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Morgan Taylor

1903 - 1975

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Frederick Morgan Taylor (April 17, 1903 – February 16, 1975) was an American hurdler and the first athlete to win three Olympic medals in the 400 m hurdles. He was the flag bearer for the United States at his last Olympics in 1932.In 1924, Taylor won the 400 m Olympic trials with a world best time of 52.6 s, which was accepted as a national record, but not as a world record. While winning the gold medal at the 1924 Olympics he clocked the same time, but knocked one hurdle, and the record was again not ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morgan Taylor has received more than 44,057 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Morgan Taylor is the 352nd most popular athlete (up from 579th in 2019), the 5,307th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,016th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Morgan Taylor has had the most page views in the with 4,241 views, followed by Arabic (752), and Chinese (653). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (104.55%), Belarusian (70.45%), and Ukrainian (45.45%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Morgan Taylor ranks 352 out of 6,025. Before him are Nicolae Neagoe, Pål Tyldum, Franjo Mihalić, Tore Sjöstrand, Norman Read, and Harri Larva. After him are Magnar Solberg, Bob Kiesel, Tamara Tyshkevich, Aleksandra Chudina, Charley Paddock, and John Winter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Morgan Taylor ranks 202. Before him are Nico Diederichs, Josefina Pla, Alejandro Casona, Theo Lingen, Mary Norton, and Domingo Tarasconi. After him are Nils Ramm, Nancy Carroll, Wage Rudolf Supratman, Graham Sutherland, Leo Huberman, and Ronald Syme. Among people deceased in 1975, Morgan Taylor ranks 150. Before him are Gary Thain, Willy Böckl, Louis Jordan, Murray Leinster, George Marshall, and Charles Journet. After him are Dave Alexander, Knut Kroon, Niginho, Mark Donohue, William D. Coolidge, and Hans Furler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morgan Taylor ranks 5,307 out of 20,380. Before him are George Constantine (1918), Johnny Hodges (1906), Beth Hart (1972), Barry Bonds (1964), John King Fairbank (1907), and Albert Collins (1932). After him are William Daniels (1927), Marie Colvin (1956), Jon Postel (1943), Bret Harte (1836), Robert Axelrod (1943), and Elizabeth Perkins (1960).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Morgan Taylor ranks 82. Before him are William Porter (1926), Bill Nieder (1933), Albert Gutterson (1887), Dexter Jackson (1969), Richard Sheldon (1878), and Pat McCormick (1930). After him are Bob Kiesel (1911), Charley Paddock (1900), Glenn Davis (1934), Ted Meredith (1891), Charles Bacon (1885), and Chris Dickerson (1939).

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