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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 37,078 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Willie Toweel is the 228th most popular boxer (down from 179th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 191st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South African Boxer.

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  • 35.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Willie Toweel ranks 228 out of 326. Before him are Svilen Rusinov, Marcos Maidana, Ricky Hatton, Mohamed Aly, Serik Sapiyev, and Hocine Soltani. After him are Felix Sturm, Vassiliy Jirov, Diego Corrales, Joel Casamayor, Bekzat Sattarkhanov, and Parinya Charoenphol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Willie Toweel ranks 484. Before him are Carver Mead, Don Kirshner, Annette Crosbie, Alan Dundes, June Foulds, and David Herd. After him are Jonathan Miller, Hamilton Camp, Maurice Norman, Hot Rod Hundley, Bryan Douglas, and Dick Boushka. Among people deceased in 2017, Willie Toweel ranks 581. Before him are František Rajtoral, Barbara Cook, Dick Gregory, Kaci Kullmann Five, Brent Briscoe, and Steffi Martin. After him are José Antonio Alonso, Albert Brewer, Aaron Hernandez, Jay Thomas, Fredy Schmidtke, and Shyama.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Willie Toweel ranks 230 out of 374. Before him are Basil van Rooyen (1939), Hans Vonk (1970), Liezel Huber (1976), Kevin Shirley (1960), Trevor Noah (1984), and Lucas Radebe (1969). After him are Zanele Muholi (1972), Patricia de Lille (1951), Kandyse McClure (1980), Matthew Booth (1977), Fatima Meer (1928), and Jerome Damon (1972).

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Among BOXERS In South Africa

Among boxers born in South Africa, Willie Toweel ranks 3. Before him are Corrie Sanders (1966) and David Carstens (1914).

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