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SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy Greaves

1940 - 2021

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James Peter Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of England's best ever players, he is England's fifth-highest international goalscorer with 44 goals, which includes an English record of six hat-tricks, and is Tottenham Hotspur's second-highest all-time top goalscorer. Greaves is the highest goalscorer in the history of English top-flight football with 357 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Greaves has received more than 4,412,699 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Jimmy Greaves is the 298th most popular soccer player (up from 1,060th in 2019), the 1,154th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,210th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy Greaves ranks 298 out of 16,880. Before him are Kim Yong-sik, Jan Koller, Patrick Kluivert, Dunga, Quique Setién, and José Santamaría. After him are Takeshi Inoue, Josep Samitier, Raymond Domenech, Fernando Hierro, Akira Nozawa, and Edinson Cavani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jimmy Greaves ranks 111. Before him are Toshihide Maskawa, Elke Sommer, Saul Kripke, Jerzy Buzek, Mate Boban, and Rudi Dutschke. After him are Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, Ali Hassan Salameh, Iva Zanicchi, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Thomas A. Steitz, and Pedro Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 2021, Jimmy Greaves ranks 118. Before him are Stephen Sondheim, Djivan Gasparyan, Marion Ramsey, Kenneth Kaunda, Franco Battiato, and Christian Boltanski. After him are Lee "Scratch" Perry, Dusty Hill, Yaphet Kotto, Carmen Salinas, Olympia Dukakis, and Didier Ratsiraka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Greaves ranks 1,154 out of 7,765. Before him are Annie Chapman (1841), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Allen Carr (1934), James Black (1924), William Adelin (1103), and George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504). After him are George Canning (1770), Leopold Stokowski (1882), Elizabeth Blount (1500), Paul Scofield (1922), Alfonso de Portago (1928), and Glenn Hughes (1951).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Greaves ranks 13. Before him are Denis Law (1940), Bobby Robson (1933), Kenny Dalglish (1951), Kevin Keegan (1951), Duncan Edwards (1936), and Peter Shilton (1949). After him are Bob Paisley (1919), Ryan Giggs (1973), Gary Lineker (1960), Wayne Rooney (1985), Brian Clough (1935), and Steven Gerrard (1980).

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