SOCCER PLAYER

Tommy Lawton

1919 - 1996

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Thomas Lawton (6 October 1919 – 6 November 1996) was an English football player and manager. Born in Farnworth and raised in Bolton, he played amateur football at Rossendale United, before he turned professional at Burnley on his 17th birthday. He also played cricket for Burnley Cricket Club before his potential as a footballer won him a £6,500 move to Everton in January 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommy Lawton has received more than 267,924 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tommy Lawton is the 5,194th most popular soccer player (down from 3,773rd in 2019), the 5,076th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,438th in 2019) and the 246th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Tommy Lawton ranks 5,194 out of 21,273. Before him are Magnus Hedman, Jean-Claude Piumi, Alex James, Harold Walden, Diego Alves, and Bruno Génésio. After him are Beto, Chicão, Adem Ljajić, Aleksandar Kostov, Giacomo Bonaventura, and Helton Arruda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Tommy Lawton ranks 319. Before him are Betty Garrett, Cecil Green, Folke Alnevik, Edward Brooke, Karel Senecký, and Aleksandr Volodin. After him are Alla Rakha, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Shirley Clarke, Nellie Connally, Pauline Betz, and Jack McGrath. Among people deceased in 1996, Tommy Lawton ranks 315. Before him are Bohuslav Karlík, François Picard, Eleazar de Carvalho, Julio Bolbochán, Jean-Claude Piumi, and Pierre Jaccoud. After him are Mario Savio, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva, Peter Glenville, Evelyn Hooker, Sultan Rahi, and Zdeněk Škrland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Lawton ranks 5,076 out of 8,785. Before him are Danny Kirwan (1950), Benjamin Wilson (1721), David Abulafia (1949), Alex James (1901), Lionel Atwill (1885), and Ann Cleeves (1954). After him are Keith Allen (1953), G. D. H. Cole (1889), W. T. Tutte (1917), William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Reginald Hill (1936), and Mark Hateley (1961).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Tommy Lawton ranks 246. Before him are Neville Southall (1958), James Jones (1873), Pat Crerand (1939), John Connelly (1938), Noni Madueke (2002), and Alex James (1901). After him are Mark Hateley (1961), Viv Anderson (1956), Mark Jones (1933), Brian Kidd (1949), Harvey Barnes (1997), and Michael Robinson (1958).

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