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Emmett Toppino

1909 - 1971

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Martin Emmett Toppino (July 1, 1909 – September 8, 1971) was an American athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics. At the Los Angeles Olympics, Emmett Toppino from New Orleans ran the second leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new world record of 40.0. He was a member of the track and field team for the Loyola Wolf Pack and was a member of the Beggars Fraternity at Loyola University New Orleans. Emmett Toppino died in New Orleans in 1971, aged 62. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emmett Toppino has received more than 22,735 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Emmett Toppino is the 645th most popular athlete (up from 1,185th in 2019), the 6,681st most popular biography from United States (up from 9,334th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Emmett Toppino ranks 645 out of 6,025Before him are Edward Lindberg, Aleksandr Baryshnikov, István Somodi, Hal Connolly, Mary Carew, and Ira Murchison. After him are Marcello Bertinetti, Martti Marttelin, Jaak Uudmäe, Ondina Valla, Anders Gärderud, and István Rózsavölgyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Emmett Toppino ranks 289Before him are Leo Sexton, Jean Batten, Shōhei Ōoka, Olivér Halassy, Beb Bakhuys, and Vasco Bergamaschi. After him are Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Paul A. Baran, Ernst Andersson, Erik Persson, Anatoly Maltsev, and René Schick. Among people deceased in 1971, Emmett Toppino ranks 169Before him are Emerich Vogl, Étienne Gailly, Gunnar Sköld, Nora Stanton Barney, Richmond Landon, and Jean Vilar. After him are Victor Leemans, W. D. Ross, Ramón Villeda Morales, Leo Burnett, Martin Benka, and H. A. R. Gibb.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Emmett Toppino ranks 6,681 out of 20,380Before him are Carol Ann Susi (1952), Mark L. Lester (1946), Ira Murchison (1933), Irvin McDowell (1818), Jim Harrison (1937), and Wendie Malick (1950). After him are Bill Joy (1954), Melissa Rauch (1980), Roy Eldridge (1911), Joe R. Lansdale (1951), Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954), and Theresa Russell (1957).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Emmett Toppino ranks 142Before him are Alan Helffrich (1900), Arthur Barnard (1929), Edward Lindberg (1886), Hal Connolly (1931), Mary Carew (1913), and Ira Murchison (1933). After him are Marc Wright (1890), Wyomia Tyus (1945), Maurice Greene (1974), Charles Greene (1945), Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903), and Mike Larrabee (1933).