SOCCER PLAYER

Josef Bican

1913 - 2001

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Josef "Pepi" Bican (25 September 1913 – 12 December 2001) was an Austrian-Czech professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded by some to be the greatest goalscorer in the history of the sport. He is considered by RSSSF as the second-most prolific goalscorer in history after Erwin Helmchen, with over 950 goals scored in 624 official matches. He scored 591 goals in 301 official games for Slavia Prague across his 11-year playing career at the club. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Bican is the 28th most popular soccer player (down from 23rd in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Austria (down from 67th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Soccer Player.

Josef Bican is most famous for being the first man to climb Mount Everest.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Josef Bican ranks 28 out of 21,273. Before him are Mário Zagallo, Cesare Maldini, George Best, Jairzinho, Sócrates, and Didi. After him are Lionel Messi, Rivellino, Raymond Kopa, Roberto Carlos, Just Fontaine, and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Josef Bican ranks 14. Before him are Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Burt Lancaster, Klaus Barbie, Claude Simon, and Paul Ricœur. After him are Willis Lamb, Jesse Owens, Bảo Đại, Gustáv Husák, Ramón Mercader, and Makarios III. Among people deceased in 2001, Josef Bican ranks 6. Before him are Herbert A. Simon, Anthony Quinn, Tove Jansson, George Harrison, and Didi. After him are Ahmad Shah Massoud, Don Bradman, Jack Lemmon, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Clifford Shull, and Jorge Amado.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Josef Bican ranks 89 out of 1,424. Before him are Mariana of Austria (1634), Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842), Josef Stefan (1835), Robert Musil (1880), Carl Czerny (1791), and Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861). After him are Christoph Waltz (1956), Maria Anna Mozart (1751), Peter Drucker (1909), Otto Wagner (1841), Melanie Klein (1882), and Arthur Schnitzler (1862).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Austria

Among soccer players born in Austria, Josef Bican ranks 1. After him are Hans Krankl (1953), Franz Binder (1911), Friedrich Koncilia (1948), Brian Laudrup (1969), Erich Probst (1927), Ernst Ocwirk (1926), Richard Kohn (1888), Theodor Wagner (1927), Karl Rappan (1905), Gerhard Hanappi (1929), and Ernst Stojaspal (1925).

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