SOCCER PLAYER

Herbert Kilpin

1870 - 1916

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Herbert Kilpin (24 January 1870 – 22 October 1916) was an English football player and manager, best known as the main founding father of AC Milan. After playing as an amateur in his native city of Nottingham, in the early 1890s he moved to Italy to work in the textile industry and he became one of the pioneers of football in the country, first as a player for Internazionale Torino and then as player, manager, and charter member of Milan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Kilpin is the 718th most popular soccer player (down from 651st in 2019), the 1,704th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,504th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Herbert Kilpin ranks 718 out of 21,273. Before him are Ali Dia, Teruo Nimura, Giorgio Chinaglia, Jean Djorkaeff, Thomas N'Kono, and Pak Seung-zin. After him are Jesús Navas, Aymoré Moreira, Poul Nielsen, Vincent Kompany, Emerich Jenei, and Hisao Sekiguchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Herbert Kilpin ranks 63. Before him are Oscar Straus, Florent Schmitt, François Georges-Picot, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Alexandre Benois, and Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria. After him are Annie Londonderry, David Riazanov, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Guillaume Lekeu, Elizabeth Hesselblad, and Vladimir Purishkevich. Among people deceased in 1916, Herbert Kilpin ranks 61. Before him are Fredrik Idestam, Ōyama Iwao, Thomas Eakins, Max Immelmann, Paolo Tosti, and Oswald Boelcke. After him are Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Petar Kočić, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Isa Boletini, August Leskien, and Saki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Kilpin ranks 1,704 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Cole (1808), Robert Faurisson (1929), Karen Gillan (1987), N. T. Wright (1948), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), and Harold Shipman (1946). After him are Rupert Everett (1959), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Robert Hardy (1925), Charles Joughin (1878), A. S. Byatt (1936), and Henry Bird (1830).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Herbert Kilpin ranks 44. Before him are Frank Lampard (1978), Alan Shearer (1970), Dave Sexton (1930), Michael Owen (1979), Gary Lineker (1960), and Geoff Hurst (1941). After him are John Charles (1931), Steven Gerrard (1980), Jimmy Greaves (1940), Paul Scholes (1974), Allan Clarke (1946), and Paul McGrath (1959).

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