SOCCER PLAYER

Bobby Johnstone

1929 - 2001

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Robert Johnstone (7 September 1929 – 22 August 2001) was a Scottish footballer who played for Selkirk, Hibernian, Manchester City, Oldham Athletic and Witton Albion. Johnstone also represented Scotland and the Scottish League. Johnstone is most remembered as one of the Famous Five forward line (Smith, Johnstone, Reilly, Turnbull and Ormond) for Hibernian in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He joined Manchester City in 1955, becoming the first player to score in successive FA Cup Finals at Wembley, in 1955 and 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Johnstone is the 10,254th most popular soccer player (down from 7,510th in 2024), the 6,974th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,190th in 2019) and the 594th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bobby Johnstone ranks 10,254 out of 21,273. Before him are Alberto Luiz de Souza, Mohammed Kudus, Ismaily, Stern John, Sylvain Distin, and An Ik-soo. After him are Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Francisco Puñal, Hikari Nakade, Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Aleksandar Markov, and Makoto Atsuta.

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Among people born in 1929, Bobby Johnstone ranks 559. Before him are Pallonji Mistry, Joi Lansing, Jimmy Adamson, Ila Arun, Barbara Murray, and Eddie Garcia. After him are Thomas Eagleton, Peter Thomson, and Usha Kiran. Among people deceased in 2001, Bobby Johnstone ranks 371. Before him are Charlotte Coleman, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Toby Wing, Satam al-Suqami, Rosemary DeCamp, and Gerald Glatzmayer. After him are Bahne Rabe, Waleed al-Shehri, Fayez Banihammad, Ahmed al-Nami, Khalid al-Mihdhar, and Ahmed al-Ghamdi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bobby Johnstone ranks 6,976 out of 8,785. Before him are Dean Saunders (1964), Andy Nyman (1966), Barbara Murray (1929), Paul Merson (1968), Helen Baxendale (1970), and Derren Brown (1971). After him are Justine Frischmann (1969), Squarepusher (1975), John Hopkins (1975), Jeremy Irvine (1990), Ashley Westwood (1990), and Lewis Tan (1987).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Bobby Johnstone ranks 594. Before him are Barry Ferguson (1978), Steve Wooddin (1955), Kevin Beattie (1953), Sammy McIlroy (1954), Dean Saunders (1964), and Paul Merson (1968). After him are Ashley Westwood (1990), Kieron Dyer (1978), Trevor Cherry (1948), David Narey (1956), Craig Shakespeare (1963), and Chris Woods (1959).

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