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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 1,559,023 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Atkinson is the 1,807th most popular soccer player (up from 1,978th in 2019), the 3,023rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,037th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ron Atkinson ranks 1,807 out of 16,880. Before him are Paulo Fonseca, Giovanni Galli, Rodrigo Palacio, Anton Schall, Amílcar Barbuy, and Sergio Livingstone. After him are Juvenal Amarijo, Josef Posipal, Charles William Miller, Ilija Pantelić, Enver Marić, and Marquinhos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ron Atkinson ranks 302. Before him are David Frost, Nicholas Grimshaw, Edwin Frederick O'Brien, Miroslav Cerar, Ferdinand Bracke, and Aleksandër Meksi. After him are Bob James, Jaime Paz Zamora, Donald Adamson, Giorgio Ferrini, Len Cariou, and William Eggleston.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ron Atkinson ranks 3,023 out of 7,765. Before him are Michael Tippett (1905), Robert Lindsay (1890), William Withering (1741), Denny Laine (1944), Benjamin Jones (1882), and Wyndham Halswelle (1882). After him are Katherine Waterston (1980), Richard of Chichester (1197), Hugh Latimer (1485), Rosemary Sutcliff (1920), Tim Pigott-Smith (1946), and Robert Kerr (1882).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ron Atkinson ranks 79. Before him are Martin Peters (1943), Chris Waddle (1960), Jack Grealish (1995), Ian Wright (1963), Andy Cole (1971), and Ashley Cole (1980). After him are Billy Bremner (1942), Teddy Sheringham (1966), Reece James (1999), Steve Bloomer (1874), Don Revie (1927), and Geoff Bent (1932).

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