SOCCER PLAYER

Walter Smith

1948 - 2021

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Walter Ferguson Smith (24 February 1948 – 26 October 2021) was a Scottish football player, manager and director, primarily associated with his two spells as manager of Glasgow club Rangers. A defender, Smith's playing career consisted of two spells with Dundee United, split by a short time at Dumbarton. A pelvic injury caused his retirement from playing and Smith moved into coaching at Dundee United, working for manager Jim McLean. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Smith has received more than 1,108,651 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Smith is the 5,826th most popular soccer player (down from 3,408th in 2019), the 5,426th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,193rd in 2019) and the 282nd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Walter Smith ranks 5,826 out of 21,273. Before him are Diego Llorente, Raphael Tracey, Ciprian Marica, Javier Vargas, Serhiy Skachenko, and Daniel Jensen. After him are Jan Eriksson, Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, Adriano Gerlin da Silva, Engelbert Kraus, Hiroaki Morishima, and Ivan Zafirov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Walter Smith ranks 667. Before him are Anders Wejryd, Aleksandr Kabanov, Sam Lacey, Leif Jenssen, Pedro Morenés, and Rodolfo Nin Novoa. After him are Wolf Blitzer, Vladimir Shadrin, Tsai Chih-chung, Jim Byrnes, Roy Evans, and Josef Bierbichler. Among people deceased in 2021, Walter Smith ranks 603. Before him are Jack Angel, Paul Orndorff, David Gulpilil, Paul Mariner, Leslie Marr, and Francesc Arnau. After him are Carl Levin, Vladimir Shadrin, Valentina Sidorova, Mario Osbén, Surekha Sikri, and Arthur Kopit.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Smith ranks 5,426 out of 8,785. Before him are Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), Harry Golombek (1911), Richard Bauckham (1946), Thomas Warton (1728), Bryan Forbes (1926), and Andrew Davies (1936). After him are George Lansbury (1859), Barry Atsma (1972), Peter Reid (1956), James Dunn (1939), George Eastham (1936), and Henry Vaughan (1621).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Walter Smith ranks 282. Before him are Alan Mullery (1941), Malcolm Allison (1927), Charlie Buchan (1891), Steve Sumner (1955), Paul Mariner (1953), and Bukayo Saka (2001). After him are Peter Reid (1956), George Eastham (1936), Andy Auld (1900), Jimmy Ross (1866), Roy Evans (1948), and Laurie Scott (1917).

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