SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy Armfield

1935 - 2018

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James Christopher Armfield, (21 September 1935 – 22 January 2018) was an English professional football player and manager who latterly worked as a football pundit for BBC Radio Five Live. He played the whole of his Football League career at Blackpool, usually at right back. Between 1954 and 1971 he played 627 games in all competitions, scored six goals, and spent a decade as the club's captain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Armfield has received more than 584,411 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Jimmy Armfield is the 3,759th most popular soccer player (down from 3,544th in 2019), the 4,185th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,293rd in 2019) and the 167th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy Armfield ranks 3,759 out of 21,273. Before him are Giancarlo Bercellino, Anton Moravčík, Harry Bild, Giacomo Mari, Lucas Digne, and Nena. After him are Presnel Kimpembe, Efraín Amézcua, Danny Blanchflower, Segundo Durandal, Jean Tamini, and Blagoje Paunović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jimmy Armfield ranks 411. Before him are Story Musgrave, Aki Schmidt, Soumitra Chatterjee, Yola Ramírez, Jacques Poos, and Stanley Norman Cohen. After him are Isabelle Collin Dufresne, A. J. Foyt, Jiří Čadek, Tenley Albright, Billy Whelan, and Adnan Badran. Among people deceased in 2018, Jimmy Armfield ranks 383. Before him are Erika Mahringer, Olga Jackowska, Jürgen Marcus, Nh. Dini, Judith Rich Harris, and Mac Miller. After him are Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Paddy Ashdown, Ray Thomas, Antonio Mercero, Giuliana Calandra, and Alfred W. Crosby.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Armfield ranks 4,185 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Beatrice of York (1988), Peter Tait (1831), Bruno Heller (1960), Colin Baker (1943), John Major (1467), and Mark Selby (1983). After him are Jamie Campbell Bower (1988), John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), Danny Blanchflower (1926), Thomas Bell (1792), Thomas Nashe (1567), and Jim Brown (1908).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Armfield ranks 167. Before him are David Pegg (1935), Danny Welbeck (1990), Archie Stark (1897), Mike Summerbee (1942), Steve Bruce (1960), and Peter Osgood (1947). After him are Danny Blanchflower (1926), Jim Brown (1908), Robbie Fowler (1975), Tommy Docherty (1928), Jimmy Jones (1928), and Tony Adams (1966).

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