1931 - 2010
Harold Vincent "Hal" Connolly (August 1, 1931 – August 18, 2010) was an American athlete and hammer thrower from Somerville, Massachusetts. He won a gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Connolly became the first American to throw hammer more than 200 feet. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hal Connolly has received more than 69,544 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hal Connolly is the 588th most popular athlete (down from 202nd in 2019), the 7,061st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,634th in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Athlete.
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Among athletes, Hal Connolly ranks 588 out of 3,059. Before him are Igor Novikov, Ingemar Johansson, Hélène de Pourtalès, Dorothea Wierer, Cornelius Johnson, and Valerio Arri. After him are Gunnar Lindström, Eero Berg, Ernst Schultz, Eero Lehtonen, Paul Van Asbroeck, and Leo Sexton.
1929 - 2007
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 582
1924 - 2009
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 583
1868 - 1945
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 584
1990 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 585
1913 - 1946
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 586
1892 - 1970
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 587
1931 - 2010
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 588
1896 - 1951
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 589
1898 - 1969
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 590
1879 - 1906
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 591
1898 - 1959
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 592
1874 - 1959
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 593
1909 - 1968
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 594
Among people born in 1931, Hal Connolly ranks 378. Before him are Skeeter Davis, Olja Ivanjicki, Roger Planchon, Vasily Rudenkov, John Zizioulas, and Suchitra Sen. After him are Peter Gilmore, Chiharu Igaya, Ferry Graf, Nelly Kaplan, Szeto Wah, and Giuliana Minuzzo. Among people deceased in 2010, Hal Connolly ranks 279. Before him are Boris Tishchenko, Pedro Dellacha, István Bilek, Clarke Scholes, Nino Defilippis, and Maury Chaykin. After him are Chushiro Hayashi, Edoardo Sanguineti, Vladimir Maslachenko, Ángel Cabrera, Ilene Woods, and William Tenn.
1931 - 2004
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 372
1931 - 2009
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 373
1931 - 2009
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 374
1931 - 1982
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 375
1931 - 2023
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 376
1931 - 2014
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 377
1931 - 2010
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 378
1931 - 2013
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 379
1931 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 380
1931 - 2017
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 381
1931 - 2020
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 382
1931 - 2011
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 383
1931 - 2020
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 384
1939 - 2010
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 273
1926 - 2010
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 274
1932 - 2010
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 275
1930 - 2010
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 276
1932 - 2010
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 277
1949 - 2010
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 278
1931 - 2010
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 279
1920 - 2010
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 280
1930 - 2010
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 281
1936 - 2010
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 282
1939 - 2010
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 283
1929 - 2010
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 284
1920 - 2010
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 285
Among people born in United States, Hal Connolly ranks 7,061 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), Jenny Slate (1982), Warren E. Burger (1907), Lillian Disney (1899), May McAvoy (1899), and Ernie Pyle (1900). After him are Alex Raymond (1909), Joseph Mazzello (1983), Candace Bushnell (1958), Megan Boone (1983), William S. Hart (1864), and Little Crow (1810).
1886 - 1961
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 7,055
1982 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 7,056
1907 - 1995
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 7,057
1899 - 1997
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 7,058
1899 - 1984
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 7,059
1900 - 1945
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 7,060
1931 - 2010
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 7,061
1909 - 1956
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 7,062
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 7,063
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 7,064
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 7,065
1864 - 1946
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 7,066
1810 - 1863
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 7,067
Among athletes born in United States, Hal Connolly ranks 125. Before him are Charles Reidpath (1889), Fred Alderman (1905), Morgan Taylor (1903), Fred Hansen (1940), Hélène de Pourtalès (1868), and Cornelius Johnson (1913). After him are Leo Sexton (1909), Louis Wilkins (1882), Carl Johnson (1898), Alan Helffrich (1900), Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909), and Paul Anderson (1932).
1889 - 1975
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 119
1905 - 1998
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 120
1903 - 1975
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 121
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 122
1868 - 1945
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 123
1913 - 1946
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 124
1931 - 2010
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 125
1909 - 1968
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 126
1882 - 1950
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 127
1898 - 1932
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 128
1900 - 1994
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 129
1909 - 1976
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 130
1932 - 1994
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 131