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Maxie Long

1878 - 1959

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Maxwell Washburn Long (October 16, 1878 – March 4, 1959) was an American athlete, winner of 400 m at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Having won three AAU titles from 1898 to 1900 and IC4A title in 1899 in 440 yd (402 m), 1899 an AAU title in 220 yd (201 m) and 1900 an AAU title in 100 yd (91 m), Maxie Long from Columbia University, was one of the top favorites for the Olympic title in Paris. In Paris, Long led the race from start to finish, beating his teammate William Holland at 3 yards (2.7 m). Later in this year, Long ran some brilliant records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxie Long has received more than 36,864 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Maxie Long is the 244th most popular athlete (down from 206th in 2019), the 4,975th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,655th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Maxie Long ranks 244 out of 3,059. Before him are Adolfo Consolini, Helge Løvland, Joseph Guillemot, Dominik Hašek, Ole Ellefsæter, and Kenenisa Bekele. After him are Alexander Ragulin, Gert Fredriksson, Benjamin Kogo, Lis Hartel, Ludvík Daněk, and Hicham El Guerrouj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Maxie Long ranks 132. Before him are Massimo Bontempelli, Raymond Smith Dugan, Oton Župančič, Karl Hofer, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, and Chen Qimei. After him are Sergio Osmeña, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Konstantinos Paspatis, Holger Thiele, Gyula Krúdy, and Ladislav Klíma. Among people deceased in 1959, Maxie Long ranks 107. Before him are Kazimierz Bein, Irving Cummings, Vincent Richards, Giuseppe Bottai, Mutara III Rudahigwa, and Edmund Goulding. After him are William J. Donovan, William D. Leahy, Maxwell Anderson, Sténio Vincent, Fernand Bouisson, and Alfonso López Pumarejo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maxie Long ranks 4,975 out of 18,182. Before him are John C. Frémont (1813), Hedda Hopper (1885), Alice Pike Barney (1857), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Sam Jaffe (1891), and Richard Carpenter (1946). After him are Tony Joe White (1943), Mike Mangini (1963), Jimmy Cobb (1929), Chris Hughes (1983), Melanie (1947), and David Starr Jordan (1851).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Maxie Long ranks 55. Before him are Platt Adams (1885), Parry O'Brien (1932), Samuel Jones (1880), Francis Lane (1874), Fred Kelly (1891), and Frederick Lorz (1884). After him are Earle Meadows (1913), Richard Sheldon (1878), Charles Bacon (1885), Edward Cook (1888), Henry Carr (1941), and Jean Shiley (1911).

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