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Johnny Carey

1919 - 1995

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John Joseph Carey (23 February 1919 – 22 August 1995) was an Irish professional footballer and manager. As a player, Carey spent most of his career at Manchester United, where he was team captain from 1946 until he retired as a player in 1953. He was also a dual internationalist, playing for and captaining both Ireland teams – the FAI XI and the IFA XI. In 1947 he also captained a Europe XI which played a Great Britain XI at Hampden Park. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Carey has received more than 165,960 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Johnny Carey is the 5,422nd most popular soccer player (down from 4,879th in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 313th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Irish Soccer Player.

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  • 170k

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  • 38.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Johnny Carey ranks 5,422 out of 16,880. Before him are Rónald Gómez, Maciej Żurawski, Hassan Nader, Arouna Koné, Marek Mintál, and Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro. After him are Francisco Uría, Juan Jesus, Comunardo Niccolai, Johnny Douglas, Milton Cruz, and Guido Alvarenga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Johnny Carey ranks 304. Before him are Kitty Wells, Marga Petersen, Nellie Connally, Pauline Betz, Shirley Clarke, and Jack McGrath. After him are John Houbolt, Isabella Abbott, Walt Hansgen, Ellen Stewart, Naushad, and George Avakian. Among people deceased in 1995, Johnny Carey ranks 288. Before him are David Marshall, John C. Stennis, Les Aspin, Salil Chowdhury, Vivian Blaine, and Albert Hackett. After him are Trevor Blokdyk, Alex Groza, Mary Beth Hughes, Stuart Milner-Barry, Gale Gordon, and Genevieve Tobin.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Johnny Carey ranks 349 out of 501. Before him are Edward Carson (1854), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), Seán Brady (1939), Terry Wogan (1938), Jim Corr (1964), and Mark Kelly (1961). After him are Pat O'Callaghan (1906), Patricia Collinge (1892), Caroline Corr (1973), Finn Bálor (1981), Paul Harrington (1960), and Con Leahy (1876).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Johnny Carey ranks 16. Before him are Tony Dunne (1941), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), John McKenna (1855), Johnny Giles (1940), Shay Given (1976), and Damien Duff (1979). After him are Frank Stapleton (1956), Packie Bonner (1960), Steve Heighway (1947), Ronnie Whelan (1961), Niall Quinn (1966), and Steve Finnan (1976).

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