charlton ranks 527 out of 21,273. Before him are James Rodríguez, Jay-Jay Okocha, Gareth Bale, Carlos José Castilho, Frank de Boer, and Karl Rappan. After him are Gerard Piqué, Nevio Scala, Robert Enke, Burhan Sargun, Ubaldo Fillol, and Jean Djorkaeff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jack Charlton ranks 103. Before him are Vladislav Volkov, Valeri Kubasov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Julian Glover, David Prowse, and Marc Augé. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Mário Coluna, Terry Riley, Robert Silverberg, Michael Walzer, and Nikos Sampson. Among people deceased in 2020, Jack Charlton ranks 116. Before him are Claude Brasseur, Pascal Lissouba, Mory Kanté, John Horton Conway, David Prowse, and Bill Withers. After him are Benjamin Mkapa, Daniel arap Moi, George Floyd, Ilija Petković, Wilford Brimley, and James Randi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Charlton ranks 1,311 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Gareth Bale (1989), Anthony Minghella (1954), Ginger Baker (1939), David Hartley (1705), and Lucinda Riley (1965). After him are Roddy McDowall (1928), Seal (1963), C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), and Fletcher Christian (1764).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jack Charlton ranks 26. Before him are John Charles (1931), Ally McCoist (1962), John Toshack (1949), Frank Lampard (1978), Alan Shearer (1970), and Gareth Bale (1989). After him are Paul Scholes (1974), Geoff Hurst (1941), Jimmy Greaves (1940), Paul Gascoigne (1967), Wayne Rooney (1985), and Harry Gregg (1932).

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