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Peter Lorimer

1946 - 2021

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Peter Patrick Lorimer (14 December 1946 – 20 March 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer, best known for his time with Leeds United and Scotland during the late 1960s and early 1970s. An attacking midfielder and the club's youngest-ever player, he was renowned for his powerful strikes from distance. From 1984 to 1985 he was club captain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Lorimer has received more than 585,572 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Peter Lorimer is the 2,647th most popular soccer player (up from 3,299th in 2019), the 3,686th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,939th in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Peter Lorimer ranks 2,647 out of 16,880. Before him are Nando González, Sven Landberg, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Olof Mellberg, and Juan Carlos Osorio. After him are Benito Lorenzi, Koke, Carlos Cillóniz, Kevin Kurányi, Óscar Cardozo, and Carlos Lapetra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Peter Lorimer ranks 472. Before him are Harry Vos, Ladislav Petráš, Karina, Helen Shapiro, Gordon Haskell, and Zinaida Turchyna. After him are Michel Leclère, Patrick Baudry, Randy Meisner, Larry Graham, Roy Wood, and Mark Snow. Among people deceased in 2021, Peter Lorimer ranks 484. Before him are Larry McMurtry, Bruce Kirby, Pyotr Mamonov, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Roger Michell, and Shlomo Hillel. After him are Zlatko Saračević, José Manuel Caballero, Elmira Minita Gordon, Mikhail Zhelev, Chris Anker Sørensen, and Fredi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Lorimer ranks 3,686 out of 7,765. Before him are Acker Bilk (1929), Jonny Greenwood (1971), Gerald Finzi (1901), George Crabbe (1754), Ethel Thomson Larcombe (1879), and M.I.A. (1975). After him are Chad of Mercia (634), Daniel Oliver (1830), Kenneth Cranham (1944), Fred Frith (1949), Margaret Leighton (1922), and Peter Ackroyd (1949).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Peter Lorimer ranks 110. Before him are Jimmy McGrory (1904), Norman Hunter (1943), Ray Kennedy (1951), Joe Cole (1981), Joe Fagan (1921), and Simone Perrotta (1977). After him are Gordon Strachan (1957), Joe Hart (1987), Ted Drake (1912), Jamie Carragher (1978), Justin Fashanu (1961), and Nat Lofthouse (1925).

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