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SOCCER PLAYER

Jackie Milburn

1924 - 1988

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John Edward Thompson "Jackie" Milburn (11 May 1924 – 9 October 1988) was a 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). 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 412,892 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jackie Milburn is the 3,360th most popular soccer player (up from 3,432nd in 2019), the 4,171st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,032nd in 2019) and the 151st most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jackie Milburn ranks 3,360 out of 16,880. Before him are Walter Casagrande, Toshio Matsuura, Víctor Ugarte, Michel Renquin, Vampeta, and Riccardo Carapellese. After him are Viktor Anichkin, Eladio Silvestre, Fabricio Coloccini, Pedro Nájera, John Carew, and Enner Valencia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jackie Milburn ranks 367. Before him are Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Anatoli Bashashkin, Joseph Nérette, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Silvano Piovanelli, and Roy Bentley. After him are Budge Patty, Carroll O'Connor, Bill Smith, Donald Richie, Mark Lenard, and James Lighthill. Among people deceased in 1988, Jackie Milburn ranks 195. Before him are Hermann Volk, Henry Johansen, Bernard Leene, John M. Allegro, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, and Mike Beuttler. After him are André Saeys, Lin Carter, Ralph Meeker, Bibi Torriani, Sten Suvio, and Duane Jones.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jackie Milburn ranks 4,171 out of 7,765. Before him are Bob Houghton (1947), Roy Bentley (1924), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), Rachel Portman (1960), Daniel Tammet (1979), and Bradley James (1983). After him are Richard Garriott (1961), Holly Johnson (1960), Steve Jackson (1951), Joanne Harris (1964), George Abbot (1562), and William Ames (1576).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jackie Milburn ranks 151. Before him are Vivian Campbell (1962), Stan Mortensen (1921), Jadon Sancho (2000), Jimmy Johnstone (1944), Alexander Wood (1907), and Roy Bentley (1924). After him are Danny Blanchflower (1926), Walter Smith (1948), Francis Lee (1944), Trevor Francis (1954), Phil Neal (1951), and Paul Ince (1967).

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