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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 5,082 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob King is the 313th most popular athlete (down from 157th in 2019), the 5,055th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,152nd in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Athlete.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bob King ranks 313 out of 6,025. Before him are Kenenisa Bekele, Elmer Niklander, John Akii-Bua, Adolfo Consolini, Ethel Catherwood, and Don Bragg. After him are Arthur Blake, Nawal El Moutawakel, Arne Åhman, Gabriele Reinsch, Armas Toivonen, and Eugenio Monti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Bob King ranks 217. Before him are Fernando Giudicelli, Boris Kaufman, Matvei Bronstein, Francisco Cepeda, Laurens van der Post, and Josef Čtyřoký. After him are Karl Sesta, Betti Alver, Tony Accardo, Luo Ruiqing, Tamara Khanum, and Rudolf Krčil. Among people deceased in 1965, Bob King ranks 116. Before him are Roger Vailland, Ludwik Rajchman, Edgar Ende, Ramón Gil, Johannes Bobrowski, and Adlai Stevenson II. After him are Joseph Grew, Mae Murray, Arthur Holmes, Vladimir Gardin, Alejandro Casona, and Karl Allmendinger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob King ranks 5,055 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeanne Crain (1925), Ethel Merman (1908), Ethel Catherwood (1908), Don Bragg (1935), William J. Donovan (1883), and Carl Spaatz (1891). After him are Barry Commoner (1917), Arthur Blake (1872), Randy Crawford (1952), Rockwell Kent (1882), Josiah Royce (1855), and Louis J. Mordell (1888).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bob King ranks 71. Before him are Helen Stephens (1918), Albert Tyler (1872), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Henry Russell (1904), Ethel Catherwood (1908), and Don Bragg (1935). After him are Arthur Blake (1872), Evelyn Ashford (1957), Frank Foss (1895), George Horine (1890), William Porter (1926), and Bill Nieder (1933).

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