SOCCER PLAYER

Steve Bloomer

1874 - 1938

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Stephen Bloomer (20 January 1874 – 16 April 1938) was an England international footballer and manager who played for Derby County – becoming their record goalscorer – and Middlesbrough. The anthem "Steve Bloomer's Watchin'" is played at every Derby home game and there is a bust of him at the Pride Park Stadium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Bloomer has received more than 342,410 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Bloomer is the 2,342nd most popular soccer player (down from 1,933rd in 2019), the 3,178th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,109th in 2019) and the 105th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 340k

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  • 49.15

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Steve Bloomer ranks 2,342 out of 21,273Before him are Ivano Bordon, Emiliano Martínez, Giorgos Karagounis, Tihomir Ognjanov, Rubén Ayala, and Miguel Ángel Brindisi. After him are Ivan Davidov, Félix Sesúmaga, José Berraondo, Wim Jonk, Janne Andersson, and Robert Vancea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Steve Bloomer ranks 163Before him are Wesley Clair Mitchell, Photius II of Constantinople, Oskari Mantere, Henry Travers, Manuel Machado, and Abraham Brill. After him are José de Amézola y Aspizúa, Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Dmitry Gulia, Amy Lowell, Auguste Giroux, and Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias. Among people deceased in 1938, Steve Bloomer ranks 167Before him are Theodor Fischer, Pearl White, Karl Madsen, André Blondel, Edward M. House, and Millosh Gjergj Nikolla. After him are Choʻlpon, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Lev Schnirelmann, Rosa Mayreder, and Phyllis Allen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steve Bloomer ranks 3,178 out of 8,785Before him are Kenneth Cranham (1944), Arthur Russell (1886), Quentin Crisp (1908), Arthur Ransome (1884), Alan Bullock (1914), and Robert Stephens (1931). After him are Anne Treisman (1935), Mary Toft (1703), Emily Mortimer (1971), Joe Abercrombie (1974), Joseph Grimaldi (1778), and Mike Parkes (1931).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Steve Bloomer ranks 105Before him are Ted Drake (1912), Paul Cook (1956), Jesse Carver (1911), Jamie Carragher (1978), Mark Hughes (1963), and James Milner (1986). After him are Jack Grealish (1995), Gary Speed (1969), Joe Fagan (1921), Vic Buckingham (1915), Ramón Zabalo (1910), and Peter Bonetti (1941).