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Clarence Walker

1898 - 1957

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Clarence Leonard "Sal" Walker (13 December 1898 – 30 April 1957) was a South African bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the early 1920s. He won the gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, defeating Chris Graham in the final. He was born in Port Elizabeth, and died in Roodepoort, Gauteng. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clarence Walker has received more than 5,757 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Clarence Walker is the 1,855th most popular athlete (down from 1,590th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 184th in 2019) and the 11th most popular South African Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Clarence Walker ranks 1,855 out of 6,025. Before him are Birutė Kalėdienė, Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Paula Ivan, Larry Myricks, Earl Eby, and Richard Louis Duckett. After him are Brimin Kipruto, Bjørn Hasløv, Jozef Pribilinec, Raúl González, Isaac Berger, and Ambrus Nagy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Clarence Walker ranks 298. Before him are Albert Kivikas, Stephen Vincent Benét, Gracie Fields, Ernő Nagy, Norman Z. McLeod, and Wiley Post. After him are Molly Picon, Harry Watson, Baby Dodds, Lucy Morton, Yefim Dzigan, and Bedřich Šupčík. Among people deceased in 1957, Clarence Walker ranks 215. Before him are Keith Andrews, Gene Lockhart, Joyce Cary, Reginald Aldworth Daly, Jorge Sarmiento, and Nico Bouvy. After him are Dorothy Richardson, Harry Watson, Leopold Löwenheim, Leo Goodwin, Charles Brabin, and Bedřich Šupčík.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Clarence Walker ranks 188 out of 454. Before him are Tony Maggs (1937), Christian Gitsham (1888), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Roger Michell (1956), Steven Pienaar (1982), and Reeva Steenkamp (1983). After him are Mzilikazi (1790), Athol Fugard (1932), Karel Schoeman (1939), Griselda Pollock (1949), Florence Fuller (1867), and Charlbi Dean (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Clarence Walker ranks 11. Before him are Bevil Rudd (1894), Marjorie Clark (1909), Cecil McMaster (1895), Lillian Board (1948), Lawrence Stevens (1913), and Christian Gitsham (1888). After him are Wayde van Niekerk (1992), Clarence Oldfield (1899), Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Zola Budd (1966), Caster Semenya (1991), and Josia Thugwane (1971).

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