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Eddie Arcaro

1916 - 1997

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George Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 – November 14, 1997) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest jockeys in the history of American Thoroughbred horse racing. Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of an impoverished taxi driver. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddie Arcaro has received more than 214,399 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Arcaro is the 2,619th most popular athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eddie Arcaro ranks 2,619 out of 6,025. Before him are Igor Milanović, Zola Budd, Adrian Metcalfe, Oleksandr Bagach, Janne Lahtela, and Keith Gardner. After him are María Isabel Urrutia, Heorhiy Pohosov, Yuriy Kutsenko, Lesley Bush, Mihály Fülöp, and Joachim Kunz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Eddie Arcaro ranks 313. Before him are Ruth R. Benerito, Irene Worth, Stan Cullis, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Esther Victoria Abraham, and Horton Foote. After him are Raúl Héctor Castro, Leslie Thorne, William B. Saxbe, and C. Everett Koop. Among people deceased in 1997, Eddie Arcaro ranks 320. Before him are William Alland, Francis Johnson, Fyodor Simashev, Chuck Arnold, Floyd Cramer, and Polly Ann Young. After him are Barry Evans, Brian Pillman, William J. Brennan Jr., Chetan Anand, Laurie Lee, and Paul Tsongas.

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