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George Orton

1873 - 1958

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George Washington F. Orton (January 10, 1873 – June 24, 1958) was a Canadian middle and long-distance runner. In 1900, he became the first Canadian to win a medal at an Olympic Games. He won a bronze in the 400 metre hurdles, and then, forty-five minutes later, won the gold medal in the 2500 metre steeplechase. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Orton has received more than 45,339 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). George Orton is the 3,336th most popular soccer player (up from 3,514th in 2019), the 461st most popular biography from Canada (down from 445th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 45k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, George Orton ranks 3,336 out of 16,880. Before him are Erich Beer, Ahmed Radhi, Ziad Tlemçani, Nelson Acosta, Flemming Povlsen, and Héctor Veira. After him are Nikos Machlas, Célestin Delmer, Masae Suzuki, Valdir Espinosa, Jorge Góngora, and Jacques Beurlet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, George Orton ranks 158. Before him are Eduardo Schaerer, Gombojab Tsybikov, Boyd Alexander, Karl Jatho, Juan Corzo, and Maurice Verdonck. After him are Charles Schlee, Dimitrios Maximos, Harry Spanjer, Henri Helle, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen. Among people deceased in 1958, George Orton ranks 150. Before him are Georgy Ivanov, H. B. Warner, Erwin Bauer, Billy Whelan, Jalmari Eskola, and Alfredo Zibechi. After him are Walther Schreiber, Charles King, Frank Swift, Harry Spanjer, Oreste Puliti, and Russell Mockridge.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, George Orton ranks 461 out of 1,350. Before him are Jack Kruschen (1922), Robert Pickton (1949), Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), Nancy Greene Raine (1943), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), and Rob Pike (1956). After him are Farley Mowat (1921), Rick Genest (1985), George Woodcock (1912), Mary Harron (1953), George-Étienne Cartier (1814), and Wilfred Lucas (1871).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Canada

Among soccer players born in Canada, George Orton ranks 2. Before him are John van 't Schip (1963). After him are Dwight Lodeweges (1957), Owen Hargreaves (1981), Tom Taylor (1880), Yassine Bounou (1991), Fikayo Tomori (1997), Jonathan de Guzmán (1987), Atiba Hutchinson (1983), Dwayne De Rosario (1978), Christine Sinclair (1983), and Julian de Guzman (1981).

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