SOCCER PLAYER

Syd Owen

1922 - 1998

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Sydney William Owen (29 September 1922 – 27 August 1998) was an English football player and coach. He spent nearly all his playing career as a centre half for Luton Town. Born in Birmingham to Florence Laura (née Whiley) and Henry Sydney Owen, Owen began his football career playing for the Birmingham YMCA team before joining Birmingham City as a youth player. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Syd Owen has received more than 62,007 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Syd Owen is the 8,015th most popular soccer player (down from 6,652nd in 2019), the 6,338th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,791st in 2019) and the 424th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 62k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Syd Owen ranks 8,015 out of 21,273. Before him are Choi Sung-yong, Jeff Astle, Miguel Ángel Neira, Teemu Tainio, Lewis Holtby, and Julio César Cáceres. After him are Facundo Roncaglia, Nélson Oliveira, Nikica Jelavić, Javier Zeoli, Anastasios Bakasetas, and Duje Čop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Syd Owen ranks 456. Before him are Eugenie Clark, Lamont Johnson, Kay Starr, Len Lesser, Bernard Bailyn, and Mavis Gallant. After him are Hattie Jacques, Frank Spellman, Grayson Hall, Audrey Long, Gale Storm, and Jose W. Diokno. Among people deceased in 1998, Syd Owen ranks 327. Before him are Albert Gore Sr., Dane Clark, Fred Wacker, Gene Raymond, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and Eddie Rabbitt. After him are Peter Sillett, Junkyard Dog, Keith Newton, Matthew Shepard, Tron, and Irene Hervey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Syd Owen ranks 6,338 out of 8,785. Before him are Rosemary Leach (1935), Sebastian Faulks (1953), Jamie Staff (1973), Nicola Walker (1970), Jeff Astle (1942), and Hugh Padgham (1955). After him are Adam Yates (1992), Joey Barton (1982), Louis MacNeice (1907), Simon Yates (1992), Shelley Conn (1976), and Cole Palmer (2002).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Syd Owen ranks 424. Before him are Jimmy McIlroy (1931), Jamie Redknapp (1973), Wayne Bridge (1980), Dalian Atkinson (1968), Jack Kelsey (1929), and Jeff Astle (1942). After him are Joey Barton (1982), Cole Palmer (2002), John Lundstram (1994), Mick Jones (1945), Tommy Hutchison (1947), and Peter Sillett (1933).

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