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Willie Watson

1920 - 2004

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Willie Watson (7 March 1920 – 24 April 2004) was an English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England. He was a double international, as Watson was also a footballer who played for England's national team. He was the son of Billy Watson, and brother of Albert Watson, also footballers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willie Watson is the 2nd most popular cricketer (up from 9th in 2019), the 2,798th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,802nd in 2019) and the most popular British Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Willie Watson ranks 2 out of 136. Before him are Don Bradman. After him are William Donne, MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, W. G. Grace, Sunil Gavaskar, Kumar Sangakkara, Andrew Flintoff, Alfred Bowerman, C. B. K. Beachcroft, and Kapil Dev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Willie Watson ranks 218. Before him are Lygia Clark, Yusef Lateef, Françoise d'Eaubonne, Koichi Tohei, Augusto da Costa, and Camillo Felgen. After him are Pierre Poujade, Rudolf Kárpáti, Anna Langfus, Gerda Lerner, Tommy Godwin, and Natalya Kovshova. Among people deceased in 2004, Willie Watson ranks 155. Before him are Carrie Snodgress, Augusto da Costa, Orvar Bergmark, Carvalho Leite, Daouda Malam Wanké, and Mehmood. After him are George Baird, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Tony Randall, Rogelio Domínguez, Xenophon Zolotas, and Carmen Laforet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Willie Watson ranks 2,799 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Catesby (1573), Jack Greenwell (1884), Michael Byrne (1943), Dougray Scott (1965), Edwin Lutyens (1869), and Frederick DuCane Godman (1834). After him are Graeme Souness (1953), Adam Clayton (1960), Philip Henry Gosse (1810), Joseph Larmor (1857), John Winthrop (1588), and Richard Hakluyt (1552).

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Among CRICKETERS In United Kingdom

Among cricketers born in United Kingdom, Willie Watson ranks 1. After him are William Donne (1876), W. G. Grace (1848), Andrew Flintoff (1977), Alfred Bowerman (1873), C. B. K. Beachcroft (1870), Montagu Toller (1871), James Anderson (1982), Alastair Cook (1984), Jos Buttler (1990), Jonny Bairstow (1989), and Andrew Symonds (1975).

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