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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 13,782 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jack Shea is the 1,100th most popular athlete (down from 670th in 2019), the 9,074th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,765th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular American Athlete.

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  • 21

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  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jack Shea ranks 1,100 out of 3,059Before him are Olav Sunde, Sabin Carr, Frank Ullrich, Vilho Niittymaa, Morris Kirksey, and Sven-Åke Lundbäck. After him are Gerhard Auer, Gaston Strobino, Barney Ewell, Donovan Bailey, Jörg Drehmel, and Willi Horn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Jack Shea ranks 317Before him are Paul Chocque, Gerd Hornberger, Dolly Haas, Jane Bell, Mario Alborta, and Hilda Strike. After him are Gordon B. Hinckley, Alois Schnabel, John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Francis Johnson, Lucky Dube, and Peter Hirt. Among people deceased in 2002, Jack Shea ranks 282Before him are John Gorton, Jerome Biffle, Gregorio Fuentes, Mikhail Krug, Katrin Cartlidge, and Vladimir Romashkin. After him are Sylvia Rivera, Sam Snead, Kaifi Azmi, Francisco Cabañas, Desmond Hoyte, and Davey Boy Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Shea ranks 9,074 out of 18,182Before him are Van Williams (1934), Helene Costello (1906), Morris Kirksey (1895), Steve Railsback (1945), Jason Schwartzman (1980), and Joseph Pilato (1949). After him are Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Tim Hardaway (1966), Vincent Persichetti (1915), Julia Alvarez (1950), Joseph Dunford (1955), and Michael D. Griffin (1949).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jack Shea ranks 203Before him are Jerome Biffle (1928), John Cregan (1878), Mildred Wiley (1901), Steve Anderson (1906), Sabin Carr (1904), and Morris Kirksey (1895). After him are Barney Ewell (1918), Commodore Cochran (1902), Shaun White (1986), Edith McGuire (1944), Arthur Harnden (1924), and William Varley (1880).