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Mel Daniels

1944 - 2015

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Melvin Joe Daniels (July 20, 1944 – October 30, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) for the Minnesota Muskies, Indiana Pacers, and Memphis Sounds, and in the National Basketball Association for the New York Nets. Daniels was a two-time ABA Most Valuable Player, three-time ABA Champion and a seven-time ABA All-Star. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mel Daniels has received more than 391,899 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mel Daniels is the 335th most popular basketball player (down from 322nd in 2019), the 12,158th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,543rd in 2019) and the 177th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Mel Daniels ranks 335 out of 1,757. Before him are Margo Dydek, Dan Issel, Emir Mutapčić, Paul George, Hamed Haddadi, and Marcin Gortat. After him are Valeri Tikhonenko, Don Barksdale, Mike James, Joe Arlauckas, Willy Hernangómez, and Facundo Campazzo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Mel Daniels ranks 697. Before him are John-David F. Bartoe, Mike Enzi, Marta Kristen, Ann Oakley, Shelley Fabares, and Magdaleno Mercado. After him are James van Hoften, Tony Orlando, Ernest Moniz, Neil Young, Nicolas Chumachenco, and Jan Brewer. Among people deceased in 2015, Mel Daniels ranks 491. Before him are Wendell Ford, Mikhail Burtsev, Wolfram Wuttke, Linda Haglund, Miloslava Misáková, and Peter Pišťanek. After him are Peter Westbury, Pavel Srníček, Holly Woodlawn, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, John Trudell, and Dickie Moore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mel Daniels ranks 12,158 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles R. Drew (1904), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Adrienne Ames (1907), Jimmy McHugh (1894), Alison Lohman (1979), and Charles Manring (1929). After him are Deran Sarafian (1958), Mike Johnson (1972), Aimee Mullins (1975), Franklin Graham (1952), Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872), and Aunjanue Ellis (1969).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Mel Daniels ranks 177. Before him are Grant Hill (1972), Klay Thompson (1990), Mitch Richmond (1965), Adrian Dantley (1956), Dan Issel (1948), and Paul George (1990). After him are Don Barksdale (1923), Mike James (1990), Joe Arlauckas (1965), Rajon Rondo (1986), DeMar DeRozan (1989), and Chauncey Billups (1976).

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