SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy Dickinson

1925 - 1982

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James William Dickinson MBE (25 April 1925 – 8 November 1982) was an English footballer who played as a left half. Dickinson holds the record for number of league appearances for Portsmouth (764). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Dickinson has received more than 125,089 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jimmy Dickinson is the 6,732nd most popular soccer player (down from 5,139th in 2019), the 5,891st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,216th in 2019) and the 350th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy Dickinson ranks 6,732 out of 21,273. Before him are Jussi Jääskeläinen, Alessandro Bastoni, Adrien Silva, Gaizka Garitano, Musa Al-Taamari, and Gianluca Lapadula. After him are Konstantin Zyryanov, Gerry Peyton, Cristian Pavón, Andreas Beck, Shinichiro Tani, and Sergen Yalçın.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Jimmy Dickinson ranks 514. Before him are Christopher Zeeman, Bobby Ball, George MacDonald Fraser, Ted Lindsay, Morgan Woodward, and Virginia Capers. After him are Peggy Cummins, John Compton, Dickie Moore, Frank Borghi, Bill Eckersley, and Frank Kameny. Among people deceased in 1982, Jimmy Dickinson ranks 303. Before him are Leo Losert, Marvin Stalder, John Cody, Sue Carol, Arthur Lowe, and Mirabehn. After him are Bill Eckersley, Tom Tully, Hans Conried, Jack Webb, Vladimir Smirnov, and Keith Green.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Dickinson ranks 5,891 out of 8,785. Before him are Mo Hayder (1962), Bobby Lennox (1943), R. S. Thomas (1913), Daley Thompson (1958), Ruth Wilson (1982), and Graham Whitehead (1922). After him are Peggy Cummins (1925), Gerry Peyton (1956), Alan Noble (1885), Ronnie Barker (1929), Ali Carter (1979), and Alfred Enoch (1988).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Dickinson ranks 350. Before him are Ledley King (1980), Jim Baxter (1939), Ben Foster (1983), Bobby Collins (1931), Glen Johnson (1984), and Bobby Lennox (1943). After him are Gerry Peyton (1956), Eddie Hapgood (1908), Bill Eckersley (1925), Eric Caldow (1934), Ken Green (1924), and Martin Keown (1966).

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