SOCCER PLAYER

Jim Baxter

1939 - 2001

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James Curran Baxter (29 September 1939 – 14 April 2001) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half. He is generally regarded as one of the country's greatest ever players. He was born, educated and started his career in Fife, but his peak playing years were in the early 1960s with the Glasgow club Rangers, whom he helped to win ten trophies between 1960 and 1965, and where he became known as "Slim Jim". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Baxter has received more than 386,323 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Baxter is the 6,689th most popular soccer player (down from 6,381st in 2019), the 5,871st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,711th in 2019) and the 345th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jim Baxter ranks 6,689 out of 21,273. Before him are Marques Batista de Abreu, Yuki Abe, Luther Blissett, Rogelio Farías, Alfred Nijhuis, and Fábio Rochemback. After him are Hernán Díaz, Karim Ansarifard, Mauricio Pinilla, Vieirinha, Antonio Guzmán, and Danilo D'Ambrosio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Jim Baxter ranks 610. Before him are David Allan Coe, Julius Chan, BarBara Luna, Cleavon Little, Maury Povich, and Carole Shelley. After him are Salvatore Nunnari, Renée Schuurman, Willye White, Jagdeep, Leon Brittan, and Baldur Preiml. Among people deceased in 2001, Jim Baxter ranks 338. Before him are Leon Wilkeson, Fred Neil, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ken Hughes, and Bruce Halford. After him are Kamal Ranadive, Dale Evans, Ken Green, Viktor Yakushev, Renée Schuurman, and Joan Sims.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Baxter ranks 5,871 out of 8,785. Before him are John George Children (1777), Bruce Halford (1931), David Gandy (1980), Oliver Knussen (1952), Joe Gilgun (1984), and John Leckie (1949). After him are Anohni (1971), Bob Bell (1958), William Wycherley (1640), Ben Foster (1983), Kelly Johnson (1958), and Cressida Cowell (1966).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jim Baxter ranks 345. Before him are Neil Young (1944), David Herd (1934), Brian Labone (1940), Mick McCarthy (1959), Peter Beardsley (1961), and Ledley King (1980). After him are Ben Foster (1983), Bobby Collins (1931), Glen Johnson (1984), Bobby Lennox (1943), Jimmy Dickinson (1925), and Gerry Peyton (1956).

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