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Matt Busby

1909 - 1994

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Sir Alexander Matthew Busby (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–71 season. He was the first manager of an English team to win the European Cup and is widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time. Before going into management, Busby was a player for two of Manchester United's greatest rivals, Manchester City and Liverpool. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matt Busby has received more than 2,478,086 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Matt Busby is the 48th most popular coach (down from 42nd in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 814th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Coach.

Matt Busby was a Scottish football player and manager. He is most famous for his time as manager of Manchester United, where he led the team to three European Cups, four league titles, two FA Cups, and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Matt Busby ranks 48 out of 328. Before him are Sven-Göran Eriksson, Ralf Rangnick, Tomislav Ivić, Héctor Cúper, Bert van Marwijk, and Phil Jackson. After him are Dragan Stojković, Luciano Spalletti, Jorge Sampaoli, Hugo Sánchez, Leonardo Araújo, and César Rodríguez Álvarez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Matt Busby ranks 37. Before him are Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jessica Tandy, Aleksandar Ranković, Leo Fender, Stanislaw Ulam, and Ernst vom Rath. After him are Hélder Câmara, László Rajk, Oldřich Nejedlý, Princess Ileana of Romania, Rollo May, and Rudolf Brandt. Among people deceased in 1994, Matt Busby ranks 53. Before him are Jean-Louis Barrault, Sergei Bondarchuk, Jack Kirby, Roland Ratzenberger, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, and Julian Schwinger. After him are Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Peter Cushing, Rollo May, Cesar Romero, and Joseph Cotten.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matt Busby ranks 791 out of 7,765. Before him are John William Polidori (1795), Saint Malachy (1094), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), Alan Hodgkin (1914), Danny Boyle (1956), and Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850). After him are John Ray (1627), Richard Stone (1913), Stephen Gray (1666), Archibald Hill (1886), David Cameron (1966), and Bernard Cornwell (1944).

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Among COACHES In United Kingdom

Among coaches born in United Kingdom, Matt Busby ranks 2. Before him are Alex Ferguson (1941). After him are Roy Hodgson (1947), Bill Shankly (1913), David Moyes (1963), Harry Redknapp (1947), Brendan Rodgers (1973), Gareth Southgate (1970), George Raynor (1907), Martin O'Neill (1952), Bob Houghton (1947), and Ernest Mangnall (1866).

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