HOCKEY PLAYER

Roop Singh

1908 - 1977

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Roop Singh (8 September 1908 – 16 December 1977) was an Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian field hockey team, which won gold medals for India at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roop Singh has received more than 215,878 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Roop Singh is the 140th most popular hockey player, the 1,089th most popular biography from India and the most popular Indian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Roop Singh ranks 140 out of 676. Before him are Andy Bathgate, Evgeni Nabokov, Henrik Lundqvist, Martin St. Louis, Patrik Eliáš, and Chris Chelios. After him are Alexei Yashin, Milt Schmidt, Harry Sinden, Ryan Miller, Al Arbour, and Eric Lindros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Roop Singh ranks 425. Before him are Jackie Fields, Vic Lindquist, Carl Shy, Polly Ann Young, Rufino Santos, and Gene Raymond. After him are Sally O'Neil, Dennis Morgan, Raja Rao, Penny Singleton, Will Lee, and Fearless Nadia. Among people deceased in 1977, Roop Singh ranks 280. Before him are Dorothy Davenport, Allison Hayes, Fannie Lou Hamer, MacKinlay Kantor, Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, and John L. McClellan. After him are Tom C. Clark, Brian McGuire, Charlotte Greenwood, Geraldine Brooks, and Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.

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In India

Among people born in India, Roop Singh ranks 1,089 out of 1,861. Before him are Raghuram Rajan (1963), Dalip Tahil (1952), Shiva Rajkumar (1961), Raza Murad (1950), Deven Verma (1937), and Basanti Bisht (1953). After him are Pallonji Mistry (1929), Jyotiraditya Scindia (1971), Sohrab Modi (1897), Ajith Kumar (1971), Bharati Mukherjee (1940), and Deepak Tijori (1961).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In India

Among hockey players born in India, Roop Singh ranks 1. After him are Joseph Galibardy (1915), Randhir Singh Gentle (1922), P. R. Sreejesh (1988), Surender Kumar (1993), Vandana Katariya (1992), Harmanpreet Singh (1996), Amit Rohidas (1993), and Birendra Lakra (1990).

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