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SOCCER PLAYER

Roger Byrne

1929 - 1958

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Roger William Byrne (8 September 1929 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer who played as a full-back and captain of Manchester United. He died at the age of 28 in the Munich air disaster. He was one of the eight Manchester United players who lost their lives in the disaster on 6 February 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Byrne has received more than 349,549 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Roger Byrne is the 470th most popular soccer player (up from 601st in 2019), the 1,413th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,570th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 350k

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  • 56.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Roger Byrne ranks 470 out of 16,880. Before him are Kenzo Ohashi, Seishiro Shimatani, Klaus Fischer, Claudio Gentile, Mário Coluna, and Abe Lenstra. After him are Alberto Suppici, Velibor Vasović, Olivier Giroud, Kunitaka Sueoka, Toshio Hirabayashi, and Jürgen Kohler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Roger Byrne ranks 140. Before him are Vladimír Menšík, George Crumb, Vasily Shukshin, Carlos Lacoste, Michael Michai Kitbunchu, and Filaret. After him are Amitai Etzioni, Poul Schlüter, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Jaakko Hintikka, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, and Zeca Afonso. Among people deceased in 1958, Roger Byrne ranks 50. Before him are Luigi Musso, Florent Schmitt, Otto Abetz, Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Florian Znaniecki, and Edward Weston. After him are Ludwig Crüwell, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 'Abd al-Ilah, Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium, Claire Lee Chennault, and Ivan Yefimovich Petrov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Byrne ranks 1,413 out of 7,765. Before him are Hugh Lofting (1886), Patrick Head (1946), William Caxton (1422), Andy Summers (1942), John Guillermin (1925), and Lady Caroline Lamb (1785). After him are Sebastian Coe (1956), Frances Fisher (1952), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Brian Aldiss (1925), Claire Bloom (1931), and Paul Rodgers (1949).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Roger Byrne ranks 26. Before him are John Charles (1931), Harry Gregg (1932), Ian Rush (1961), Alan Shearer (1970), John Toshack (1949), and Frank Lampard (1978). After him are Herbert Kilpin (1870), Fergus Suter (1857), Gareth Bale (1989), Ally McCoist (1962), Roger Hunt (1938), and Paul Scholes (1974).

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