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Terry Dischinger

1940 - 2023

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Terry Gilbert Dischinger ( DISH-ing-ər; November 21, 1940 – October 9, 2023) was an American basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dischinger was a three-time NBA All-Star and the 1963 NBA Rookie of the Year, after averaging 28 points per game in his three seasons at Purdue University. In 2019, Dischinger was inducted to the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Dischinger has received more than 227,725 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Terry Dischinger is the 58th most popular basketball player (up from 244th in 2019), the 4,132nd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,160th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Terry Dischinger ranks 58 out of 1,757. Before him are David Robinson, Alexander Gomelsky, Nikos Galis, Aleksandar Đorđević, Allen Iverson, and Robert Parish. After him are Muggsy Bogues, Don Nelson, Dragan Kićanović, Steve Kerr, Pete Maravich, and Nate Thurmond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Terry Dischinger ranks 240. Before him are Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Pharoah Sanders, Bob Hewitt, Peter Benchley, Charles T. Kowal, and Mohammed Magariaf. After him are Jan Eliasson, John Mahoney, Helmut Jahn, Samuel Little, Lill Lindfors, and Don Nelson. Among people deceased in 2023, Terry Dischinger ranks 279. Before him are Michel Deville, George Pell, Francisco J. Ayala, Duško Gojković, Paul Johnson, and Raoul Servais. After him are Veniamin Soldatenko, Trevor Francis, John Pilger, Deniz Baykal, Angel Wagenstein, and Friedrich Cerha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry Dischinger ranks 4,132 out of 20,380. Before him are George C. Homans (1910), E. G. Marshall (1914), Allen Klein (1931), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), and Sally Kirkland (1941). After him are Raymond Moody (1944), Sammy Gravano (1945), Floyd Council (1911), Edward Bellamy (1850), Kim Darby (1947), and John Petrucci (1967).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Terry Dischinger ranks 36. Before him are Red Auerbach (1917), Isiah Thomas (1961), David Robinson (1965), Nikos Galis (1957), Allen Iverson (1975), and Robert Parish (1953). After him are Muggsy Bogues (1965), Don Nelson (1940), Pete Maravich (1947), Nate Thurmond (1941), Willis Reed (1942), and Chuck Daly (1930).

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