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Charles W. Alcock

1842 - 1907

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Charles William Alcock (2 December 1842 – 26 February 1907) was an English sportsman, administrator, author and editor. He was a major instigator in the development of both international football and cricket, as well as being the creator of the FA Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles W. Alcock is the 460th most popular soccer player (up from 3,873rd in 2019), the 1,272nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,262nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Charles W. Alcock ranks 460 out of 21,273. Before him are Santillana, Wim Jansen, Dettmar Cramer, Leonel Sánchez, Nobuyuki Oishi, and Daniele Massaro. After him are Carlos Tevez, Frank de Boer, Thomas Tuchel, Isao Iwabuchi, Jan Jongbloed, and Cláudio Taffarel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Charles W. Alcock ranks 32. Before him are Carl von Linde, Giovanni Giolitti, Johannes Zukertort, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Giovanni Boldini, and Mykola Lysenko. After him are Alphonse Borrelly, Nikolaos Gyzis, Ōyama Iwao, Gaston, Count of Eu, Vilhelm Thomsen, and Hugo Schuchardt. Among people deceased in 1907, Charles W. Alcock ranks 28. Before him are Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Léo Taxil, Hermann Carl Vogel, Qiu Jin, and Agathe Backer Grøndahl. After him are William Le Baron Jenney, Henry Steel Olcott, William Henry Perkin, Franz Sacher, Carola of Vasa, and Mizzi Kaspar.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles W. Alcock ranks 1,272 out of 8,785. Before him are John Langdon Down (1828), Margaret Bondfield (1873), Gideon Mantell (1790), Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), George Canning (1770), and Taron Egerton (1989). After him are John Fisher (1469), John Berger (1926), Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Imelda Staunton (1956), and Rob Roy MacGregor (1671).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Charles W. Alcock ranks 24. Before him are David James (1970), Harry Kane (1993), Peter Shilton (1949), Dave Mackay (1934), Francis Lee (1944), and Ally McCoist (1962). After him are Erling Braut Håland (2000), John Toshack (1949), Frank Lampard (1948), Duncan Edwards (1936), Jim Brown (1908), and Bob Paisley (1919).

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