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Ruy de Freitas

1916 - 2012

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Ruy de Freitas (24 August 1916 – 2 August 2012), also commonly known as Tio Ruy, was a Brazilian professional basketball player and coach, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1948. He was born in Macaé. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruy de Freitas has received more than 9,273 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruy de Freitas is the 214th most popular basketball player (down from 211th in 2019), the 763rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 708th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.3k

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  • 51.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Ruy de Freitas ranks 214 out of 1,757. Before him are Sergejus Jovaiša, Roberto Lovera, Art Mollner, Alonzo Mourning, Clyde Lovellette, and Joe Fulks. After him are Zoran Savić, Michel Bonnevie, Christian Laettner, Spud Webb, Alex English, and Ratko Radovanović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ruy de Freitas ranks 265. Before him are Lennart Klingström, Betty Taylor, Gene Mako, Gyula Prassler, Albert Hyzler, and Ľudmila Pajdušáková. After him are Kåre Holt, Jean Margéot, Manuel Chorens, Virginia Gregg, Robert Marshak, and Paul Felix Schmidt. Among people deceased in 2012, Ruy de Freitas ranks 398. Before him are Slater Martin, István Csurka, Jorge Manicera, Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Joel Goldsmith, and Dolphy. After him are Margaret Osborne duPont, Boris Razinsky, Murray Rose, Mike Sparken, Jose Tomas Sanchez, and Deborah Raffin.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Ruy de Freitas ranks 763 out of 2,236. Before him are Gabriel Barbosa (1996), Mancini (1980), Bernard (1992), César Maluco (1945), Muricy Ramalho (1955), and Otávio Edmilson da Silva Monteiro (1995). After him are Carlos Saldanha (1965), Carlinhos Brown (1962), Júlia Lopes de Almeida (1862), Clementina de Jesus (1901), Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820), and Fritz d'Orey (1938).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Brazil

Among basketball players born in Brazil, Ruy de Freitas ranks 2. Before him are Oscar Schmidt (1958). After him are Hortência Marcari (1959), Marcelo Huertas (1983), Leandro Barbosa (1982), Anderson Varejão (1982), Tiago Splitter (1985), Nenê (1982), Raul Neto (1992), Marcelinho Machado (1975), Bruno Caboclo (1995), and Lucas Nogueira (1992).

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