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Mel Patton

1924 - 2014

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Melvin Emery Patton (November 16, 1924 – May 9, 2014) was an American sprinter, who set the world record of 9.2 seconds in the 100 yard dash in 1948. He also set a 220 yd world record in 1949 on a straightaway of 20.2, breaking the record held by Jesse Owens.Patton won two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mel Patton has received more than 50,015 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Mel Patton is the 706th most popular athlete (down from 506th in 2019), the 7,534th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,786th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mel Patton ranks 706 out of 3,059Before him are Fernando Altimani, Karl Warner, Antero Kivi, Josef Holeček, Amos Biwott, and Mahmoud Namjoo. After him are Barbara Sobotta, Marlene Ahrens, Efren Reyes, Karl-Friedrich Haas, Siiri Rantanen, and Ramón Tapia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Mel Patton ranks 342Before him are Kurt Furgler, Holger Juul Hansen, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Alphons Egli, Friedrich L. Bauer, and Buddy Hackett. After him are Slim Harpo, Vladimir Bogomolov, Attilio Giovannini, Siiri Rantanen, Mary Ford, and Humberto Fernández-Morán. Among people deceased in 2014, Mel Patton ranks 351Before him are Levente Lengyel, Anahita Ratebzad, Mustapha Zitouni, Dorothy Cheney, Željko Šturanović, and Ralph Giordano. After him are Win Tin, Geoffrey Holder, Nina Andrycz, John Dobson, Rosemary Murphy, and Étienne Mourrut.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mel Patton ranks 7,534 out of 18,182Before him are Carlos Bernard (1962), Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902), Rachel Nichols (1980), Bernard Nathanson (1926), Stephen Hopkins (1707), and Susan Kare (1954). After him are Emily Donelson (1807), Betty Field (1913), Slim Harpo (1924), Donald Regan (1918), Taboo (1975), and Joe South (1940).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mel Patton ranks 140Before him are Emerson Spencer (1906), Glenn Hardin (1910), Don Bragg (1935), Frederick Schule (1879), Guinn Smith (1920), and Karl Warner (1908). After him are Maurice Greene (1974), Andy Stanfield (1927), Alice Coachman (1923), Ed Hamm (1906), Paul Pilgrim (1883), and John Bray (1875).