BOXER

Willie Toweel

1934 - 2017

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Willie Michael "Willie" Toweel (6 April 1934 – 25 December 2017) was a boxer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willie Toweel has received more than 38,853 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Willie Toweel is the 285th most popular boxer (down from 228th in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 229th in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 39k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Willie Toweel ranks 285 out of 496. Before him are Leonard Doroftei, Zsolt Erdei, Giovanni Parisi, Sergey Kovalev, Juan Carlos Lemus, and Nergüin Enkhbat. After him are Rogelio Marcelo, Joel Casamayor, Joe Gans, Bekzat Sattarkhanov, Serik Sapiyev, and Diego Corrales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Willie Toweel ranks 571. Before him are Al Freeman Jr., Angela Buxton, Hot Rod Hundley, Ivan Utrobin, Little Milton, and June Foulds. After him are Ann Wedgeworth, Ahmed Rushdi, Jonathan Miller, Vijaya Mehta, Hamilton Camp, and Marlene Mathews. Among people deceased in 2017, Willie Toweel ranks 642. Before him are Cristina Adela Foișor, Frank Spellman, Donna Williams, Lorna Gray, Brent Briscoe, and Ivan Stoyanov. After him are Ann Wedgeworth, Jay Thomas, Steffi Martin, Bill Hougland, Tom Alter, and František Rajtoral.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Willie Toweel ranks 274 out of 454. Before him are Letta Mbulu (1942), David Bateson (1960), Anele Ngcongca (1987), Miriam Stockley (1962), Wendy Beckett (1930), and Matthew Booth (1977). After him are David Adams (1970), Cliff Drysdale (1941), Nick Price (1957), Daryl Impey (1984), Chris Heunis (1927), and Fatima Meer (1928).

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Among BOXERS In South Africa

Among boxers born in South Africa, Willie Toweel ranks 5. Before him are Gerald Dreyer (1929), Corrie Sanders (1966), David Carstens (1914), and George Hunter (1927).

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