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Jack Taylor

1930 - 2012

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John Keith Taylor (21 May 1930 – 27 July 2012) was an English football referee. Later described by the Football League as "perhaps the finest English referee of all time", Taylor was famous for officiating in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final during which he awarded two penalties in the first 30 minutes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Taylor has received more than 41,450 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Taylor is the 25th most popular referee (down from 12th in 2019), the 3,783rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,893rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Referee.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Jack Taylor ranks 25 out of 107. Before him are Massimo Busacca, Roberto Rosetti, Sergio Gonella, Gamal Al-Ghandour, Ravshan Irmatov, and Nikolay Latyshev. After him are Viktor Kassai, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, Pedro Proença, Kim Milton Nielsen, Frank De Bleeckere, and Pierluigi Pairetto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jack Taylor ranks 397. Before him are John Keel, Adolf Born, Elmira Minita Gordon, Jacques Parizeau, Monique Mercure, and Burt Kwouk. After him are Pat Robertson, Richard Davalos, Robert Atkins, Fred Saberhagen, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, and Atef Sedky. Among people deceased in 2012, Jack Taylor ranks 295. Before him are Igor Kvasha, Luis Aponte Martínez, Arkady Vorobyov, Claude Cheysson, Piermario Morosini, and Roberto Mieres. After him are Brigitte Engerer, Othmar Schneider, Frances Spence, Salvador Reyes Monteón, Horst Faas, and Leon Schlumpf.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Taylor ranks 3,783 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Tomkins (1572), Margaret Mee (1909), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), Robin Trower (1945), Simon Wright (1963), and Wallace Ford (1898). After him are Thomas Andrew Knight (1759), John Eliot (1604), Martin O'Neill (1952), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), and Timothy West (1934).

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Among REFEREES In United Kingdom

Among referees born in United Kingdom, Jack Taylor ranks 2. Before him are Howard Webb (1971). After him are Martin Atkinson (1971), Graham Poll (1963), Mark Clattenburg (1975), Mike Dean (1968), Anthony Taylor (1978), Michael Oliver (1985), Craig Thomson (1972), Andre Marriner (1971), and Willie Collum (1979).

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