SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy Dickinson

1925 - 1982

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James William Dickinson MBE (24 April 1925 – 8 November 1982) was an English footballer who played as a left half. Dickinson holds the record for number of league appearances for Portsmouth (764). Only Swindon Town's John Trollope and Milton Keynes Dons' Dean Lewington have made more appearances for a single club. He signed for Portsmouth as a trainee and made his debut in 1946 against Blackburn Rovers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Dickinson is the 4,549th most popular soccer player (up from 6,732nd in 2019), the 4,750th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,894th in 2019) and the 254th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy Dickinson ranks 4,549 out of 21,273. Before him are Nilmar, Tommy Docherty, Holger Hieronymus, Zygmunt Anczok, Maouhoub Ghazouani, and Stephen Keshi. After him are Žarko Nikolić, Robert Budzynski, Martin Petrov, Maya Yoshida, Sergiño Dest, and Marcel Sabitzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Jimmy Dickinson ranks 455. Before him are Alain Decaux, Peter Seeberg, Elaine Stritch, Guru Dutt, Otto Arosemena, and Gunnar Birkerts. After him are Gwen Verdon, Betty McKinnon, Georges Stuber, Ossi Reichert, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, and Marty Robbins. Among people deceased in 1982, Jimmy Dickinson ranks 271. Before him are Leo Losert, Boris Chirkov, John Cody, Hércules de Miranda, Gopal Swarup Pathak, and Celia Johnson. After him are Francisco Gamborena, Arturo Rodríguez, Victor Fontan, Marty Robbins, Charles Walters, and Raúl Fernández.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Dickinson ranks 4,751 out of 8,785. Before him are Celia Johnson (1908), Tommy Docherty (1928), John Martyn (1948), Frederic Moore (1830), Ove Arup (1895), and Emily Hobhouse (1860). After him are Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), Grahame Clark (1907), Paul McGuigan (1963), Simon West (1961), David Prain (1857), and Kathleen Booth (1922).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Dickinson ranks 254. Before him are Jimmy Gallagher (1901), Stan Mortensen (1921), Harry Stafford (1869), Callum Hudson-Odoi (2000), Horace Bailey (1881), and Tommy Docherty (1928). After him are Martin Kelly (1990), Jordan Henderson (1990), Danny Blanchflower (1926), Benjamin White (1997), Billy Bingham (1931), and Graham Potter (1975).

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