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SOCCER PLAYER

Malcolm Allison

1927 - 2010

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Malcolm Alexander Allison (5 September 1927 – 14 October 2010) was an English football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Mal", he was one of English football's most flamboyant and intriguing characters because of his panache, fedora and cigar, controversies off the pitch and outspoken nature. Allison's managerial potential become apparent while in his youth at West Ham United, where he became a reliable defender and acted as a mentor to the younger players including future England World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malcolm Allison has received more than 440,825 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Malcolm Allison is the 5,489th most popular soccer player (down from 4,995th in 2019), the 5,374th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,881st in 2019) and the 282nd most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 38.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Malcolm Allison ranks 5,489 out of 16,880Before him are Ali Benarbia, Kengo Nakamura, Brian Labone, Flávio Amado, Nabil Dirar, and Branko Ilić. After him are Tommaso Rocchi, Ivan Radeljić, Fabián Ruiz, Wu Lei, Federico Balzaretti, and Vedat Muriqi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Malcolm Allison ranks 411Before him are Annapurna Devi, Sada Thompson, Prem Nazir, Krishan Kant, Walter Bahr, and Robert Bork. After him are Connie Kay, Red Kelly, Nayantara Sahgal, Nancy Dupree, Geoffrey Palmer, and Dick Savitt. Among people deceased in 2010, Malcolm Allison ranks 397Before him are Bobby Smith, Wilma Mankiller, Harry Schwarz, Krystyna Bochenek, Anna Samokhina, and Shoya Tomizawa. After him are Isabella Abbott, Dorothy Janis, Zbigniew Wassermann, Janet Simpson, Gil Merrick, and Dorothy Height.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Allison ranks 5,374 out of 7,765Before him are Simon Kinberg (1973), Ben Hardy (1991), Michael Fallon (1952), Terry Griffiths (1947), Brian Labone (1940), and Toyah Willcox (1958). After him are Walter Besant (1836), William Empson (1906), Janet Montgomery (1985), Willie Watson (1920), Tamzin Merchant (1987), and William Moseley (1987).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Allison ranks 282Before him are Aaron Lennon (1987), Peter Broadbent (1933), Trevor Ford (1923), Johnny Douglas (1882), Joey Barton (1982), and Brian Labone (1940). After him are Gerry Peyton (1956), Ronnie Allen (1929), Martin Keown (1966), Peter McParland (1934), Mike Phelan (1962), and Neil Young (1944).