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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Hill has received more than 1,031,413 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Hill is the 6,712th most popular soccer player (down from 5,841st in 2019), the 5,819th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,172nd in 2019) and the 371st most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy Hill ranks 6,712 out of 16,880. Before him are Mattias Jonson, Raimond van der Gouw, Jonathan Ikoné, Kenji Yamamoto, Wílmar Barrios, and Ramon Menezes. After him are Arthur Cabral, Ederson, Zlatko Dedić, Aymen Abdennour, Timothée Atouba, and Jean-Clair Todibo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jimmy Hill ranks 502. Before him are Joseph Bernardin, Dolphy, Malachi Throne, Philip Levine, Toaripi Lauti, and Gerhard Weinberg. After him are Salvador Laurel, John Ingle, Albert Brewer, Fatima Meer, Chris Brasher, and Slade Gorton. Among people deceased in 2015, Jimmy Hill ranks 478. Before him are Mal Whitfield, Andy Sutcliffe, Fernando de Araújo, Peter Pišťanek, Bud Yorkin, and Nek Chand. After him are Richard Corliss, Raúl Héctor Castro, Sinan Şamil Sam, Irwin Keyes, Tahir Elçi, and Steve Gohouri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Hill ranks 5,819 out of 7,765. Before him are Felicity Kendal (1946), Emily Beecham (1984), Anna Shaffer (1992), Michael Gove (1967), Dunc Munro (1901), and Pete Willis (1960). After him are Ella Henderson (1996), Christina Cole (1981), Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), Paul Lambert (1969), Tom Bateman (1989), and Josh Herdman (1987).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Hill ranks 371. Before him are Colin Todd (1948), Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (1997), Eric Dier (1994), Howard Wilkinson (1943), Jack Kelsey (1929), and Syd Owen (1922). After him are Paul Lambert (1969), Nigel Winterburn (1963), Gary Pallister (1965), Wes Morgan (1984), Peter Thompson (1942), and Danny Rose (1990).

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