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Norvel Lee

1924 - 1992

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Norvel L. R. Lee (September 22, 1924 – August 19, 1992) was an amateur boxer, Tuskegee Airman, WWII veteran, scholar, educator, field grade officer in the US Army Reserve, and youth mentor in the greater Washington D.C. area. He won the light heavyweight gold medal in boxing at the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952 and was also awarded the Val Barker Trophy. On September 17, 2022, the Commonwealth of Virginia unveiled a historical marker honoring Lee's accomplishments. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norvel Lee has received more than 33,650 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Norvel Lee is the 2,505th most popular athlete (down from 1,810th in 2019), the 13,010th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,315th in 2019) and the 431st most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Norvel Lee ranks 2,505 out of 6,025. Before him are Galina Malchugina, Igor Romishevsky, Erhard Wunderlich, Koji Murofushi, Liu Yuan, and Vyacheslav Ivanenko. After him are Sabine Braun, Corneliu Ion, João Silva, Julius Kariuki, Jesús Ángel García Bragado, and Martín Fiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Norvel Lee ranks 496. Before him are Patricia Roberts Harris, Nikolai Sologubov, Charlie Callas, Margaret Whiting, Ken Green, and Joseph Campanella. After him are Frank Lautenberg, Earl Palmer, Vincent Canby, Vicki Draves, Dolores Gray, and Abdirizak Haji Hussein. Among people deceased in 1992, Norvel Lee ranks 283. Before him are Mary Wells, Cleavon Little, Sam Kinison, Bill Williams, Fedor Samokhin, and Robert Muldoon. After him are Allan Jones, Manfred Stengl, Josephine McKim, Jack Kelsey, Gabriel Tiacoh, and Virginia Field.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norvel Lee ranks 13,010 out of 20,380. Before him are Kiersten Warren (1965), Ernest Gruening (1887), Maya Hawke (1998), Candy Reynolds (1955), Philip Freneau (1752), and Sybil Bauer (1903). After him are Charlie Day (1976), Oliver Hudson (1976), Bill Cartwright (1957), Virginia Christine (1920), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), and Warrel Dane (1961).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Norvel Lee ranks 431. Before him are Michael Marsh (1967), Peter Mueller (1954), Joe DeLoach (1967), Fortune Gordien (1922), Alonzo Babers (1961), and Joan Benoit (1957). After him are Willye White (1939), John Woodruff (1915), Mads Pedersen (null), Jennison Heaton (1904), Tim Montgomery (1975), and Gerry Ashworth (1942).

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