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Glenn Morris

1912 - 1974

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Glenn Edgar Morris (June 18, 1912 – January 31, 1974) was a U.S. track and field athlete. He won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1936, setting new world and Olympic records. He attended Colorado A&M — now known as Colorado State University — and played football as well as track and field. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenn Morris has received more than 109,552 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Glenn Morris is the 779th most popular athlete (down from 471st in 2019), the 7,851st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,581st in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Glenn Morris ranks 779 out of 3,059Before him are Imre Harangi, Alberto Pellegrino, Willem Slijkhuis, Jacques Cariou, Guy Butler, and Nils Täpp. After him are Daniel Kelly, DeHart Hubbard, Josef Ternström, Viktor An, Verner Järvinen, and René Lorain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Glenn Morris ranks 294Before him are Nina Andrycz, Alfredo Pián, Kamil Tolon, Barry Sullivan, Erwin Strittmatter, and Erwin Bauer. After him are Silviu Bindea, Reta Shaw, Francesc Xavier Bultó, František Šterc, George Woodcock, and Karl Kreutzberg. Among people deceased in 1974, Glenn Morris ranks 193Before him are Jimmy Hogan, José Vidal, Ferruccio Novo, Mirdza Ķempe, Katharine Cornell, and Þórbergur Þórðarson. After him are Erskine Hamilton Childers, Arthur Crudup, Marieluise Fleißer, Clyde Cowan, Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, and Maturino Blanchet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Glenn Morris ranks 7,851 out of 18,182Before him are Ken Shamrock (1964), Hunter Tylo (1962), Ken Howard (1944), Doc Watson (1923), Libby Holman (1904), and Nancy Kovack (1935). After him are Joseph Williams (1960), Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Lucy Parsons (1853), Daniel Kelly (1883), Melissa Joan Hart (1976), and Rose Cleveland (1846).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Glenn Morris ranks 149Before him are Alice Coachman (1923), Ed Hamm (1906), Paul Pilgrim (1883), John Bray (1875), Dallas Long (1940), and Roy Cochran (1919). After him are Daniel Kelly (1883), DeHart Hubbard (1903), Ray Barbuti (1905), Mike Larrabee (1933), Pat McCormick (1930), and James Juvenal (1874).