SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy McGrory

1904 - 1982

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James Edward McGrory (26 April 1904 – 20 October 1982) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Clydebank as a forward and then went on to manage Kilmarnock before returning to Celtic as manager after the end of the Second World War. He is the all-time leading goalscorer in top-flight British football with a total of 550 goals in 547 competitive first-team games at club and international level. McGrory is a legendary figure within Celtic's history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy McGrory has received more than 400,912 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jimmy McGrory is the 2,088th most popular soccer player (up from 2,461st in 2019), the 2,960th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,560th in 2019) and the 94th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jimmy McGrories by language

Over the past year Jimmy McGrory has had the most page views in the with 45,054 views, followed by French (4,873), and Spanish (4,561). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkmen (315.56%), Catalan (112.02%), and Czech (74.39%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy McGrory ranks 2,088 out of 21,273. Before him are Alfredo II, Francisco Rodrigues, Luigi Di Biagio, Angelo Anquilletti, Luis Vargas Peña, and Diego. After him are Andy Cole, José Araquistáin, Araken Patusca, Américo Gallego, İlhan Mansız, and Éver Banega.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Jimmy McGrory ranks 207. Before him are Richard Addinsell, Bozorg Alavi, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Shunryū Suzuki, Alger Hiss, and J. R. D. Tata. After him are Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, Hans Furler, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Anton Yugov, Ray Bolger, and Semyon Ignatyev. Among people deceased in 1982, Jimmy McGrory ranks 166. Before him are Marietta Shaginyan, René Dubos, Ngaio Marsh, Seraphim Rose, Alexandre Alexeieff, and Fazlur Rahman Khan. After him are Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Juan O'Gorman, Stanisław Ostrowski, Ludwig Bieberbach, Fernando Lamas, and Allen Woodring.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy McGrory ranks 2,960 out of 8,785. Before him are Ben Whishaw (1980), John Phillips (1800), Jackie Collins (1937), Emma Bunton (1976), Helen Fielding (1958), and Richard Burbage (1567). After him are John Christopher (1922), Andy Cole (1971), Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645), Nik Kershaw (1958), Charles Dawson (1864), and Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy McGrory ranks 94. Before him are Billy Bremner (1942), Nat Lofthouse (1925), Joe Jordan (1951), Reece James (1999), Francis Lee (1944), and Alan Ball Jr. (1945). After him are Andy Cole (1971), Pat Jennings (1945), Jimmy Johnstone (1944), Fred Pentland (1883), Ted Drake (1912), and Paul Cook (1956).

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