SOCCER PLAYER

Ron Atkinson

1939 - Today

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Ronald Frederick Atkinson (born 18 March 1939) is an English former football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Ron", he was regarded as one of Britain's best-known football pundits in the 1990s and early 2000s. Nicknamed "The Tank" during his playing career, he represented Oxford United for twelve years, and still holds the club record for appearances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ron Atkinson has received more than 1,715,401 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ron Atkinson is the 1,784th most popular soccer player (up from 1,807th in 2019), the 2,694th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,015th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ron Atkinson ranks 1,784 out of 21,273. Before him are Carlos Caszely, Ilija Pantelić, Keizo Imai, Mahmoud El-Gohary, Mario Varglien, and František Svoboda. After him are Néstor Rossi, Nigel de Jong, Lajos Csordás, Rodrygo, Darko Kovačević, and Pedro Manfredini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ron Atkinson ranks 289. Before him are José Emilio Pacheco, Samad Behrangi, Chögyam Trungpa, Ernesto Castano, Jacques Vallée, and Friedel Lutz. After him are Tetsuya Chiba, John Neumeier, Alexandra Stewart, Gösta Ekman, Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró, and Irenaios.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ron Atkinson ranks 2,694 out of 8,785. Before him are Venetia Burney (1918), Arthur Brown (1942), John Florio (1553), Glen Matlock (1956), Jack Taylor (1930), and Israel Zangwill (1864). After him are Paul Davies (1946), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), Edward Colston (1636), Eric Ambler (1909), Samuel Morland (1625), and Jimmy Gardner (1924).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ron Atkinson ranks 82. Before him are Ashley Cole (1980), Billy Meredith (1874), Steve Perryman (1951), Sam Allardyce (1954), Ian Wright (1963), and Johnny Haynes (1934). After him are Harry Maguire (1993), Jordan Henderson (1990), Graeme Souness (1953), Don Revie (1927), Chris Waddle (1960), and Billy Bremner (1942).

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