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William Smith

1928 - 2018

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William T. "Bill" Smith (September 17, 1928 – March 20, 2018) was an American wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling at the 1952 Olympic Games. Smith was born in Portland, Oregon and graduated from Thomas Jefferson Senior High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He then enrolled at Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa), where Smith won back-to-back NCAA wrestling titles at 165 pounds in 1949 and 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Smith has received more than 177,440 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Smith is the 206th most popular wrestler, the 9,274th most popular biography from United States and the 71st most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, William Smith ranks 206 out of 1,027. Before him are Robert Pearce, Søren Marinus Jensen, Dave Schultz, Atsuji Miyahara, Ahmet Kireççi, and Vítězslav Mácha. After him are Georgi Markov, György Gurics, Pelle Svensson, Kelpo Gröndahl, Lex Luger, and Jim Duggan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, William Smith ranks 500. Before him are Peter Hacks, Walter Haummer, Aleksandr Ivanov, Juan Rodríguez, Jeanne Cooper, and Nina Otkalenko. After him are Aisha Rateb, Gino Munaron, Elizabeth F. Neufeld, Dolphy, Sture Allén, and Bano Qudsia. Among people deceased in 2018, William Smith ranks 428. Before him are Carlo Vanzina, Yvonne Blake, Katie Boyle, Valentina Rastvorova, Peter Sutherland, and Igor Korobov. After him are Wilhelm Genazino, Geoff Murphy, Geoffrey Oryema, Győző Forintos, Wenceslao Padilla, and Steven Bochco.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Smith ranks 9,274 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Walters (1911), Mia Sara (1967), Bill Erwin (1914), Steve Railsback (1945), Dan Marino (1961), and Walter Mirisch (1921). After him are Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), Larry the Cable Guy (1963), Harry Warren (1893), John Brinck (1908), Allen Daviau (1942), and Terry Kath (1946).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, William Smith ranks 71. Before him are Paul Heyman (1965), Kevin Von Erich (1957), Verne Gagne (1926), Bam Bam Bigelow (1961), Robert Pearce (1908), and Dave Schultz (1959). After him are Lex Luger (1958), Jim Duggan (1954), Don Frye (1965), Eric Bischoff (1955), Ricky Steamboat (1953), and George Mehnert (1881).

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