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Willie Applegarth

1890 - 1958

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William Reuben Applegarth (11 May 1890 – 5 December 1958) was a British track and field athlete and winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willie Applegarth has received more than 42,721 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Willie Applegarth is the 424th most popular athlete (up from 1,689th in 2019), the 3,061st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,377th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Willie Applegarth ranks 424 out of 6,025. Before him are Galina Bystrova, Jack Broughton, Emerson Spencer, Edwin Flack, Allen Woodring, and Bobby Morrow. After him are Otis Davis, Sidney Johnson, Nam Sung-yong, Angéla Németh, Hallgeir Brenden, and Edvin Wide.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Willie Applegarth ranks 159. Before him are Tibor Szamuely, Henri Decoin, Maurice Genevoix, Heinrich Zimmer, Ernst Deutsch, and Jan de Vries. After him are Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Alice Joyce, Mark Tobey, Karl Lashley, Jeanne Eagels, and Thomas Tien Ken-sin. Among people deceased in 1958, Willie Applegarth ranks 119. Before him are J. G. Strijdom, Erwin Bauer, Richard Goldschmidt, Henryk Arctowski, Jesse L. Lasky, and Big Bill Broonzy. After him are Bhagwan Das, Feodor Gladkov, Lydia Lipkowska, Karl Lashley, Henock Abrahamsson, and W. C. Handy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Willie Applegarth ranks 3,061 out of 8,785. Before him are Jack Cardiff (1914), Richard Hakluyt (1552), Konstantinos Paspatis (1878), Jack Broughton (1703), Steve Marriott (1947), and Edwin Flack (1873). After him are Peter Phillips (1977), Jeremy Northam (1961), James Legge (1815), Madeleine Carroll (1906), Paul Cook (1956), and Anthony Caro (1924).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Willie Applegarth ranks 19. Before him are Nancy Mackay (1922), Alfred Tysoe (1874), Norman Read (1931), Sidney Robinson (1876), Jack Broughton (1703), and Edwin Flack (1873). After him are Albert Hill (1889), Arthur Russell (1886), Eddie Owen (1886), Henry Macintosh (1892), Tommy Hampson (1907), and Don Thompson (1933).

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