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George Baird

1907 - 2004

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George Hetzel Baird (March 5, 1907 – September 4, 2004) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in 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. Baird graduated from the University of Iowa and later took various jobs during the Great Depression. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Baird has received more than 4,689 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). George Baird is the 597th most popular athlete (up from 877th in 2019), the 6,613th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,225th in 2019) and the 135th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, George Baird ranks 597 out of 6,025. Before him are Alexandre Tuffère, Georgios Roubanis, Lindy Remigino, Naftali Temu, Leo Sexton, and Verner Järvinen. After him are Kurt Behrens, Jaan Kikkas, Axel Norling, Alan Helffrich, Arthur Barnard, and Wyndham Halswelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, George Baird ranks 270. Before him are Tommy Hampson, Dan Duryea, Crisant Bosch, Andrei Glanzmann, Raymond Abellio, and Walter Nausch. After him are Reino Kuuskoski, Benjamin Sheares, Vitaliano Brancati, Leigh Harline, Adelaide Lambert, and Ethel Lackie. Among people deceased in 2004, George Baird ranks 218. Before him are Skeeter Davis, O. W. Fischer, Madeleine Robinson, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Pat Roach, and José Luis Cuciuffo. After him are Mikhail Voronin, Inge Meysel, Laurance Rockefeller, Richard Dembo, András Toma, and Shirley Strickland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Baird ranks 6,613 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Byron (1961), Robert Anderson (1805), Lindy Remigino (1931), Yokozuna (1966), Leo Sexton (1909), and Irving Wallace (1916). After him are Carol Alt (1960), Shawn Wayans (1971), Frank Churchill (1901), Daniel Quillen (1940), Robert Nisbet (1913), and Buckethead (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, George Baird ranks 135. Before him are Roscoe Lockwood (1875), Norbert Schemansky (1924), Ray Barbuti (1905), Richmond Landon (1898), Lindy Remigino (1931), and Leo Sexton (1909). After him are Alan Helffrich (1900), Arthur Barnard (1929), Edward Lindberg (1886), Hal Connolly (1931), Mary Carew (1913), and Ira Murchison (1933).

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