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Kim Yong-sik

1910 - 1985

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Kim Yong-sik (Korean: 김용식; Hanja: 金容植; 25 July 1910 – 8 March 1985) was a South Korean football player and manager. He is esteemed as the godfather of the South Korean football. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Yong-sik is the 116th most popular soccer player (up from 363rd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from North Korea (up from 38th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular North Korean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kim Yong-sik ranks 116 out of 21,273. Before him are Bebeto, Miguel Muñoz, Kaká, Zito, Tameo Ide, and Peter Schmeichel. After him are Lee Yoo-hyung, Tony Adams, Alcides Ghiggia, Mohamed Salah, Kakuichi Mimura, and José Nasazzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Kim Yong-sik ranks 32. Before him are Katherine Oppenheimer, Michel Aflaq, Helenio Herrera, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Ronald Coase, and Ludwig Stumpfegger. After him are William Hanna, Samuel Barber, William Shockley, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Edda Mussolini, and Jean Anouilh. Among people deceased in 1985, Kim Yong-sik ranks 25. Before him are Margaret Hamilton, Dian Fossey, Paul Flory, Lon Nol, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.. After him are Anne Baxter, Ferhat Abbas, John Franklin Enders, Elsa Morante, George Pólya, and Emil Gilels.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Kim Yong-sik ranks 21 out of 162. Before him are Jang Song-thaek (1946), Kim Yong-nam (1928), Sun Myung Moon (1920), Choe Yong-gon (1900), Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo (923), and An Jung-geun (1879). After him are Lee Yoo-hyung (1911), Choi Hong Hi (1918), Youn Yuh-jung (1947), Choe Ryong-hae (1950), Gongyang of Goryeo (1345), and Gongmin of Goryeo (1330).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In North Korea

Among soccer players born in North Korea, Kim Yong-sik ranks 6. Before him are Pak Sung-hyok (1990), Ri Kwang-hyok (1987), Kim Kyong-il (1988), Kim Myong-gil (1984), and Pak Chol-jin (1985). After him are Lee Yoo-hyung (1911), Kim Sung-gan (1912), Pak Doo-ik (1943), Pak Seung-zin (1941), Li Dong-woon (1945), and Kim Jong-hun (1956).

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