SOCCER PLAYER

Mel Charles

1935 - 2016

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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 7,199th most popular soccer player (down from 5,984th in 2019), the 6,083rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,578th in 2019) and the 374th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mel Charles by language

Over the past year Mel Charles has had the most page views in the with 9,765 views, followed by Italian (1,854), and Russian (667). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Welsh (66.94%), Hungarian (65.18%), and Arabic (30.22%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mel Charles ranks 7,199 out of 21,273. Before him are Fandi Ahmad, Yacine Adli, Milot Rashica, Václav Svěrkoš, Pascal Vahirua, and Clemens Fritz. After him are Jan Jałocha, Remo Freuler, Tomáš Hubočan, Carlos Sánchez, Rashid Rakhimov, and Marcelino Bernal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Mel Charles ranks 530. Before him are Alex Karras, Phil Donahue, Albert Heath, Lyle Waggoner, Rajmohan Gandhi, and Gail Fisher. After him are Jane Dee Hull, Bobby Bare, John Spencer, Manuel Aaron, Harry B. Gray, and John Inman. Among people deceased in 2016, Mel Charles ranks 568. Before him are Sharon Jones, Bill Johnson, John Johnson, David S. Johnson, Bernie Worrell, and Donald Henderson. After him are Aleš Debeljak, Arsen Pavlov, Sidney Drell, Guy Clark, Peter Brabrook, and Susan Lindquist.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mel Charles ranks 6,083 out of 8,785. Before him are Miguel Sapochnik (1974), Tom Robinson (1950), Jenna Coleman (1986), Edward Dickinson Baker (1811), Carlo Rota (1961), and Stephen South (1952). After him are Bill Aston (1900), Alexander Keith Johnston (1804), Nick Moran (1969), Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1899), Max Irons (1985), and Iain Duncan Smith (1954).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Mel Charles ranks 374. Before him are Gary Pallister (1965), Henry Cockburn (1921), Vic Crowe (1932), Alan Smith (1962), Dennis Wilshaw (1926), and Phil Thompson (1954). After him are Ted Ditchburn (1921), Allan Clarke (1946), John Robertson (1953), Tommy Smith (1945), Scott McTominay (1996), and Terry Cooper (1944).

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