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Mel Sheppard

1883 - 1942

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Melvin Whinfield "Peerless Mel" Sheppard (September 5, 1883 – January 4, 1942) was an American athlete, member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and winner of four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mel Sheppard has received more than 51,495 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Mel Sheppard is the 338th most popular athlete (down from 313th in 2019), the 5,692nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,551st in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Athlete.

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  • 24

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mel Sheppard ranks 338 out of 3,059. Before him are Ben Adams, Rafer Johnson, Forrest Smithson, Erik Abrahamsson, Elmer Niklander, and Henry Eriksson. After him are Charles Moore, Edwin Flack, Lars Hall, Tamara Bykova, Georgios Papasideris, and Georgios Orphanidis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Mel Sheppard ranks 173. Before him are Jonathan M. Wainwright, Edith Clarke, Abel Bonnard, Marcus Hurley, Şemsettin Günaltay, and Paul Götz. After him are Hjalmar Bergman, Alberto Braglia, Élie Lescot, Toivo Kuula, Estelle Winwood, and D. S. Senanayake. Among people deceased in 1942, Mel Sheppard ranks 162. Before him are José Díaz, Refik Saydam, Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Alfred Asikainen, Ludwig Aschoff, and Elmer Niklander. After him are Georgios Orphanidis, Kārlis Zāle, Nicholas Adontz, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Thomas Xenakis, and Dorothea Klumpke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mel Sheppard ranks 5,692 out of 18,182. Before him are Gale Anne Hurd (1955), Penelope Ann Miller (1964), Maude Adams (1872), Thomas Say (1787), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), and Vincent J. McMahon (1914). After him are Prodigy (1974), Dan Sullivan (1964), Brad Renfro (1982), Sally Yates (1960), Ann Curtis (1926), and Stacey Abrams (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mel Sheppard ranks 72. Before him are Betty Robinson (1911), Walter Tewksbury (1876), Arthur Blake (1872), Ben Adams (1890), Rafer Johnson (1935), and Forrest Smithson (1884). After him are Charles Moore (1929), Eddie Tolan (1908), Tyson Gay (1982), Henry Russell (1904), John Thomas (1941), and Frank Loomis (1896).

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