1935 - 2016
Melvyn Charles (14 May 1935 – 24 September 2016) was a Welsh international footballer. Charles played as both a centre-half and centre-forward, with his preferred position being at right-half.After a short stint on the Leeds United ground staff, he turned professional with his local club, Swansea Town, in 1952. He spent seven years in the Second Division with the club, before he won a £42,750 move to First Division Arsenal in March 1959. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mel Charles has received more than 124,163 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mel Charles is the 5,985th most popular soccer player (down from 5,411th in 2019), the 5,591st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,024th in 2019) and the 321st most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Mel Charles ranks 5,985 out of 16,880. Before him are Per Frimann, Jaroslav Drobný, Hiroshi Kato, Johnny Leoni, Michael Bradley, and Bruno Henrique Pinto. After him are Clemente Rodríguez, Steffen Freund, Çağlar Söyüncü, Steve von Bergen, Luis Fernando Herrera, and João Ricardo.
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.43
Rank: 5,979
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.43
Rank: 5,980
1951 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 5,981
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 5,982
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 5,983
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 5,984
1935 - 2016
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 5,985
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 5,986
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 5,987
1996 - Present
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 5,988
1983 - Present
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 5,989
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 5,990
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 5,991
Among people born in 1935, Mel Charles ranks 454. Before him are Gabriel Elorde, Bill Brack, Bobby Bare, John Cordts, Kofi Awoonor, and Patricia Bredin. After him are Veli Lehtelä, Gail Fisher, Herb Kohl, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Don Howe, and Jane Dee Hull. Among people deceased in 2016, Mel Charles ranks 508. Before him are Vanity, Nahed Hattar, Tera Wray, Andy Bathgate, P. A. Sangma, and Thiego. After him are Nikolay Abramov, František Jakubec, Daniel Prodan, A. B. Bardhan, John Johnson, and Richard Libertini.
1935 - 1985
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 448
1935 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 449
1935 - Present
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 450
1935 - Present
HPI: 37.62
Rank: 451
1935 - 2013
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 452
1935 - 2023
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 453
1935 - 2016
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 454
1935 - 2020
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 455
1935 - 2000
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 456
1935 - 2023
HPI: 37.11
Rank: 457
1935 - 1967
HPI: 36.99
Rank: 458
1935 - 2015
HPI: 36.98
Rank: 459
1935 - 2020
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 460
1959 - 2016
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 502
1960 - 2016
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 503
1982 - 2016
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 504
1932 - 2016
HPI: 37.51
Rank: 505
1947 - 2016
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 506
1986 - 2016
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 507
1935 - 2016
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 508
1961 - 2016
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 509
1956 - 2016
HPI: 37.23
Rank: 510
1972 - 2016
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 511
1924 - 2016
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 512
1947 - 2016
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 513
1933 - 2016
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 514
Among people born in United Kingdom, Mel Charles ranks 5,591 out of 7,765. Before him are Patricia Bredin (1935), Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1899), Dorothy Shirley (1939), Shashi Tharoor (1956), Stuart Christie (1946), and Tom Burke (1981). After him are Tommy Gemmell (1943), Colin McGinn (1950), Robert Lindsay (1949), Charlotte Despard (1844), Sophie Wilson (1957), and Nigel Havers (1951).
1935 - 2023
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 5,585
1899 - 1977
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 5,586
1939 - Present
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 5,587
1956 - Present
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 5,588
1946 - 2020
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 5,589
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 5,590
1935 - 2016
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 5,591
1943 - 2017
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 5,592
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 5,593
1949 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 5,594
1844 - 1939
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 5,595
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 5,596
1951 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 5,597
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Mel Charles ranks 321. Before him are Stuart Williams (1930), Duncan Ferguson (1971), Laurie Hughes (1924), Lee Dixon (1964), Doug Livingstone (1898), and Ben Foster (1983). After him are Tommy Gemmell (1943), Graham Potter (1975), Kevin Muscat (1973), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (1996), Ted Burgin (1927), and Bill Slater (1927).
1930 - 2013
HPI: 37.56
Rank: 315
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.55
Rank: 316
1924 - 2011
HPI: 37.54
Rank: 317
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.51
Rank: 318
1898 - 1981
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 319
1983 - Present
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 320
1935 - 2016
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 321
1943 - 2017
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 322
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.25
Rank: 323
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 324
1996 - Present
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 325
1927 - 2019
HPI: 37.12
Rank: 326
1927 - 2018
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 327