SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy Armfield

1935 - 2018

Jimmy Armfield

James Christopher Armfield (21 September 1935 – 22 January 2018) was an English professional football player and manager. He played the whole of his Football League career at Blackpool, usually at right-back. Between 1954 and 1971, he played 627 games in all competitions, scored six goals, and spent a decade as the club's captain. He also represented the England national team 43 times between 1959 and 1966, and captained them in fifteen games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Armfield is the 3,871st most popular soccer player (down from 3,758th in 2019), the 4,367th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,185th in 2019) and the 218th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy Armfield ranks 3,871 out of 21,273. Before him are Sergio Cervato, Adrie van Kraay, Holger Hansson, Masashi Nakayama, Yumi Tomei, and Francesco Janich. After him are Gennadi Gusarov, Frithjof Ulleberg, Julio Quintana, Kozo Tashima, Alfredo Pérez, and Miroslav Votava.

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Sergio Cervato
1929 - 2005
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 3,870
Adrie van Kraay
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 3,871
Holger Hansson
1927 - 2014
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 3,872
Masashi Nakayama
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 3,873
Yumi Tomei
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 3,874
Francesco Janich
1937 - 2019
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 3,875
Jimmy Armfield
1935 - 2018
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 3,876
Gennadi Gusarov
1937 - 2014
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 3,877
Frithjof Ulleberg
1911 - 1993
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 3,878
Julio Quintana
1904 - 1981
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 3,879
Kozo Tashima
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 3,880
Alfredo Pérez
1929 - 1994
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 3,881
Miroslav Votava
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 3,882

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jimmy Armfield ranks 402. Before him are Bruno Rodzik, Adnan Badran, Gilbert Bozon, Ingrid Noll, Frank Schepke, and Mel Ramos. After him are David Todd Wilkinson, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Rinchen Barsbold, Ben Vautier, João Morais, and Carol Kaye. Among people deceased in 2018, Jimmy Armfield ranks 396. Before him are Pierre Chambon, Anne V. Coates, Per Ahlmark, José Varacka, Viktor Kanevskyi, and Mel Ramos. After him are Henri Dirickx, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Hans Aabech, István Hevesi, Joseph Polchinski, and Bill Daily.

Others Born in 1935

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Bruno Rodzik
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 1998
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 396
Adnan Badran
POLITICIAN
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 397
Gilbert Bozon
SWIMMER
1935 - 2007
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 398
Ingrid Noll
WRITER
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 399
Frank Schepke
ATHLETE
1935 - 2017
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 400
Mel Ramos
PAINTER
1935 - 2018
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 401
Jimmy Armfield
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2018
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 402
David Todd Wilkinson
ASTRONOMER
1935 - 2002
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 403
Aly Lotfy Mahmoud
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2018
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 404
Rinchen Barsbold
GEOLOGIST
1935 - 2025
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 405
Ben Vautier
PAINTER
1935 - 2024
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 406
João Morais
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2010
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 407
Carol Kaye
MUSICIAN
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 408

Others Deceased in 2018

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Pierre Chambon
BIOLOGIST
1931 - 2018
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 390
Anne V. Coates
WRITER
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 391
Per Ahlmark
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2018
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 392
José Varacka
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2018
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 393
Viktor Kanevskyi
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2018
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 394
Mel Ramos
PAINTER
1935 - 2018
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 395
Jimmy Armfield
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2018
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 396
Henri Dirickx
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 2018
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 397
Aly Lotfy Mahmoud
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2018
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 398
Hans Aabech
SOCCER PLAYER
1948 - 2018
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 399
István Hevesi
ATHLETE
1931 - 2018
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 400
Joseph Polchinski
PHYSICIST
1954 - 2018
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 401
Bill Daily
ACTOR
1927 - 2018
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 402

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Armfield ranks 4,368 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Michael Kitchen (1948), Nevile Henderson (1882), Ralph Ineson (1969), William Cobbett (1763), and Alan Brown (1919). After him are Colin Salmon (1962), Jessica Ennis-Hill (1986), Miles Dempsey (1896), Basil Dearden (1911), Vincent Regan (1965), and Phil Mogg (1948).

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Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 4,362
Michael Kitchen
ACTOR
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 4,363
Nevile Henderson
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1942
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 4,364
Ralph Ineson
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 4,365
William Cobbett
WRITER
1763 - 1835
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 4,366
Alan Brown
RACING DRIVER
1919 - 2004
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 4,367
Jimmy Armfield
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2018
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 4,368
Colin Salmon
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 4,369
Jessica Ennis-Hill
ATHLETE
1986 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 4,370
Miles Dempsey
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1896 - 1969
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 4,371
Basil Dearden
FILM DIRECTOR
1911 - 1971
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 4,372
Vincent Regan
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 4,373
Phil Mogg
SINGER
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 4,374