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Bob King

1906 - 1965

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Robert Wade King (June 20, 1906 – July 29, 1965) was an American athlete, who won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics with a jump of 1.93 m. His personal best was 1.997 m, achieved earlier that year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob King has received more than 4,798 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Bob King is the 157th most popular athlete (down from 155th in 2019), the 4,163rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,998th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bob King ranks 157 out of 3,059. Before him are Tilly Fleischer, Harrison Dillard, Galina Chistyakova, Juan Carlos Zabala, Vera Krepkina, and Viggo Jensen. After him are Vladimir Kuts, Ralph Boston, Esther Brand, Gunnar Höckert, Margitta Gummel, and Imre Németh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Bob King ranks 167. Before him are Yakov Malik, Endre Kabos, Paul Sacher, Ulanhu, Jean Leray, and Alexander Gode. After him are Archduchess Rosa of Austria, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Pietro Serantoni, Renate Müller, R. K. Narayan, and Dmitry Likhachov. Among people deceased in 1965, Bob King ranks 98. Before him are Erik Heinrichs, Judy Holliday, Vittorio Jano, Arthur Holmes, Ellen Church, and Árpád Szakasits. After him are Harry Porter, Mostafa El-Nahas, Clemente Micara, Boris Barnet, Nikolay Lossky, and Laureano Gómez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob King ranks 4,163 out of 18,182. Before him are Kevin Smith (1970), Joss Whedon (1964), Pernell Roberts (1928), Benny Carter (1907), Chris Penn (1965), and Colm Feore (1958). After him are Frederic Rzewski (1938), Logan Paul (1995), W. C. Fields (1880), Dee Snider (1955), William Thurston (1946), and Ian Ziering (1964).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bob King ranks 37. Before him are Donald Lippincott (1893), Carlos Lopes (1947), Thomas Curtis (1873), Lee Evans (1947), John Carlos (1945), and Harrison Dillard (1923). After him are Ralph Boston (1939), William Hoyt (1875), Charles Dvorak (1878), Chris Dickerson (1939), Helen Stephens (1918), and Harry Porter (1882).

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