AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER

Walter Payton

1954 - 1999

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Walter Jerry Payton (July 25, 1953 – November 1, 1999) was an American professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. Nicknamed "Sweetness", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Payton began his football career in Mississippi and went on to have an outstanding college football career at Jackson State University playing for the Tigers, where he was named Little All-American twice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Payton has received more than 7,686,138 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Payton is the 17th most popular american football player (up from 19th in 2019), the 12,679th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,638th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American American Football Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

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  • 40.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Among american football players, Walter Payton ranks 17 out of 63. Before him are Joe Namath, Cam Newton, Jerry Rice, Michael Oher, Peyton Manning, and John Elway. After him are Travis Kelce, Lawrence Taylor, Steve Young, Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, and Colin Kaepernick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Walter Payton ranks 620. Before him are David Paterson, Vladimir Vysotsky, Peter Erskine, Craig Wasson, Brad Little, and Kwame Anthony Appiah. After him are Tommy Tuberville, John Lloyd, Gregory S. Paul, Silvia Chivás, Peter Mueller, and Cynthia Lummis. Among people deceased in 1999, Walter Payton ranks 316. Before him are William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Ntsu Mokhehle, Gene Sarazen, Skip Spence, Harry Blackmun, and Marshall Wayne. After him are Mary Kay Bergman, Payne Stewart, Walter Lini, Bruce Fairbairn, Lembit Oll, and Bobby Troup.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Payton ranks 12,679 out of 20,380. Before him are Hamza Yusuf (1958), Carl Robie (1945), Michael Mukasey (1941), Dorothy Davenport (1895), Andrea Anders (1975), and Robert Bork (1927). After him are Sid Wilson (1977), George S. Boutwell (1818), Dylan Minnette (1996), Richard Russell Jr. (1897), Charlie Callas (1924), and Sandy West (1959).

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Among AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among american football players born in United States, Walter Payton ranks 17. Before him are Joe Namath (1943), Cam Newton (1989), Jerry Rice (1962), Michael Oher (1986), Peyton Manning (1976), and John Elway (1960). After him are Travis Kelce (1989), Lawrence Taylor (1959), Steve Young (1961), Brett Favre (1969), Aaron Rodgers (1983), and Colin Kaepernick (1987).

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