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Ira Davenport

1887 - 1941

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Ira Nelson Davenport (October 13, 1887 – July 17, 1941) was an American track athlete, football and baseball player, and coach. He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the 800 metres where he won the bronze medal. In the 400 metres event he was eliminated in the semi-finals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ira Davenport has received more than 2,912 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ira Davenport is the 2,062nd most popular athlete, the 11,561st most popular biography from United States and the 360th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ira Davenport ranks 2,062 out of 6,025Before him are Rainer Schmidt, Willi Eichhorn, Olga Yegorova, Yevgeni Mayorov, Marcell Jacobs, and Ivan Tsikhan. After him are Ecaterina Oancia, István Hevesi, Harold Smith, Ali Mirzaei, Vera Anisimova, and Burglinde Pollak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Ira Davenport ranks 281Before him are Lynn Fontanne, Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen, Merritt Giffin, Kate Gillou, Raymond Thorne, and Roland Young. After him are Gertrude Astor, Walter Connolly, Billy Bevan, Karl Taylor Compton, Arvi Pohjanpää, and Joseph Lamb. Among people deceased in 1941, Ira Davenport ranks 211Before him are Kei Okami, Kalle Jalkanen, Martti Nieminen, Leonid Leonidov, Helmut Hamann, and Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos. After him are Richard Carle, William Gibbs McAdoo, James Stephenson, Carrie Derick, Élie Blanchard, and Charles Murray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ira Davenport ranks 11,561 out of 20,380Before him are Marcell Jacobs (1994), Harry Carney (1910), George Steele (1937), Susan Seidelman (1952), Charles Shyer (1951), and Mark Boal (1973). After him are Colman Domingo (1969), Chris Hedges (1956), Peter Ho (1975), Gretchen Carlson (1966), Mackenzie Foy (2000), and Peter Kreeft (1937).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ira Davenport ranks 360Before him are Greg Bell (1930), James Corson (1906), Félix Sánchez (1977), Milt Campbell (1933), George Bonhag (1882), and Marcell Jacobs (1994). After him are Harold Smith (1909), Eddie Hart (1949), Alice Brown (1960), Foy Draper (1911), Leamon King (1936), and Sammy Lee (1920).