SOCCER PLAYER

Sammy McIlroy

1954 - Today

Photo of Sammy McIlroy

Icon of person Sammy McIlroy

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (born 2 August 1954) is a Northern Irish retired footballer who played for Manchester United, Stoke City, Manchester City, Örgryte (Sweden), Bury, VfB Mödling (Austria), Preston North End and the Northern Ireland national team. After playing, he managed several English football teams and the Northern Ireland national team, gaining most success with Macclesfield Town. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sammy McIlroy has received more than 361,677 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Sammy McIlroy is the 7,459th most popular soccer player (up from 8,755th in 2019), the 6,180th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,234th in 2019) and the 393rd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sammy McIlroy ranks 7,459 out of 21,273. Before him are Mickaël Madar, Alexander Merkel, Oscar Wirth, Nacer Abdellah, Silvio Longobucco, and Romeo Castelen. After him are Jaime Duarte, Sammy Lee, Artur Petrosyan, Abdou Diallo, Sheraldo Becker, and Paul Verhaegh.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Sammy McIlroy ranks 657. Before him are Rodney Brooks, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Andrea Gyarmati, Robert W. McElroy, Arturo Rodas, and James Gleick. After him are Eberhard Rösch, Brad Cooper, Amy Heckerling, Alexander Melentyev, Willi Wülbeck, and Willy Telavi.

Others Born in 1954

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sammy McIlroy ranks 6,180 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (1995), Joe Corrigan (1948), Lucy Punch (1977), Ian Hancock (1942), Don McKinnon (1939), and Paul Kaye (1964). After him are Jennifer Kendal (1934), Sammy Lee (1959), Myles Coverdale (1488), 21 Savage (1992), Andrew Parrott (1947), and Jackie Henderson (1932).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Sammy McIlroy ranks 393. Before him are Adam Johnson (1987), Paul Lambert (1969), Patrick Roberts (1997), Stan Cullis (1916), Danny Drinkwater (1990), and Joe Corrigan (1948). After him are Sammy Lee (1959), Jackie Henderson (1932), Howard Wilkinson (1943), Bobby Johnstone (1929), Alex Greenwood (1993), and Jimmy Hill (1928).

British born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous