BOXER

Pete Rademacher

1928 - 2020

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Thomas Peter Rademacher (November 20, 1928 – June 4, 2020) was an American heavyweight boxer. As an amateur, he was a gold medalist at the 1956 Olympics. Rademacher became the only person to challenge for the world heavyweight championship in his first professional bout when he faced Floyd Patterson in Seattle on August 22, 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Rademacher has received more than 122,764 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Rademacher is the 126th most popular boxer (down from 87th in 2019), the 8,367th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,695th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Pete Rademacher ranks 126 out of 496. Before him are Salvador Sánchez, Orlando Martínez, Bert Schneider, Arturo Rodríguez, Riddick Bowe, and Bruno Ahlberg. After him are Jean Despeaux, Slobodan Kačar, Anton Josipović, Edgar Basel, Amado Azar, and Horacio Accavallo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Pete Rademacher ranks 463. Before him are Thomas E. Kurtz, Marcos Calderón, Mustapha Zitouni, Tommy Docherty, Jimmy Jones, and Jacques Rouffio. After him are Manuel Álvarez, Ardico Magnini, Finn Haunstoft, Barbara Ann Scott, Boris Kuznetsov, and Laurus Škurla. Among people deceased in 2020, Pete Rademacher ranks 532. Before him are Tommy Docherty, Irina Kirichenko, Laisenia Qarase, Albert Salvadó, Biri Biri, and Nicette Bruno. After him are Marko Elsner, James Drury, Marion Hänsel, Irina Antonova, Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, and Ardico Magnini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pete Rademacher ranks 8,367 out of 20,380. Before him are Amy Poehler (1971), Jami Gertz (1965), Constance Talmadge (1898), James P. Bagian (1952), Julie Hagerty (1955), and Albert Nasse (1878). After him are Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), Jim Gordon (1945), Ben McKenzie (1978), Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918), Dale Fuller (1885), and Harriet Quimby (1875).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Pete Rademacher ranks 53. Before him are Bernard Hopkins (1965), Harry Spanjer (1873), Emanuel Steward (1944), Deontay Wilder (1985), Bert Schneider (1897), and Riddick Bowe (1967). After him are James Smith (1953), Ray Mercer (1961), Pernell Whitaker (1964), Bob Foster (1942), Frankie Genaro (1901), and Miguel Cotto (1980).

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