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Prithipal Singh

1932 - 1983

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Prithipal Singh (28 January 1932 – 20 May 1983) was an Indian field hockey player who played as a halfback. He was a member of the India national team that won a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and silver and bronze at the 1960 Rome Olympics and bronze at the 1968 Mexico Olympics respectively. Singh was nicknamed the 'King of short corner' by hockey commentators. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prithipal Singh has received more than 86,557 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Prithipal Singh is the 3,743rd most popular athlete, the 170th most popular biography from Pakistan and the 5th most popular Pakistani Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 87k

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  • 41.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Prithipal Singh ranks 3,743 out of 6,025. Before him are Kevin Borlée, Inês Henriques, Jarome Iginla, Mark Johnson, Alessandro Michieletto, and Rita Kőbán. After him are Christoph Bieler, Audrey Brown, Florian Müller, Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Alfonso Menéndez, and Aleksandr Bondar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Prithipal Singh ranks 581. Before him are Dick Garmaker, Zell Miller, Barbara Gittings, Ivor Richard, Ted Nash, and Derek Ibbotson. After him are John Murtha, and Bill Byrge. Among people deceased in 1983, Prithipal Singh ranks 282. Before him are Gale Page, Ahmed Rushdi, Stan Rogers, Faye Emerson, Julio Rosales, and José Villanueva.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Prithipal Singh ranks 170 out of 217. Before him are Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (1988), Hakimullah Mehsud (1979), Hina Jilani (1953), Rubin Okotie (1987), Wasim Akram (1966), and Kamila Shamsie (1973). After him are Mukhtar Mai (1972), Chris Anderson (1957), Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978), Iman Vellani (2002), Shahid Afridi (1980), and Ajmal Kasab (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Pakistan

Among athletes born in Pakistan, Prithipal Singh ranks 5. Before him are Milkha Singh (1935), Abdul Hamid (1927), Robbie Brightwell (1939), and Noor Alam (1929). After him are Arshad Nadeem (1997), Najma Parveen (1990), Muhammad Khalil Akhtar (1984), and Talha Talib (1999).

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