BOXER

Tony Zale

1913 - 1997

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Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", reinforced by his reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win. Zale, who held the world middleweight title multiple times, was known as a crafty boxer and punishing body puncher who wore his opponents down before knocking them out. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Zale has received more than 372,011 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Zale is the 99th most popular boxer (down from 81st in 2019), the 7,377th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,419th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Tony Zale ranks 99 out of 496. Before him are Carmen Barth, Jimmy Ellis, Rodrigo Valdez, Willy Kaiser, Ronald Rawson, and István Énekes. After him are Benny Paret, Sandro Lopopolo, Héctor Méndez, Gerald Dreyer, Oscar Casanovas, and Bernard Hopkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Tony Zale ranks 278. Before him are Anna Lee, Zezé Procópio, Qiao Guanhua, Ken Carpenter, Guillermo Haro, and William J. Casey. After him are Mary Martin, Giovanni Valetti, Robert Strauss, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Cornelius Johnson, and Aleksanteri Saarvala. Among people deceased in 1997, Tony Zale ranks 243. Before him are Luther Allison, Mikel Koliqi, Matti Sippala, Anne Stine Ingstad, Julio Musimessi, and Stubby Kaye. After him are Ted Gärdestad, Henry Vestine, Kiki Kogelnik, Reinhard Lauck, Ivor Allchurch, and Tamara Makarova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Zale ranks 7,377 out of 20,380. Before him are Ned Luke (1958), Harvey Fierstein (1954), Megan Rapinoe (1985), Pat O'Brien (1899), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), and Diana Barrymore (1921). After him are Joe Sutter (1921), Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968), Lawrence Gordon (1936), Glenn Hardin (1910), Robert A. Taft (1889), and Leonard Slatkin (1944).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Tony Zale ranks 46. Before him are Ernie Terrell (1939), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), James J. Jeffries (1875), Samuel Berger (1884), Carmen Barth (1912), and Jimmy Ellis (1940). After him are Bernard Hopkins (1965), Harry Spanjer (1873), Emanuel Steward (1944), Deontay Wilder (1985), Bert Schneider (1897), and Riddick Bowe (1967).

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