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Edward Cook

1888 - 1972

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Edward Tiffin Cook Sr. (November 27, 1888 – October 18, 1972) was an American athlete who shared the gold medal in the pole vault (with Alfred Carlton Gilbert) at the 1908 Summer Olympics.Cook was an all-around athlete and won the IC4A long jump title in 1908 and 1909, and the AAU pole vault title in 1907 and 1911. He graduated from Cornell University in 1910 and later became a farmer and director of the First National Bank in his native Chillicothe, Ohio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Cook has received more than 11,260 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Edward Cook is the 291st most popular athlete (up from 392nd in 2019), the 5,408th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,087th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Edward Cook ranks 291 out of 3,059Before him are Tinus Osendarp, Ugo Frigerio, Jaak Uudmäe, András Balczó, Yiannis Kouros, and Joanni Perronet. After him are Sueo Ōe, Ivo Van Damme, Yrjö Nikkanen, Henry Carr, Nam Sung-yong, and Jean Shiley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Edward Cook ranks 156Before him are Kiichiro Higuchi, Osip Brik, Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Louis J. Mordell, and Dan Andersson. After him are Ralph Hartley, Ronald Knox, Tom Phillips, Alfred Asikainen, Jean Bouin, and Marie Rambert. Among people deceased in 1972, Edward Cook ranks 147Before him are Oleksandr Korniychuk, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Saul Alinsky, Meena Kumari, Stanislaus Kobierski, and Louis J. Mordell. After him are Bernabé Ferreyra, Moe Berg, Abeid Karume, Vera Inber, Mitchell Leisen, and Brandon deWilde.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Cook ranks 5,408 out of 18,182Before him are Bo Hopkins (1942), Geoff Pierson (1949), Dixie Carter (1939), Tad Williams (1957), Johnny Hodges (1906), and Hal Needham (1931). After him are Darren Young (1983), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), Ramsey Clark (1927), Sandra Faber (1944), Ellen Corby (1911), and Buster Douglas (1960).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Edward Cook ranks 59Before him are Fred Kelly (1891), Frederick Lorz (1884), Maxie Long (1878), Earle Meadows (1913), Richard Sheldon (1878), and Charles Bacon (1885). After him are Henry Carr (1941), Jean Shiley (1911), John Kuck (1905), Glenn Davis (1934), Harry Stenqvist (1893), and Marcus Hurley (1883).