SOCCER PLAYER

Billy Meredith

1874 - 1958

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William Henry Meredith (30 July 1874 – 19 April 1958) was a Welsh professional footballer. He was considered one of the early superstars of football due to his performances, notably for Manchester City and Manchester United. He won each domestic trophy in the English football league and gained 48 caps for Wales, for whom he scored eleven goals and won two British Home Championship titles. His favoured position was outside right, and his key skills were dribbling, passing, crossing and shooting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Meredith is the 2,208th most popular soccer player (down from 1,695th in 2019), the 3,308th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,622nd in 2019) and the 136th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Billy Meredith ranks 2,208 out of 21,273. Before him are Odilon Polleunis, Akihito Kusunose, Takeshi Okada, Noureddine Naybet, Hans Cieslarczyk, and Jaroslav Burgr. After him are Yakubu, Roberto Aballay, Jozef Móder, Gervinho, Raul Meireles, and Giuseppe Baldo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Billy Meredith ranks 162. Before him are Charles W. Gilmore, Henry Travers, Fejzi Alizoti, Nasrullah Khan, Iraj Mirza, and Friedrich Hasenöhrl. After him are Juan Bautista Sacasa, James Juvenal, Bunzō Hayata, Sténio Vincent, Carl Størmer, and Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias. Among people deceased in 1958, Billy Meredith ranks 122. Before him are Herbert Brenon, Gustaf Söderström, Armas Järnefelt, Richard Goldschmidt, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, and Henryk Arctowski. After him are Oreste Puliti, Geoff Bent, Henock Abrahamsson, Arvid Holmberg, Émile Delchambre, and Myriam Harry.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Billy Meredith ranks 3,309 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Louisa of Great Britain (1749), Brian Blessed (1936), Robin Cook (1946), Eddie Owen (1886), Leonard Whiting (1950), and John Anderson (1833). After him are Lydia Becker (1827), Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), James Allen (1864), Matthew Hopkins (1620), John Gower (1330), and Warren Clarke (1947).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Billy Meredith ranks 136. Before him are Johnny Haynes (1934), Peter Swan (1936), Gary Neville (1975), David Watson (1946), Nobby Stiles (1942), and Teddy Sheringham (1966). After him are Chris Waddle (1960), Bryan Robson (1957), Sam Allardyce (1954), Steve Perryman (1951), Steve McManaman (1972), and Jock Stein (1922).

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