BASKETBALL PLAYER

Tom Gola

1933 - 2014

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Thomas Joseph Gola (January 13, 1933 – January 26, 2014) was an American basketball player and politician. He is widely considered one of the greatest NCAA basketball players of all time. Gola was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Gola has received more than 248,199 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Gola is the 363rd most popular basketball player, the 12,570th most popular biography from United States and the 192nd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Tom Gola ranks 363 out of 1,757Before him are Blake Griffin, Carlos Delfino, Bobby Jones, Cliff Hagan, Andre Iguodala, and James Forbes. After him are Hortência Marcari, Fernando Romay, Sidney Moncrief, Nicolas Batum, Adrian Smith, and Francis Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Tom Gola ranks 519Before him are Peter Broadbent, Hayes Alan Jenkins, Leonard Peikoff, Miklós Ambrus, Pat Crowley, and Nimmi. After him are Nate Brooks, Lori Nelson, William Yorzyk, Celina Jesionowska, Richard Libertini, and Caldwell Esselstyn. Among people deceased in 2014, Tom Gola ranks 518Before him are Russell Johnson, Barbara Prammer, Paul England, Yves Delacour, Ann B. Davis, and Wayne Frye. After him are Esther M. Conwell, Bobby Collins, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, K. Balachander, Philippe Mahut, and Paul Horn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Gola ranks 12,570 out of 20,380Before him are Herbert Goldstein (1922), William Daniels (1901), Wayne Frye (1930), Lina Basquette (1907), Peter Erskine (1954), and Craig Wasson (1954). After him are Loren Dean (1969), BarBara Luna (1939), Anthony Ruivivar (1970), Zahn McClarnon (1966), Kelly Craft (1962), and Harry Blackmun (1908).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Tom Gola ranks 192Before him are Darrall Imhoff (1938), Blake Griffin (1989), Bobby Jones (1951), Cliff Hagan (1931), Andre Iguodala (1984), and James Forbes (1952). After him are Sidney Moncrief (1957), Adrian Smith (1936), Francis Johnson (1910), Paul Westphal (1950), Alvin Robertson (1962), and Sam Perkins (1961).