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George Finnegan

1881 - 1913

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George V. Finnegan (September 28, 1881 – February 28, 1913) was an American bantamweight and flyweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He died in San Francisco, California. Finnegan won two medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics, a gold medal in the flyweight category and a silver medal against fellow American, Oliver Kirk in the bantamweight category in which he gained several pounds in several days. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Finnegan has received more than 24,966 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). George Finnegan is the 1,553rd most popular athlete (down from 1,281st in 2019), the 9,670th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,674th in 2019) and the 266th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, George Finnegan ranks 1,553 out of 6,025. Before him are Ihor Rybak, Humberto Mariles, Franco Faggi, Adolf Wiklund, Janusz Sidło, and Raoul Paoli. After him are József Várszegi, Wolfgang Schmidt, Barbara Ferrell, Kęstutis Šapka, Ragnar Lundberg, and Jean-Guy Gautier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, George Finnegan ranks 215. Before him are Eugène Olivier, Lou Tellegen, William Z. Foster, Marion Leonard, Polydore Veirman, and Pál Simon. After him are George Mehnert, Joel Lehtonen, Gus Dillon, Panagiotis Poulitsas, Augusto Barcía Trelles, and Sigvard Sivertsen. Among people deceased in 1913, George Finnegan ranks 89. Before him are Elena Guro, John Milne, Frederick Rolfe, Anthimus VII of Constantinople, Emma Schenson, and Frederick Holman. After him are Alphonse Kirchhoffer, Daniel David Palmer, Robert Collett, Alfred Austin, Walter Rutherford, and E. Pauline Johnson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Finnegan ranks 9,670 out of 20,380. Before him are Tracy Caldwell Dyson (1969), George Herriman (1880), Haskell Wexler (1922), Wilmer Valderrama (1980), Michael Milken (1946), and Art Babbitt (1907). After him are George Hearst (1820), Joe Flanigan (1967), Ed King (1949), Jimmy Van Heusen (1913), Albert Ammons (1907), and Patsy Ruth Miller (1904).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, George Finnegan ranks 266. Before him are Alma Richards (1890), Robert Farnan (1877), Hubert Stevens (1890), Curtis Stevens (1898), Paul Pilgrim (1883), and Frank Henry (1909). After him are Barbara Ferrell (1947), Edward Stevens (1932), Roger Kingdom (1962), Georgia Coleman (1912), Jerome Biffle (1928), and Frederick Sheffield (1902).

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