SOCCER PLAYER

Trevor Ford

1923 - 2003

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Trevor Ford (1 October 1923 – 29 May 2003) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a centre forward for Swansea Town, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Cardiff City, PSV, Newport County and Romford, as well as for the Wales national team. A prolific scorer throughout his career, he scored 202 league goals in 401 matches, the majority coming in the First Division during a career that spanned fifteen years. Described by The Independent as a "fearsomely physical" forward, Ford began his career with his hometown club Swansea Town during wartime and played for less than one season in the Second Division. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Trevor Ford has received more than 117,467 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Trevor Ford is the 5,456th most popular soccer player (down from 5,394th in 2019), the 5,208th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,323rd in 2019) and the 259th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Trevor Ford ranks 5,456 out of 21,273. Before him are Takayuki Suzuki, Dedé, Baudilio Jáuregui, Bunji Kimura, Joachim Björklund, and Bent Hansen. After him are Yuji Sakakura, Karl Toko Ekambi, Yousuf Al-Thunayan, Piotr Mowlik, Adriano, and Simone Pepe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Trevor Ford ranks 450. Before him are Bjørn Paulson, Alice Ghostley, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Herman Chernoff, Arthur Jensen, and Bernice Rubens. After him are Edward Clancy, Roger Foulon, László Jeney, George Mostow, Ron Flockhart, and Viktor Shuvalov. Among people deceased in 2003, Trevor Ford ranks 336. Before him are Vera Zorina, Tony Thompson, John Aston Sr., Rachel Corrie, Grigory Mkrtychan, and Rajko Žižić. After him are Sheb Wooley, Edward F. Moore, Eddie Thomson, Fritz Spengler, Steve O'Rourke, and C. Douglas Dillon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Trevor Ford ranks 5,208 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Allen (1944), Julian Bailey (1961), Edmund Rubbra (1901), Tony Robinson (1946), Denis Healey (1917), and Prideaux John Selby (1788). After him are Ted Morgan (1906), Montagu Love (1877), Stigand (null), Ian Raby (1921), Hugh N. Kennedy (1947), and Terry Chimes (1956).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Trevor Ford ranks 259. Before him are Jimmy Gallagher (1901), Alex Stepney (1942), Jack Wilshere (1992), John Aston Sr. (1921), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (1996), and Dennis Wise (1966). After him are Andrew Robertson (1994), Horace Bailey (1881), John Stones (1994), Pat Rice (1949), Emile Heskey (1978), and Maurice Norman (1934).

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