1873 - 1935
Edwin Harold Flack (5 November 1873 – 10 January 1935) was an Australian athlete and tennis player. Also known as "Teddy", he was Australia's first Olympian, being its only representative in 1896, and the first Olympic champion in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres running events.Following Flack's Olympic appearance, he did not compete in any large events again, opting to breed cattle and help his family's accounting firm. Flack died aged 61 following an operation, and was buried in his hometown of Berwick. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Flack has received more than 170,228 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Flack is the 340th most popular athlete (up from 424th in 2019), the 3,086th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,352nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Athlete.
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Among athletes, Edwin Flack ranks 340 out of 3,059. Before him are Forrest Smithson, Erik Abrahamsson, Elmer Niklander, Henry Eriksson, Mel Sheppard, and Charles Moore. After him are Lars Hall, Tamara Bykova, Georgios Papasideris, Georgios Orphanidis, Jānis Daliņš, and Eddie Tolan.
1884 - 1962
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 334
1898 - 1965
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 335
1890 - 1942
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 336
1920 - 2000
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 337
1883 - 1942
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 338
1929 - 2020
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 339
1873 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 340
1927 - 1991
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 341
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 342
1875 - 1920
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 343
1859 - 1942
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 344
1904 - 1978
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 345
1908 - 1967
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 346
Among people born in 1873, Edwin Flack ranks 125. Before him are Wojciech Korfanty, Hamida Javanshir, Antonín Švehla, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, Rudolf Tobias, and Ivan Shmelyov. After him are Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, Frank Wild, Rosa Sensat, Oscar von Sydow, Ivan Babushkin, and Jurgis Baltrušaitis. Among people deceased in 1935, Edwin Flack ranks 100. Before him are Harald Sohlberg, Emil Młynarski, Milman Parry, Hans Tropsch, Will Rogers, and John Hartley. After him are Daniel Salamanca Urey, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Heinrich Schenker, Albert Ayat, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and Gottlieb von Jagow.
1873 - 1939
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 119
1873 - 1955
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 120
1873 - 1933
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 121
1873 - 1955
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 122
1873 - 1918
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 123
1873 - 1950
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 124
1873 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 125
1873 - 1962
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 126
1873 - 1939
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 127
1873 - 1961
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 128
1873 - 1936
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 129
1873 - 1906
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 130
1873 - 1944
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 131
1869 - 1935
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 94
1870 - 1935
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 95
1902 - 1935
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 96
1889 - 1935
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 97
1879 - 1935
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 98
1849 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 99
1873 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 100
1869 - 1935
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 101
1853 - 1935
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 102
1868 - 1935
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 103
1875 - 1935
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 104
1902 - 1935
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 105
1863 - 1935
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 106
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edwin Flack ranks 3,086 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Simson (1687), Peter Grant (1935), David Stirling (1915), Richard de Bury (1287), John McVie (1945), and John Hartley (1849). After him are Roland Penrose (1900), John Michael Wright (1617), Steven Wilson (1967), Maud Watson (1864), George Raynor (1907), and Gerald Moore (1899).
1687 - 1768
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 3,080
1935 - 1995
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 3,081
1915 - 1990
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 3,082
1287 - 1345
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 3,083
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 3,084
1849 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 3,085
1873 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 3,086
1900 - 1984
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 3,087
1617 - 1694
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 3,088
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 3,089
1864 - 1946
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 3,090
1907 - 1985
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 3,091
1899 - 1987
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 3,092
Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Edwin Flack ranks 17. Before him are Jonathan Edwards (1966), Arthur Russell (1886), George S. Robertson (1872), Robert Lindsay (1890), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), and Robert Kerr (1882). After him are Tommy Hampson (1907), Albert Hill (1889), Bill Roberts (1912), Don Thompson (1933), John Rimmer (1878), and Charles Bennett (1870).
1966 - Present
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 11
1886 - 1972
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 12
1872 - 1967
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 13
1890 - 1958
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 14
1882 - 1915
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 15
1882 - 1963
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 16
1873 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 17
1907 - 1965
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 18
1889 - 1969
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 19
1912 - 2001
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 20
1933 - 2006
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 21
1878 - 1962
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 22
1870 - 1950
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 23