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Lawrence Shields

1895 - 1976

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Marion Lawrence Shields (March 5, 1895 – February 19, 1976) was an American middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 meters. Around the time of the First World War he was a student at Mercersburg Academy and trained under the Scots American coach Jimmy Curran. Thereafter he attended Penn State. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lawrence Shields has received more than 14,538 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence Shields is the 2,458th most popular athlete (down from 1,641st in 2019), the 13,174th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,442nd in 2019) and the 429th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 39.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lawrence Shields ranks 2,458 out of 6,025. Before him are Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, Gerry Ashworth, Robert Scheidt, Marc Bouissou, Fred Newhouse, and António Leitão. After him are Bärbel Struppert, Herman Rouwé, Kati Wilhelm, Nailya Gilyazova, Ato Boldon, and Vic Lindquist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Lawrence Shields ranks 312. Before him are Malik Ghulam Muhammad, Richard Cushing, Beattie Ramsay, William Grant Still, Rex Ingram, and Dorothy Davenport. After him are John Boles, Frank Fredrickson, Noel Streatfeild, Nat Pendleton, Willard Rice, and Whina Cooper. Among people deceased in 1976, Lawrence Shields ranks 272. Before him are Sid James, Franciszek Szymczyk, Anissa Jones, Paul Russo, Alastair Sim, and Bobby Hackett. After him are Barbara Nichols, Paul Douglas, Károly Takács, Donald Howard Menzel, Victoria Spivey, and Roger Livesey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence Shields ranks 13,174 out of 20,380. Before him are Brad Silberling (1963), Frances Drake (1912), Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (1969), Pete Lovely (1926), David Hayter (1969), and Don LaFontaine (1940). After him are Jake Abel (1987), John Ventimiglia (1963), Rob Riggle (1970), Fat Mike (1967), Sean Paul Lockhart (1986), and Marion Martin (1909).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Lawrence Shields ranks 429. Before him are Willye White (1939), John Woodruff (1915), Jennison Heaton (1904), Tim Montgomery (1975), Gerry Ashworth (1942), and Fred Newhouse (1948). After him are Mary Decker (1958), Aries Merritt (1985), Meredith Colket (1878), Dennis Mitchell (1966), Joe Rantz (1914), and Vicki Draves (1924).

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