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AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER

Johnny Unitas

1933 - 2002

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John Constantine Unitas (; May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002) was an American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Baltimore Colts. Following a career that spanned from 1956 to 1973, he has been listed as one of the greatest NFL players of all time. Unitas played college football for the Louisville Cardinals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Unitas has received more than 3,034,383 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Johnny Unitas is the 6th most popular american football player (up from 5,100th in 2019), the 7,781st most popular biography from United States (up from 7,970th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American American Football Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Among american football players, Johnny Unitas ranks 6 out of 55Before him are O. J. Simpson, Jim Brown, Tom Brady, Joe Montana, and Ernie Davis. After him are Dan Marino, Colin Kaepernick, Peyton Manning, Joe Namath, Cam Newton, and Jerry Rice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Johnny Unitas ranks 364Before him are Marlene Ahrens, Robert Goulet, Tim Conway, Judah Folkman, Pedro Cubilla, and Severino Poletto. After him are Michael Frayn, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Valentina Rastvorova, Neale Fraser, Scotty Bowman, and Peter Arundell. Among people deceased in 2002, Johnny Unitas ranks 248Before him are Walter Winterbottom, Eugen Meier, Zoran Janković, Mary Brian, Mahmoud Fayad, and Jeff Corey. After him are Conny Vandenbos, Louis-Marie Billé, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Robert L. Forward, John R. Pierce, and Willie Davenport.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Unitas ranks 7,781 out of 18,182Before him are Leon Schlesinger (1884), Martha Vickers (1925), Alice Calhoun (1900), Chad Stahelski (1968), Bubba Ray Dudley (1971), and Lili Taylor (1967). After him are Frank O'Hara (1926), Nana Visitor (1957), Theresa Randle (1964), Richard Hilton (1955), Dallas Long (1940), and Larry Williams (1935).

Among AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among american football players born in United States, Johnny Unitas ranks 6Before him are O. J. Simpson (1947), Jim Brown (1936), Tom Brady (1977), Joe Montana (1956), and Ernie Davis (1939). After him are Dan Marino (1961), Colin Kaepernick (1987), Peyton Manning (1976), Joe Namath (1943), Cam Newton (1989), and Jerry Rice (1962).