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Martin Sheridan

1881 - 1918

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Martin John Sheridan (March 28, 1881 – March 27, 1918) was a three time Olympic Games gold medallist. He was born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland, and died in St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the day before his 37th birthday, a very early casualty of the 1918 flu pandemic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Sheridan has received more than 93,053 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Sheridan is the 954th most popular athlete (down from 714th in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 237th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Martin Sheridan ranks 954 out of 6,025. Before him are Fleur Mellor, John Eke, Zoran Janković, Johan Edman, Charles Moore, and Jan Werner. After him are Mirja Hietamies, Jean Piot, Eugène Mougin, George Campbell, Ervin Mészáros, and Viktor Kapitonov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Martin Sheridan ranks 193. Before him are William Clothier, Howard Valentine, Dimitrana Ivanova, Alice Catherine Evans, Gösta Åsbrink, and Désiré Beaurain. After him are Lajos Gönczy, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Huseyn Arablinski, René Guyot, Bruno Söderström, and Oscar De Cock. Among people deceased in 1918, Martin Sheridan ranks 164. Before him are Vasily Andreyev, Edward Abramowski, Waldemar Rosenberger, Nadezhda Suslova, V. Volodarsky, and Casimir de Candolle. After him are Rose Cleveland, John Antoine Nau, Antonios Pepanos, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Hanns Braun, and Reggie Pridmore.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Martin Sheridan ranks 245 out of 549. Before him are Robert McClure (1807), Domhnall Gleeson (1983), Charles Haughey (1925), John Connolly (1968), Henry Kellett (1806), and Patrick O'Connell (1887). After him are Robert Mallet (1810), Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865), Tim O'Reilly (1954), Cathal Brugha (1874), Arthur Johnson (1879), and William Carr (1876).

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Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, Martin Sheridan ranks 6. Before him are John Flanagan (1873), Pat McDonald (1878), Patrick Ryan (1881), Patrick Leahy (1877), and Tim Ahearne (1885). After him are William Carr (1876), Matt McGrath (1875), Tom Kiely (1869), Edward Barrett (1877), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), and James Mitchel (1864).

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