SOCCER PLAYER

Jack Rowley

1920 - 1998

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John Frederick Rowley (7 October 1918 – 28 June 1998) was an English footballer who played as a forward from the 1930s to the 1950s, mainly remembered for a 17-year spell with Manchester United. He was nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his prolific goalscoring and explosive shooting, scoring 211 goals in 424 appearances for United. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Rowley has received more than 120,337 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Rowley is the 4,046th most popular soccer player (down from 3,701st in 2019), the 4,366th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,389th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jack Rowleys by language

Over the past year Jack Rowley has had the most page views in the with 14,404 views, followed by Russian (2,094), and Spanish (1,410). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bengali (33.55%), Egyptian Arabic (26.00%), and Danish (15.70%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jack Rowley ranks 4,046 out of 21,273. Before him are Kiril Rakarov, Dani Ceballos, Kurt Welzl, Agostino Di Bartolomei, Carlos Roa, and Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes. After him are Bryan Ruiz, Harald Hansen, Raúl Córdoba, Volodymyr Troshkin, Julen Guerrero, and Sven-Gunnar Larsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Jack Rowley ranks 365. Before him are Laraine Day, Alberto Crespo, Olha Ilkiv, Edera Cordiale, Carlo Monti, and Usha Mehta. After him are Shelly Manne, Guinn Smith, Lucidio Sentimenti, Cecilia Colledge, Denton Cooley, and John Paul Stevens. Among people deceased in 1998, Jack Rowley ranks 258. Before him are Clark Clifford, Givi Kartozia, Max Streibl, Manuel Álvarez, Ilse Bing, and Bernhard Minetti. After him are Erling Evensen, Jackie Blanchflower, Charles Korvin, Hilla Limann, Francesc Xavier Bultó, and Eleanor Garatti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Rowley ranks 4,366 out of 8,785. Before him are Innes Ireland (1930), Marcus Rashford (1997), John Rimmer (1878), Ian Charleson (1949), Tom Hooper (1972), and John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough (1926). After him are Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1957), Ian McLagan (1945), Gemma Chan (1982), Tricky (1968), Bruce Payne (1957), and Jeanette Winterson (1959).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jack Rowley ranks 183. Before him are Adebayo Akinfenwa (1982), Cliff Bastin (1912), Peter Taylor (1928), Frank Swift (1913), David O'Leary (1958), and Marcus Rashford (1997). After him are Jackie Blanchflower (1933), Bill Nicholson (1919), Bob Glendenning (1888), David Platt (1966), Gareth Barry (1981), and Curtis Jones (2001).

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