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Larry Black

1951 - 2006

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Larry Jeffery "Mutt" Black (July 20, 1951 – February 8, 2006) was an American sprinter, winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Black was born in Miami, Florida, and graduated from Miami Killian Senior High with a scholarship to North Carolina Central University. Larry's coach at Miami Killian was Leroy Daniels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Black has received more than 43,312 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Larry Black is the 1,862nd most popular athlete (down from 1,518th in 2019), the 10,856th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,816th in 2019) and the 321st most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

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  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Larry Black ranks 1,862 out of 6,025Before him are Brimin Kipruto, Bjørn Hasløv, Jozef Pribilinec, Raúl González, Isaac Berger, and Ambrus Nagy. After him are Harry Voigt, Tony Nash, Fred Tootell, Henry Seiling, Yelena Romanova, and Valeriy Pidluzhnyy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Larry Black ranks 564Before him are Marielle de Sarnez, Robin Bartlett, Piotr Mowlik, Christine Muzio, Doug Collins, and Jay Inslee. After him are Stefan Sofiyanski, Abdelmajid Bourebbou, José Horacio Gómez, George Karl, Steven Lisberger, and Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov. Among people deceased in 2006, Larry Black ranks 352Before him are Bernie Geoffrion, G. William Miller, Suzanne Morrow Francis, Shirley Walker, Gordon George Avery, and Nellie Connally. After him are Gun Röring, László Jeney, Martin David Kruskal, Henriette Avram, Atanas Mihaylov, and Joseph Vissers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Black ranks 10,856 out of 20,380Before him are Ryan Stiles (1959), James Shaffer (1970), Brandon Call (1976), Betty Ong (1956), Eleanor Audley (1905), and Augusta Savage (1892). After him are Glenn Strange (1899), John Hiatt (1952), Eric Fleming (1925), Richard D. Wolff (1942), David Filo (1966), and Michelle Hurd (1966).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Larry Black ranks 321Before him are Francis Tyler (1904), Virgil Jacomini (1899), Alden Sanborn (1899), James Workman (1908), Larry Myricks (1956), and Earl Eby (1894). After him are Fred Tootell (1902), Henry Seiling (1872), Sheila Echols (1964), Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Al Joyner (1960), and Henry Proctor (1929).