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Willard Schmidt

1910 - 1965

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Willard Theodore Schmidt (February 14, 1910 – April 13, 1965) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willard Schmidt has received more than 14,976 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Willard Schmidt is the 714th most popular basketball player (down from 375th in 2019), the 15,922nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,257th in 2019) and the 385th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15k

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  • 34.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Willard Schmidt ranks 714 out of 1,757Before him are Vin Baker, Enes Kanter, Nicolò Melli, Eddie Johnson, Nate McMillan, and Mike Bibby. After him are James Edwards, D. J. Mbenga, Axel Hervelle, Andreas Obst, Predrag Drobnjak, and Antonio Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Willard Schmidt ranks 424Before him are Lillian Roth, Gale Page, Carl Knowles, Rosemary DeCamp, Arturo Tolentino, and Nellie Halstead.  Among people deceased in 1965, Willard Schmidt ranks 244Before him are Clemence Dane, Louis Baillon, Haldor Halderson, Creighton Hale, H. V. Evatt, and Eddie Gribbon. After him are Dixie Bibb Graves, Sherman Minton, and Douglas Payne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willard Schmidt ranks 15,922 out of 20,380Before him are Ralph Edwards (1913), Bethanie Mattek-Sands (1985), Brett Butler (1958), Donald Cook (1901), Thomas Dekker (1987), and Howard Rollins (1950). After him are Geoff Johns (1973), Keith Tkachuk (1972), Barry Sanders (1968), James Edwards (1955), Roger Clark (1978), and Eric Holcomb (1968).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Willard Schmidt ranks 385Before him are D'Angelo Russell (1996), Lorenzo Brown (1990), Vin Baker (1971), Eddie Johnson (1959), Nate McMillan (1964), and Mike Bibby (1978). After him are James Edwards (1955), Antonio Davis (1968), Sean Elliott (1968), J. R. Smith (1985), Joe Barry Carroll (1958), and Antawn Jamison (1976).