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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 361,590 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). Jim Baxter is the 6,382nd most popular soccer player (down from 5,033rd in 2019), the 5,724th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,896th in 2019) and the 352nd most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 360k

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  • 36.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jim Baxter ranks 6,382 out of 16,880. Before him are Michał Żewłakow, Marco Caneira, Guga, Nadhim Shaker, Tomoaki Makino, and Akira Narahashi. After him are Francis Coquelin, Tomislav Butina, Alfred Nijhuis, Haris Medunjanin, Paulo Santos, and Leandro Castán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Jim Baxter ranks 536. Before him are Dorothy Shirley, D. C. Fontana, Zelmo Beaty, Fernando Poe Jr., Leon Brittan, and Barry Mann. After him are John H. Sununu, Dudley Storey, Bob Armstrong, Jagdeep, Tom Harkin, and Pam Kilborn. Among people deceased in 2001, Jim Baxter ranks 298. Before him are King Moody, Satam al-Suqami, Leon Wilkeson, Dale Evans, Bertie Mee, and Ken Green. After him are Wail al-Shehri, Duke Nalon, Sidney Dillon Ripley, Darshan Ranganathan, Rosemary DeCamp, and Richard Chelimo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Baxter ranks 5,724 out of 7,765. Before him are Alison Carroll (1985), Simon Yates (1992), Lucy Punch (1977), John Boyega (1992), Ivor Broadis (1922), and Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (2019). After him are Robert Bridges (1844), Anthony Taylor (1978), Mark Allen (1986), Steve Clarke (1963), Sebastian Faulks (1953), and Kate Dickie (1971).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jim Baxter ranks 352. Before him are Scott Parker (1980), Tommy Smith (1945), Aaron Ramsdale (1998), Ben Chilwell (1996), Japhet Tanganga (1999), and Ivor Broadis (1922). After him are Steve Clarke (1963), Jeff Astle (1942), Peter Swan (1936), Scott McTominay (1996), Michail Antonio (1990), and Eddie Baily (1925).

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