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Mike Bantom

1951 - Today

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Michael Allen Bantom (born December 3, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'9" power forward/center from Saint Joseph's University, Bantom won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics as a member of the United States national basketball team, who lost a controversial final game to the Soviet Union. He was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the eighth pick of the 1973 NBA draft, and he embarked upon a nine-year NBA (1973–82) career as a member of the Suns, Seattle SuperSonics, New York Nets, Indiana Pacers, and Philadelphia 76ers. He earned All-Rookie Team honors and ended his NBA career with 8,568 total points, 4,517 total rebounds, and 1,623 total assists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Bantom has received more than 86,699 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Bantom is the 376th most popular basketball player (up from 444th in 2019), the 12,825th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,011th in 2019) and the 199th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 87k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Mike Bantom ranks 376 out of 1,757. Before him are Paul Westphal, Alvin Robertson, Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Igor Rakočević, Sam Perkins, and Evan Fournier. After him are Dejan Tomašević, Chet Walker, Bob Boozer, Marcelo Huertas, Zaza Pachulia, and Greg Oden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Mike Bantom ranks 648. Before him are Simon Dickie, Carlos Frenk, Nigel Havers, Jean-Pierre Bel, Irving Finkel, and Rodger Bumpass. After him are Chris Frantz, Roger Wicker, John Alexander, Barbara Cochran, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., and Tiff Needell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Bantom ranks 12,825 out of 20,380. Before him are Newton Thomas Sigel (1955), Joe DeLoach (1967), Jeff Gordon (1971), Gabourey Sidibe (1983), Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (1953), and Patrick Volkerding (1966). After him are Mario Lopez (1973), Mary Kay Bergman (1961), Vin Scully (1927), Beth Behrs (1985), Larry Craig (1945), and Nicholas Gilman (1755).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Mike Bantom ranks 199. Before him are Sidney Moncrief (1957), Adrian Smith (1936), Francis Johnson (1910), Paul Westphal (1950), Alvin Robertson (1962), and Sam Perkins (1961). After him are Chet Walker (1940), Bob Boozer (1937), Greg Oden (1988), Bill Cartwright (1957), Cliff Barker (1921), and Cedric Maxwell (1955).

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