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Hal Connolly

1931 - 2010

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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 a hammer more than 200 feet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hal Connolly has received more than 80,547 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hal Connolly is the 610th most popular athlete (down from 588th in 2019), the 6,660th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,046th in 2019) and the 139th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hal Connolly ranks 610 out of 6,025. Before him are Eric Backman, Olivér Halassy, Heikki Liimatainen, Edward Lindberg, Aleksandr Baryshnikov, and István Somodi. After him are Mary Carew, Ira Murchison, Emmett Toppino, Marcello Bertinetti, Martti Marttelin, and Jaak Uudmäe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Hal Connolly ranks 371. Before him are George Jones, Adrienne Corri, Lindy Remigino, Dana Wynter, Arturo Pomar, and Ignatius Zakka I Iwas. After him are Mady Mesplé, Vasily Rudenkov, Ernst Degner, Nick Adams, Shirley Verrett, and Dimitar Dobrev. Among people deceased in 2010, Hal Connolly ranks 268. Before him are Dario Mangiarotti, Clarke Scholes, Enrique Morente, Armand Razafindratandra, Maury Chaykin, and John Wooden. After him are Emilio Álvarez, Harold Gould, Imre Polyák, Abbey Lincoln, Shirley Verrett, and Christopher Cazenove.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hal Connolly ranks 6,660 out of 20,380. Before him are Mississippi John Hurt (1892), George Herbig (1920), Todd Haynes (1961), Jack Gilford (1908), Francis Ford (1881), and Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890). After him are Brock Peters (1927), Darryl Jones (1961), Kirk Alyn (1910), Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), Abraham Polonsky (1910), and Mary Alice (1941).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Hal Connolly ranks 139. Before him are Lindy Remigino (1931), Leo Sexton (1909), George Baird (1907), Alan Helffrich (1900), Arthur Barnard (1929), and Edward Lindberg (1886). After him are Mary Carew (1913), Ira Murchison (1933), Emmett Toppino (1909), Marc Wright (1890), Wyomia Tyus (1945), and Maurice Greene (1974).

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