SOCCER PLAYER

Fergus Suter

1857 - 1916

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Fergus Suter (21 November 1857 – 31 July 1916) was a Scottish stonemason and footballer in the early days of the game. Arguably the first recognised professional footballer, Suter was a native of Glasgow and played for Partick before moving to England to play for Darwen and Blackburn Rovers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fergus Suter is the 1,751st most popular soccer player (down from 848th in 2019), the 2,922nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,753rd in 2019) and the 116th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Fergus Suter ranks 1,751 out of 21,273. Before him are Mario Pizziolo, Eder, Hakim Ziyech, Tom Finney, Dani Olmo, and Gary Stevens. After him are Giovanni Galli, Antonio Juliano, Aldo Boffi, Ryo Nojima, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, and Ibrahim Biogradlić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Fergus Suter ranks 97. Before him are Henry Dudeney, Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Gabriela Zapolska, Otto Stapf, Shibli Nomani, and Knut Ångström. After him are James Edward Keeler, Ernst Trygger, Theodor Curtius, Ivo Vojnović, Pedro Paterno, and Eva Bonnier. Among people deceased in 1916, Fergus Suter ranks 99. Before him are Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Roger Casement, Émile Faguet, Ota Benga, Georges Lacombe, and Janis Rozentāls. After him are Ishi, Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Friedrich Gernsheim, James Guillaume, Daniel Oliver, and Antonin Mercié.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Fergus Suter ranks 2,923 out of 8,785. Before him are Rupert Brooke (1887), Ernest Renshaw (1861), Tom Finney (1922), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Gary Stevens (1963), and Charles Walter De Vis (1829). After him are Ian Dury (1942), Patrick Manson (1844), Mark Addy (1964), Christopher Hill (1912), Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261), and Rachel Roberts (1927).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Fergus Suter ranks 116. Before him are Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831), Dennis Viollet (1933), Pat Jennings (1945), Mark Jones (1933), Tom Finney (1922), and Gary Stevens (1963). After him are Neil Young (1944), David Johnson (1951), Martin Peters (1943), Eddie Gray (1948), Paul Cook (1956), and Jamie Carragher (1978).

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