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Danny Blanchflower

1926 - 1993

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Robert Dennis Blanchflower (10 February 1926 – 9 December 1993) was a Northern Ireland footballer, football manager and journalist who played for and captained Tottenham Hotspur, including during their double-winning season of 1960–61. He was twice Footballer of the Year and ranked as the greatest player in Spurs history by The Times in 2009. After a lengthy playing career, he retired at the age of 38. He became a respected football journalist and, later, a football manager. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Danny Blanchflower is the 4,601st most popular soccer player (down from 3,761st in 2019), the 4,784th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,189th in 2019) and the 257th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Danny Blanchflower ranks 4,601 out of 21,273. Before him are Francisco Gamborena, Uche Okechukwu, Nabil Fekir, Ante Rebić, Kiyonobu Okajima, and Didier Couécou. After him are Wálter Guimarães, Saša Ilić, Federico Edwards, Moreno Torricelli, Artem Dovbyk, and Jan Hertl.

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Among people born in 1926, Danny Blanchflower ranks 443. Before him are Walter Lassally, Verne Gagne, Nikos Koundouros, Lino Aldani, Milo O'Shea, and Helmut Rix. After him are Adriano Directo Emperado, Bill Black, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Jacques Swaters, Erna Schneider Hoover, and Audrey Williamson. Among people deceased in 1993, Danny Blanchflower ranks 253. Before him are Alfred Mosher Butts, Edera Cordiale, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Helmut Braselmann, Jeanne Sauvé, and Tahirou Congacou. After him are Mary Philbin, Lien Gisolf, Utpal Dutt, Albert Hyzler, Flora Nwapa, and Jean Tamini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Danny Blanchflower ranks 4,785 out of 8,785. Before him are Harold Whitlock (1903), Peter Blake (1932), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Hamilton Harty (1879), Charles Williams (1886), and Ron Flockhart (1923). After him are William of Newburgh (1130), Ian McLagan (1945), Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847), James Prinsep (1799), Topper Headon (1955), and James Gibbs (1682).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Danny Blanchflower ranks 257. Before him are Callum Hudson-Odoi (2000), Horace Bailey (1881), Tommy Docherty (1928), Jimmy Dickinson (1925), Martin Kelly (1990), and Jordan Henderson (1990). After him are Benjamin White (1997), Billy Bingham (1931), Graham Potter (1975), John Goodall (1863), Eddie Thomson (1947), and Alan Hansen (1955).

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