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Jack Shea

1910 - 2002

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John Amos Shea (September 7, 1910 – January 22, 2002), better known as Jack Shea or The Chief, was an American double-gold medalist in speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics. He was the first American to win two gold medals at one Winter Olympics, and was the patriarch of the first family with three generations of Winter Olympians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Shea has received more than 14,257 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jack Shea is the 1,157th most popular athlete (down from 1,099th in 2019), the 8,619th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,056th in 2019) and the 219th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 45.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jack Shea ranks 1,157 out of 6,025. Before him are John Rimmer, Marcel Van Crombrugge, Ronald Lopatni, Edwin Mills, Ilona Gusenbauer, and Henri Helle. After him are Leni Junker, Nikolai Gorbachev, Alvah Meyer, Heinz Fütterer, Karl-Friedrich Haas, and Romano Bonagura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Jack Shea ranks 326. Before him are Nathan Jacobson, Kurt Hoffmann, Mohamed Amin Didi, Aleks Buda, Gerd Hornberger, and Sulo Bärlund. After him are Vasile Chiroiu, Tomás Ojeda, Georg Johansson, Toon Oprinsen, Juan Valdivieso, and Arthur Hunnicutt. Among people deceased in 2002, Jack Shea ranks 273. Before him are Kaisa Parviainen, Katrin Cartlidge, Willie Davenport, Conny Vandenbos, John Buscema, and Ruth Svedberg. After him are John Gorton, Dee Brown, Kees Mijnders, Vladimir Vasyutin, Lily Carlstedt, and Regīna Ezera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Shea ranks 8,619 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Shermer (1954), Richard Lewis (1947), David Patterson (1947), Adrian Pasdar (1965), Dack Rambo (1941), and Matt Czuchry (1977). After him are ZaSu Pitts (1894), Bernie Leadon (1947), Teddy Mayer (1935), Leslie Bibb (1974), Ruth Chatterton (1892), and RZA (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jack Shea ranks 219. Before him are Willie Davenport (1943), Cliff Bourland (1921), Willie Steele (1923), Jay Silvester (1937), Paul Drayton (1939), and Joseph Dempsey (1875). After him are Alvah Meyer (1888), Ivan Brown (1908), Guinn Smith (1920), Steve Anderson (1906), Earl Young (1941), and Frederick Moloney (1882).

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