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Emerson Spencer

1906 - 1985

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Emerson Lane "Bud" Spencer (October 10, 1906 – May 15, 1985) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics, breaking the world record in the process. A week later he helped to set another world record, at 3.13.4 in the 4×440 yard relay in London. Early in his career, Spencer competed in the hurdles in addition to sprinting, finishing second in the 220 yard low hurdles and fourth in the 120 yard high hurdles while running for Modesto High School in Modesto, California at the 1923 CIF California State Meet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emerson Spencer has received more than 21,868 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Emerson Spencer is the 656th most popular athlete (up from 954th in 2019), the 7,334th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,975th in 2019) and the 134th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Emerson Spencer ranks 656 out of 3,059Before him are Maurice Schilles, Yevgeniya Sechenova, Oliver Macdonald, Dave Albritton, Arie van Vliet, and Naohiro Ikeda. After him are Paul Bontemps, Yvette Williams, André Auffray, Piero D'Inzeo, Hans Berglund, and Gabriele Reinsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Emerson Spencer ranks 288Before him are Emília Rotter, Albert Charles Smith, Jean Dréville, Plácido Galindo, Carl Benjamin Boyer, and Jorge Icaza Coronel. After him are Anšlavs Eglītis, Franco Comotti, Sara Ashurbeyli, Rafaela Aparicio, Augustin Chantrel, and William Feller. Among people deceased in 1985, Emerson Spencer ranks 191Before him are Paul Peter Ewald, Miguel Otero Silva, Maya Kristalinskaya, Josef Smistik, Renato Olmi, and Inger Hagerup. After him are Alfredo Duhalde, Riccardo Bacchelli, Michel Pécheux, Paul Creston, Edgar Reinhardt, and Lucien Michard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Emerson Spencer ranks 7,334 out of 18,182Before him are Christopher George (1931), Thomas Ligotti (1953), Robert John Burke (1960), Elliott Smith (1969), Charles Fefferman (1949), and Hubert Sumlin (1931). After him are Margaret Avery (1944), Colin Hanks (1977), Kathryn Hahn (1974), Otto Kruger (1885), Paul Heyman (1965), and Richard E. Stearns (1936).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Emerson Spencer ranks 134Before him are Carl Johnson (1898), Alan Helffrich (1900), Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909), Paul Anderson (1932), Jackson Scholz (1897), and Oliver Macdonald (1904). After him are Glenn Hardin (1910), Don Bragg (1935), Frederick Schule (1879), Guinn Smith (1920), Karl Warner (1908), and Mel Patton (1924).