SOCCER PLAYER

Jackie Milburn

1924 - 1988

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John Edward Thompson "Jackie" Milburn (11 May 1924 – 9 October 1988) was an English football player principally associated with Newcastle United and England, though he also spent four seasons at Linfield. He was also known as Wor Jackie (particularly in North East England, a Geordie dialectal, pronounced “Ooo-ah”, meaning “our”, as in “Our Jackie”). Cousin to the mother of Jack and Bobby Charlton, Milburn played two trial matches at St James' Park as a 19-year-old in 1943. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jackie Milburn has received more than 437,790 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jackie Milburn is the 3,339th most popular soccer player (up from 3,359th in 2019), the 3,918th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,163rd in 2019) and the 142nd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jackie Milburn ranks 3,339 out of 21,273. Before him are Milan Dvořák, André Chorda, William Garbutt, Ramón Alberto Villaverde, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, and Johan Micoud. After him are Rune Bratseth, Carlo Galli, Hatem Trabelsi, Karel Pešek, Thomas Allofs, and Roberto Mussi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jackie Milburn ranks 367. Before him are Jack Weston, Roberto Mieres, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg, Mel Patton, and Lennart Samuelsson. After him are Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Klaus Junge, Leo Buscaglia, Humberto Fernández-Morán, Claude Netter, and Roy Bentley. Among people deceased in 1988, Jackie Milburn ranks 198. Before him are Nando González, Anna Sipos, Eric A. Havelock, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Christian Matras, and Louis L'Amour. After him are Max Black, Alf Kjellin, Plácido Galindo, Aya Kitō, Bernard Leene, and Hans Lewy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jackie Milburn ranks 3,918 out of 8,785. Before him are William Garbutt (1883), William Martin (1767), Mel B (1975), Ray Wilson (1968), Rebecca Hall (1982), and Alexander Burnes (1805). After him are Adrian Rawlins (1958), Edwin Long (1829), Alma Cogan (1932), Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (2015), Mary Delany (1700), and Bob Shaw (1931).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jackie Milburn ranks 142. Before him are George Graham (1944), Ray Wilkins (1956), Ronnie Rooke (1911), Jimmy Hogan (1882), Stuart McCall (1964), and William Garbutt (1883). After him are Arthur Berry (1888), Michael Carrick (1981), Joe Mercer (1914), David James (1970), Tony Barton (1937), and Bart McGhee (1899).

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