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Jerry Lucas

1940 - Today

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Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at Ohio State University, and 1960 gold medal Olympian and international player before later starring as a professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a collegian, Lucas led the Ohio State Buckeyes to three straight NCAA finals (1960–1962), winning the national championship in 1960, and finishing as runner-up in 1961 and 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Lucas has received more than 997,174 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Lucas is the 98th most popular basketball player (down from 76th in 2019), the 6,032nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,120th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jerry Lucas ranks 98 out of 1,757. Before him are Pablo Laso, Manu Ginóbili, Reggie Miller, Dominique Wilkins, Aleksandar Petrović, and Jerry Sloan. After him are Larry Brown, Mike D'Antoni, Heino Kruus, Joe Bryant, Jonas Kazlauskas, and Dragan Šakota.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jerry Lucas ranks 327. Before him are Chuck Close, Eberhard Weber, K. J. Yesudas, Yossi Sarid, Andres Tarand, and Anzor Kavazashvili. After him are Ignacio Milam Tang, Uwe Timm, Larry Brown, Mame Madior Boye, Wolf Kahler, and Norman Spinrad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Lucas ranks 6,032 out of 20,380. Before him are Zach Braff (1975), Paul Dooley (1928), Mark Boone Junior (1955), Ken Olsen (1926), Michael Cudlitz (1964), and Jeffrey Ullman (1942). After him are Owen Garriott (1930), William Bonin (1947), Walter Burley Griffin (1876), John William Casilear (1811), Geraldine Ferraro (1935), and Kim Dickens (1965).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Jerry Lucas ranks 54. Before him are Paul Arizin (1928), Wes Unseld (1946), Nate Archibald (1948), Bob McAdoo (1951), Reggie Miller (1965), and Jerry Sloan (1942). After him are Larry Brown (1940), Mike D'Antoni (1951), Joe Bryant (1954), Spencer Haywood (1949), Mike Krzyzewski (1947), and Isaiah Thomas (1989).

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