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Neil Young

1944 - 2011

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Neil James Young (17 February 1944 – 3 February 2011) was an English footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a striker for Manchester City, Preston North End and Rochdale. In total, Young scored 86 goals from 334 League games for Manchester City, scored the only goal in the 1969 FA Cup Final, and scored as City won the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil Young has received more than 21,309,008 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Neil Young is the 5,589th most popular soccer player (down from 5,342nd in 2019), the 5,420th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,003rd in 2019) and the 288th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Neil Young ranks 5,589 out of 16,880. Before him are Mike Phelan, Atiba Hutchinson, Manuel Akanji, Javi Moreno, Lucas Alario, and Federico Marchetti. After him are Cheikhou Kouyaté, Zeca, Ken Armstrong, Faouzi Ghoulam, Francesco Antonioli, and Philippe Vande Walle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Neil Young ranks 613. Before him are Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Mario Tullio Montano, Chris Dodd, James van Hoften, Celeste Yarnall, and Richard A. Muller. After him are John-David F. Bartoe, Richard Robarts, Barrie M. Osborne, Janet Simpson, Sonal Mansingh, and Ernest Moniz. Among people deceased in 2011, Neil Young ranks 431. Before him are Sada Thompson, Fe del Mundo, Dan Wheldon, Troy Davis, Margaret Whiting, and Tom Aldredge. After him are Ellen Stewart, Charlie Callas, Carl Robie, Russell Hoban, Ahmed Wali Karzai, and Kathy Kirby.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Neil Young ranks 5,420 out of 7,765. Before him are Peter McParland (1934), Mike Phelan (1962), Wendy Richard (1943), Laura Carmichael (1986), Philippa Marrack (1945), and William Adam (1689). After him are Ian Stewart (1929), Ken Armstrong (1924), Peter Robinson (1948), John Douglas (1830), Harriet Harman (1950), and Sophie Hannah (1971).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Neil Young ranks 288. Before him are Malcolm Allison (1927), Gerry Peyton (1956), Ronnie Allen (1929), Martin Keown (1966), Peter McParland (1934), and Mike Phelan (1962). After him are Ken Armstrong (1924), Ross Barkley (1993), Stan Cullis (1916), Peter Beardsley (1961), Billy Bingham (1931), and Robert Green (1980).

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