SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy Hill

1928 - 2015

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James William Thomas Hill, OBE (22 July 1928 – 19 December 2015) was an English footballer and later a television personality. His career included almost every role in the sport, including player, trade union leader, coach, manager, director, chairman, television executive, presenter, pundit, analyst and assistant referee. He began his playing career at Brentford in 1949 and moved to Fulham three years later. As chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, he successfully campaigned for the abolition of the Football League's maximum wage in 1961. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Hill is the 9,020th most popular soccer player (down from 7,515th in 2024), the 6,698th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,194th in 2019) and the 523rd most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy Hill ranks 9,020 out of 21,273. Before him are Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Carlos Martins, Júnior Díaz, Radomir Đalović, Maicon Pereira Roque, and Ike Shorunmu. After him are Ehsan Hajsafi, Hernán Barcos, Marco Bizot, James Meredith, Takafumi Ogura, and Goran Đorović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jimmy Hill ranks 596. Before him are Robert Bergland, Arthur Dion Hanna, Salvador Laurel, Donald Henderson, Dolphy, and J. Hillis Miller. After him are Diane Foster, John Ingle, Chris Brasher, Slade Gorton, and John Disley. Among people deceased in 2015, Jimmy Hill ranks 548. Before him are Irwin Keyes, John Moshoeu, Dean Potter, Marjorie Lord, Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, and Sinan Şamil Sam. After him are Jim Wright, Aliaskhab Kebekov, Roy Tarpley, Al Arbour, Avijit Roy, and Camille Muffat.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Hill ranks 6,700 out of 8,785. Before him are Joanne Froggatt (1980), Warren Ellis (1968), Dan Smith (1986), Raquel Cassidy (1968), Martin Carthy (1941), and Sean Yates (1960). After him are Ed Speleers (1988), Ross McCall (1976), Ross Barkley (1993), Stephen Maguire (1981), Ivan Toney (1996), and Dominic Keating (1962).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Hill ranks 523. Before him are Lee Carsley (1974), Tom Heaton (1986), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (1997), Jim Baxter (1939), Ryan Bertrand (1989), and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (1997). After him are Ross Barkley (1993), Ivan Toney (1996), Doug Livingstone (1898), Jimmy McIlroy (1931), Stan Anderson (1933), and Mark Lawrenson (1957).

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