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George Saling

1909 - 1933

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George J. Saling (July 27, 1909 – April 15, 1933) was an American track and field athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Saling was born in Memphis, Missouri, but the family moved to Corydon, Iowa when George was three months old. He graduated from Corydon High School in 1927 and was the captain of the basketball team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Saling has received more than 25,863 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. George Saling is the 386th most popular athlete (up from 1,429th in 2019), the 5,667th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,394th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Athlete.

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  • 49.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, George Saling ranks 386 out of 6,025. Before him are Eddie Tolan, Bernd Kannenberg, Hjalmar Andersson, Pat McDonald, Arvo Askola, and Sara Simeoni. After him are Team Hoyt, Henri Jobier, Forrest Smithson, Dimitrie Popescu, Galina Bystrova, and Jack Broughton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, George Saling ranks 238. Before him are Theodor Tolsdorff, Shura Cherkassky, Arvo Askola, Gheorghe Albu, Ciro Alegría, and Karl Gruber. After him are Haruko Sugimura, André Vandewyer, Jerzy Różycki, Toshiko Yuasa, Arnold Badjou, and Estella Agsteribbe. Among people deceased in 1933, George Saling ranks 102. Before him are Julius Klengel, Apollinary Vasnetsov, Kamini Roy, Rudolph Lewis, Steponas Darius, and Anthony Hope. After him are George Calnan, Jimmie Rodgers, György Almásy, Kote Marjanishvili, Olaf Bull, and Renée Adorée.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Saling ranks 5,667 out of 20,380. Before him are Irving Cummings (1888), Michael Eisner (1942), Kurt Fuller (1953), Ray Barretto (1929), JoBeth Williams (1948), and Gavin MacLeod (1931). After him are Harry Morgan (1915), Carl Lumbly (1951), Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), Kenneth Noland (1924), Anita Borg (1949), and Forrest Smithson (1884).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, George Saling ranks 93. Before him are Charles Bacon (1885), Chris Dickerson (1939), Honus Wagner (1874), Earle Meadows (1913), Charles Dvorak (1878), and Eddie Tolan (1908). After him are Forrest Smithson (1884), Emerson Spencer (1906), Allen Woodring (1898), Bobby Morrow (1935), Otis Davis (1932), and Sidney Johnson (1877).

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