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Frank Hussey

1905 - 1974

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Francis Valentine Joseph Hussey (February 14, 1905 – December 26, 1974) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Frank Hussey, a schoolboy sensation from New York City's Stuyvesant High School, ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team in Paris Olympics, which won the gold medal in a new world record of 41.0. After returning from Paris, he attended Boston College and then Columbia University, and as a freshman became the leading Collegiate runner in America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Hussey has received more than 22,776 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Frank Hussey is the 849th most popular athlete (up from 1,443rd in 2019), the 7,629th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,456th in 2019) and the 180th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Hussey ranks 849 out of 6,025. Before him are George Parker, Kalervo Toivonen, Fiorenzo Marini, David Hall, Alexandros Chalkokondylis, and Klaus Beer. After him are Ludwig Stubbendorf, Giuseppe Gentile, Danas Pozniakas, Paul Van Asbroeck, Charles Jenkins Sr., and Sverre Stenersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Frank Hussey ranks 293. Before him are Osvald Käpp, Franco Riccardi, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Arturo Coddou, Erico Verissimo, and Ibrahim Biçakçiu. After him are Zakaria Goneim, Arthur Crudup, Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh, Erich Borchmeyer, László Papp, and Robert Newton. Among people deceased in 1974, Frank Hussey ranks 197. Before him are Béla Illés, Ferruccio Novo, Jimmy Hogan, Spyridon Marinatos, Bobby Timmons, and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. After him are Otto Kruger, Aldo Palazzeschi, Begum Akhtar, Arthur Crudup, Ferreira de Castro, and Gerhard Lamprecht.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Hussey ranks 7,629 out of 20,380. Before him are Julia Ward Howe (1819), Tony Carey (1953), William Clothier (1881), Rick Husband (1957), Bill Smitrovich (1947), and Michael Rapaport (1970). After him are Bella Abzug (1920), Frank Lubin (1910), Richard Rush (1929), Francesca Woodman (1958), Allen Collins (1952), and John Musker (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Frank Hussey ranks 180. Before him are Andy Stanfield (1927), Rex Cawley (1940), Cornelius Johnson (1913), Bill Miller (1912), Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930), and Larry James (1947). After him are Charles Jenkins Sr. (1934), Howard Valentine (1881), John Bray (1875), Karl Warner (1908), Ivan Fuqua (1909), and Bill Carr (1909).

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