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Willie Watson

1920 - 2004

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Willie Watson (7 March 1920 – 24 April 2004) was an English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England. He was a double international, as Watson was also a footballer who played for England's national team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willie Watson has received more than 7,445 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Willie Watson is the 9th most popular cricketer (down from 7th in 2019), the 5,802nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,365th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Cricketer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.4k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Willie Watson ranks 9 out of 136. Before him are Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, W. G. Grace, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Bishan Singh Bedi. After him are Viv Richards, Shane Warne, Ravindra Jadeja, Muttiah Muralitharan, Garfield Sobers, and Rahul Dravid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Willie Watson ranks 443. Before him are Esther Rolle, Bill Reid, Bert Williams, Veerasamy Ringadoo, Noel Neill, and James Aloysius Hickey. After him are Frances Gifford, Asuman Baytop, Nanette Fabray, Barbara Britton, Virginia Christine, and Ronald Searle. Among people deceased in 2004, Willie Watson ranks 319. Before him are Paul Nitze, Max Abramovitz, Suraiya, Eddie Hopkinson, Johnny Warren, and James Aloysius Hickey. After him are Brenda Fassie, Virginia Capers, Bob Tisdall, Kurt Dossin, Albert Paulsen, and Hugh Shearer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Willie Watson ranks 5,802 out of 8,785. Before him are Bill Slater (1927), Maxi Priest (1961), Charles Stross (1964), Levi Colwill (2003), John Gribbin (1946), and Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915). After him are Selwyn Lloyd (1904), David O'Hara (1965), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Samuel Gompers (1850), John Parr (1952), and Craig Bellamy (1979).

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Among CRICKETERS In United Kingdom

Among cricketers born in United Kingdom, Willie Watson ranks 2. Before him are W. G. Grace (1848). After him are Montagu Toller (1871), Alfred Bowerman (1873), William Donne (1876), James Anderson (1982), C. B. K. Beachcroft (1870), Andrew Symonds (1975), Moeen Ali (1987), Joe Root (1990), Jos Buttler (1990), and Alastair Cook (1984).

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