SOCCER PLAYER

Tommy Gemmell

1943 - 2017

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Thomas Gemmell (16 October 1943 – 2 March 2017) was a Scottish football player and manager. Although right-footed, he excelled as a left-sided fullback and had powerful shooting ability. Gemmell is best known as one of the Celtic side who won the 1966–67 European Cup; he scored the first Celtic goal in the final. Gemmell played 18 times for Scotland, and also played for Nottingham Forest, Miami Toros and Dundee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tommy Gemmell is the 5,606th most popular soccer player (down from 4,204th in 2019), the 5,360th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,476th in 2019) and the 316th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Tommy Gemmell ranks 5,606 out of 21,273. Before him are Diego Pérez, Tom Starke, Kevin Großkreutz, Adán Godoy, Francisco Pavón, and Michal Kadlec. After him are Jennifer Hermoso, Frode Johnsen, Santiago Giménez, Georges Bregy, Nils Middelboe, and Agustín Aranzábal.

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Among people born in 1943, Tommy Gemmell ranks 643. Before him are Ben Cardin, Mick Abrahams, Traudl Hecher, Ignacio Prieto, Manfred Schaefer, and Andrzej Badeński. After him are John McEnery, Dick Van Arsdale, Yoshisada Shimizu, Ben Jipcho, Béla Bollobás, and Jackson C. Frank. Among people deceased in 2017, Tommy Gemmell ranks 552. Before him are Desmond Connell, Giorgio Capitani, Kirti Nidhi Bista, Jean E. Sammet, Nicole Bricq, and Shelley Berman. After him are Lee Yuan-tsu, Norma McCorvey, Isabelle Daniels, Don Williams, Zdravko Hebel, and Ryszard Parulski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Gemmell ranks 5,362 out of 8,785. Before him are Emilia Fox (1974), Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Octavia Hill (1838), Benjamin Mountfort (1825), Mia Goth (1993), and James Larkin (1876). After him are Caroline Norton (1808), John George Children (1777), Constant Lambert (1905), Peter Cook (1937), Phyllis Logan (1956), and Peter Hill-Wood (1936).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Tommy Gemmell ranks 316. Before him are Eric Dier (1994), Bukayo Saka (2001), Danny Ward (1993), Les Ferdinand (1966), Adebayo Akinfenwa (1982), and Johnny Douglas (1882). After him are Brian Kidd (1949), Andy King (1988), Michael Thomas (1967), Noni Madueke (2002), Derek Kevan (1935), and Alan Kennedy (1954).

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