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Verne Gagne

1926 - 2015

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Laverne Clarence "Verne" Gagne ( GAHN-yay; February 26, 1926 – April 27, 2015) was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Minneapolis-based American Wrestling Association (AWA), the predominant promotion throughout the Midwest and Manitoba for many years. He remained in this position until 1991, when the company folded. As an amateur wrestler, Gagne won two NCAA titles and was an alternate for the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Verne Gagne has received more than 1,596,646 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Verne Gagne is the 195th most popular wrestler (down from 145th in 2019), the 9,076th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,029th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Verne Gagne ranks 195 out of 1,027. Before him are Dietmar Lorenz, Lajos Keresztes, Frithiof Mårtensson, Aleksandar Tomov, Dave Finlay, and Kevin Von Erich. After him are Kurt Pettersén, Bam Bam Bigelow, Nicolae Martinescu, Umaga, Robert Pearce, and Søren Marinus Jensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Verne Gagne ranks 435. Before him are Loris Campana, Georges Gandil, Richard DeVos, Jesús Loroño, Nel van Vliet, and Ernst Larsen. After him are Walter Lassally, Adriano Directo Emperado, Misael Escuti, Otto Hemele, Göta Pettersson, and H. C. Robbins Landon. Among people deceased in 2015, Verne Gagne ranks 389. Before him are Loris Campana, Osamu Hayaishi, Andraé Crouch, Karin Söder, Andriy Kuzmenko, and Ernst Larsen. After him are Andrew Lesnie, Howard Kendall, Alberto Cardaccio, Nina Otkalenko, Boris Shilkov, and Chris Burden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Verne Gagne ranks 9,076 out of 20,380. Before him are Anthony W. Gardiner (1820), Lewis Armistead (1817), Justin Francis Rigali (1935), Yancy Butler (1970), Slim Pickens (1919), and Naomi Judd (1946). After him are Kelly Slater (1972), Kat Dennings (1986), Matt Stone (1971), Josh Dallas (1978), Jon Landau (1960), and Marcia Fudge (1952).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Verne Gagne ranks 67. Before him are Stephanie McMahon (1976), John Layfield (1966), Curt Hennig (1958), Mark Schultz (1960), Paul Heyman (1965), and Kevin Von Erich (1957). After him are Bam Bam Bigelow (1961), Robert Pearce (1908), Dave Schultz (1959), William Smith (1928), Lex Luger (1958), and Jim Duggan (1954).

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