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Frank Irons

1886 - 1942

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Francis Cleveland Irons (March 23, 1886 – June 19, 1942) was an American athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa and died in Palatine, Illinois. Irons competed for the United States in the 1908 Games held in London, Great Britain in the long jump where he won the gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Irons has received more than 21,813 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Frank Irons is the 424th most popular athlete (up from 477th in 2019), the 6,226th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,619th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Irons ranks 424 out of 3,059Before him are Lindy Remigino, Duncan McNaughton, Karen Hoff, Arvo Askola, Otto Herschmann, and Christa Stubnick. After him are Jüri Tarmak, Klaus Dibiasi, Percy Hodge, Ivan Gubijan, Renate Stecher, and Viljo Heino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Frank Irons ranks 201Before him are Ed Wynn, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Tomás Romero Pereira, Manuel Bandeira, Kōsaku Yamada, and Arvid Holmberg. After him are Willis H. O'Brien, Markus Reiner, Ture Nerman, Boris Grigoriev, Pranas Dovydaitis, and John Eke. Among people deceased in 1942, Frank Irons ranks 172Before him are Ferdinand Albin Pax, Thomas Xenakis, Dorothea Klumpke, Laura Hope Crews, Carl Sternheim, and Otto Herschmann. After him are Heinrich Burger, Sergey Chaplygin, Natalya Kovshova, Oleg Losev, Jüri Jaakson, and Stanisław Zaremba.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Irons ranks 6,226 out of 18,182Before him are Pat Smear (1959), James Dashner (1972), Aria Giovanni (1977), Henry Slocum (1862), Kenneth Mars (1935), and James Agee (1909). After him are Ann Blyth (1928), Ralph Towner (1940), Parker Posey (1968), Mandy Moore (1984), Louise Dresser (1878), and John Myung (1967).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Frank Irons ranks 85Before him are Allen Woodring (1898), Honus Wagner (1874), Frank Foss (1895), Bobby Morrow (1935), Bud Houser (1901), and Lindy Remigino (1931). After him are Bill Carr (1909), Ted Meredith (1891), Albert Tyler (1872), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Lewis Sheldon (1874), and Dexter Jackson (1969).