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Allen Woodring

1898 - 1982

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Allen Woodring (February 15, 1898 – November 15, 1982) was an American sprint runner. At the 1920 Olympic trials, he failed to qualify in the 200 meters yet was selected for the national team and won the Olympic gold medal in this event. Woodring ran for Mercersburg Academy under Jimmy Curran, before competing for the Meadowbrook Club of Philadelphia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allen Woodring has received more than 25,234 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Allen Woodring is the 395th most popular athlete (down from 362nd in 2019), the 5,678th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,848th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Allen Woodring ranks 395 out of 6,025. Before him are Forrest Smithson, Dimitrie Popescu, Galina Bystrova, Jack Broughton, Emerson Spencer, and Edwin Flack. After him are Bobby Morrow, Willie Applegarth, Otis Davis, Sidney Johnson, Nam Sung-yong, and Angéla Németh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Allen Woodring ranks 179. Before him are Masuji Ibuse, Erik Abrahamsson, Clemente Biondetti, Mitchell Leisen, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, and Vilho Lampi. After him are Henry Luce, Arthur Legat, Jascha Horenstein, Eben Dönges, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, and Zeki Rıza Sporel. Among people deceased in 1982, Allen Woodring ranks 172. Before him are Jimmy McGrory, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Juan O'Gorman, Stanisław Ostrowski, Ludwig Bieberbach, and Fernando Lamas. After him are Nikolai Kamanin, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Raghunath Murmu, Palden Thondup Namgyal, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Robert Havemann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allen Woodring ranks 5,678 out of 20,380. Before him are Anita Borg (1949), Forrest Smithson (1884), Henry Knox (1750), Paul Sweezy (1910), Roger Sherman (1721), and Emerson Spencer (1906). After him are Bobby Morrow (1935), Hal Moore (1922), Ed O'Ross (1949), Stanley G. Payne (1934), Edna Ferber (1885), and Frankie Laine (1913).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Allen Woodring ranks 96. Before him are Earle Meadows (1913), Charles Dvorak (1878), Eddie Tolan (1908), George Saling (1909), Forrest Smithson (1884), and Emerson Spencer (1906). After him are Bobby Morrow (1935), Otis Davis (1932), Sidney Johnson (1877), Jim Lightbody (1882), Tyson Gay (1982), and Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909).

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