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Charley Borah

1906 - 1980

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Charles Edward Borah (November 11, 1905 – April 11, 1980) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics. A Phillips Academy, Andover graduate, Borah won the AAU championships in 100 yd in 1926, 220 yd in 1927, and 200 m in 1928. As a University of Southern California student, Borah won the IC4A championships in both 100 yd and 220 yd in 1927. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charley Borah has received more than 16,767 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Charley Borah is the 460th most popular athlete (up from 1,263rd in 2019), the 6,084th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,637th in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Athlete.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charley Borah ranks 460 out of 6,025. Before him are Delfo Cabrera, Helena Fibingerová, Udo Beyer, Gerhard Stöck, Annelie Ehrhardt, and Alfred Schmidt. After him are Håkon Brusveen, Glenn Morris, Joël Robert, Ann-Britt Leyman, Randy Williams, and László Szollás.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Charley Borah ranks 262. Before him are Alf Andersen, Emília Rotter, Milutin Ivković, Joseph Höffner, Abdylas Maldybaev, and Martí Ventolrà. After him are Lou Costello, Alexander Moyzes, Ludwig Lachmann, Peter Carl Goldmark, Olive Borden, and Eino Penttilä. Among people deceased in 1980, Charley Borah ranks 195. Before him are Mia May, Jacqueline Cochran, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Uttam Kumar, Petar Trifunović, and Ben Sharpsteen. After him are László Szollás, Vasja Pirc, Helmut Käutner, Gaetano Belloni, Héctor Socorro, and Jim Fouché.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charley Borah ranks 6,084 out of 20,380. Before him are Tommy Flanagan (1930), Zooey Deschanel (1980), E. E. Smith (1890), Donald Johanson (1943), Rene Bond (1950), and Steven Williams (1949). After him are Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), Lawrence M. Krauss (1954), Michael Sembello (1954), Timothy Zahn (1951), Mike D'Antoni (1951), and Glenn Morris (1912).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Charley Borah ranks 113. Before him are Louis Clarke (1901), Fred Alderman (1905), John Kuck (1905), Mel Sheppard (1883), John Thomas (1941), and Justin Gatlin (1982). After him are Glenn Morris (1912), Randy Williams (1953), John Cregan (1878), Johnny Hayes (1886), Hector Dyer (1910), and Frank Loomis (1896).

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