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Harrison Dillard

1923 - 2019

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William Harrison "Bones" Dillard (July 8, 1923 – November 15, 2019) was an American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 meter (sprints) and the 110 meter hurdles, making him the “World’s Fastest Man” in 1948 and the “World’s Fastest Hurdler” in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harrison Dillard has received more than 131,820 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Harrison Dillard is the 152nd most popular athlete (down from 104th in 2019), the 4,090th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,396th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 31

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  • 6.82

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  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harrison Dillard ranks 152 out of 3,059Before him are Oscar Pistorius, Yevgeny Grishin, John Ljunggren, Nils von Kantzow, Francisco Lázaro, and Tilly Fleischer. After him are Galina Chistyakova, Juan Carlos Zabala, Vera Krepkina, Viggo Jensen, Bob King, and Vladimir Kuts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Harrison Dillard ranks 188Before him are Tonino Delli Colli, Glynis Johns, Hjalmar Andersen, Sam Phillips, Nazik Al-Malaika, and Jean Delumeau. After him are Fatmawati, Gordon Jackson, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Grigory Romanov, Cathy O'Donnell, and Michael V. Gazzo. Among people deceased in 2019, Harrison Dillard ranks 187Before him are Mitchell Feigenbaum, Scott Walker, Sid Haig, Pim Verbeek, Katherine Helmond, and Alain Barrière. After him are Negasso Gidada, José Antonio Reyes, James Ingram, Michel Aumont, José José, and Nanni Galli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harrison Dillard ranks 4,090 out of 18,182Before him are Gene Kranz (1933), Howard Keel (1919), Celeste Holm (1917), Clifton James (1920), Eric Carmen (1949), and Jim Carroll (1949). After him are Bill Bryson (1951), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Gladys Knight (1944), Arielle Dombasle (1953), John Perkins (1945), and Angélica María (1943).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Harrison Dillard ranks 36Before him are Edwin Moses (1955), Donald Lippincott (1893), Carlos Lopes (1947), Thomas Curtis (1873), Lee Evans (1947), and John Carlos (1945). After him are Bob King (1906), Ralph Boston (1939), William Hoyt (1875), Charles Dvorak (1878), Chris Dickerson (1939), and Helen Stephens (1918).