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Dave Power

1928 - 2014

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David William Power (14 July 1928 – 1 February 2014) was an Australian athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres during his career. Born in Maitland, New South Wales, he competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 10,000 metres where he won the bronze medal. Quote by Herb Elliott, “Dave Power . . . is perhaps the most lion-hearted athlete I’ve known . . Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Power has received more than 2,090 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Dave Power is the 1,263rd most popular athlete (up from 1,712th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Australia (up from 372nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dave Power ranks 1,263 out of 6,025Before him are Yoshinobu Miyake, Bohumil Němeček, Kazimierz Barburski, Keto Losaberidze, Zhu Jianhua, and Maria Kwaśniewska. After him are Sabine Busch, Erik Svensson, Hildrun Laufer-Claus, William D'Amico, Ödön Bodor, and Constantin Alexandru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Dave Power ranks 488Before him are Monty Norman, Rudolf Plyukfelder, Camilla Wicks, Antonio Ozores, André Strappe, and George Deukmejian. After him are Lloyd Ruby, Allen Stack, Karin Söder, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Albert Salmi, and Peter Hacks. Among people deceased in 2014, Dave Power ranks 422Before him are Akkineni Nageswara Rao, John Dobson, Javier Fragoso, Georg Stollenwerk, Göte Hagström, and Al Pease. After him are Constantin Alexandru, Wayne Static, Jorge Romo, Kenny Wheeler, Armando Peraza, and Giorgio Faletti.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Dave Power ranks 279 out of 1,143Before him are Mark Viduka (1975), Alexander Volkanovski (1988), Vern Schuppan (1943), John Broughton (1952), Markus Zusak (1975), and Frank Hurley (1885). After him are Jason Donovan (1968), Bill Bruce (1923), Stephen Laybutt (1977), Kyrie Irving (1992), Cathy Freeman (1973), and Lenka (1978).

Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Dave Power ranks 12Before him are Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), George Parker (1896), Fleur Mellor (1936), Judy Amoore (1940), and Herb Elliott (1938). After him are Bill Bruce (1923), Cathy Freeman (1973), Nick Winter (1894), Bobby Pearce (1905), Betty McKinnon (1925), and Pam Kilborn (1939).