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Dallas Long

1940 - 2024

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Dallas Crutcher Long (June 13, 1940 – November 10, 2024) was an American track and field athlete, who mostly competed in the shot put. Between 1959 and 1964 he set six official and five unofficial world records. His first was at the 1959 Santa Barbara Easter Relays, the last in 1964 in the USA vs USSR dual meet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dallas Long has received more than 53,133 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dallas Long is the 1,472nd most popular athlete (down from 765th in 2019), the 9,418th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,771st in 2019) and the 259th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dallas Long ranks 1,472 out of 6,025. Before him are Kajsa Bergqvist, Polydore Veirman, Otto Fickeisen, Leonid Shcherbakov, Ercole Olgeni, and Pál Simon. After him are Galina Gorokhova, Jan Peka, Carl Forssell, Hermanus Brockmann, Carl von Essen, and Nadezhda Olizarenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Dallas Long ranks 500. Before him are Lucy Shapiro, Yvonne Blake, Nicolae Martinescu, Aristides Royo, Georges Carnus, and George Adams. After him are Carl von Essen, Brigitte Kronauer, Lance Larson, Gary Kurtz, Bob Knight, and Jutta Heine. Among people deceased in 2024, Dallas Long ranks 375. Before him are Ramiro Blacut, Vic Seixas, Steve Lawrence, Luis Tejada, Michael Jayston, and William Russell. After him are Manohar Joshi, Dickey Betts, Lance Larson, Janis Paige, Roberto Chale, and Shigeharu Ueki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dallas Long ranks 9,418 out of 20,380. Before him are Rob Kardashian (1987), Regina King (1971), Alfred E. Green (1889), Ann Savage (1921), Clyde Lovellette (1929), and James Young (1872). After him are Doug Yule (1947), Jim Hall (1935), Danny Carey (1961), Charles Sumner (1811), Edward S. Holden (1846), and Buddy Miles (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Dallas Long ranks 259. Before him are John Anderson (1907), Jesse Mashburn (1933), Ed Gordon (1908), Arthur Shaw (1886), David Dunlap (1910), and Hal Brown (1898). After him are Alma Richards (1890), Robert Farnan (1877), Hubert Stevens (1890), Curtis Stevens (1898), Paul Pilgrim (1883), and Frank Henry (1909).

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