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Ollan Cassell

1937 - Today

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Ollan Conn Cassell (born October 5, 1937) is an American sprinter in the 1950s and 1960s, winning a gold medal in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics. In his early 30s, Cassell later became the executive director of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ollan Cassell has received more than 34,352 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ollan Cassell is the 1,575th most popular athlete (up from 1,994th in 2019), the 9,965th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,332nd in 2019) and the 278th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ollan Cassell ranks 1,575 out of 6,025Before him are Brahim Boutayeb, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, William Fields, Pepi Bader, Stanislav Lusk, and Karl Neumer. After him are Gábor Benedek, Herbert Gruber, John Fenning, Eddy Ottoz, Kazimierz Paździor, and Masanori Yusa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ollan Cassell ranks 483Before him are Steve Russell, Vilmos Varjú, Viktor Zubkov, Magic Sam, Detto Mariano, and Chuck Peddle. After him are Georg Thoma, Michel Stievenard, David Bedford, Sidney Coleman, James Carlisle, and Manorama.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ollan Cassell ranks 9,965 out of 20,380Before him are Guion Bluford (1942), Barbara Askins (1939), J. Carrol Naish (1896), Chuck Peddle (1937), Flo Rida (1979), and Mavis Staples (1939). After him are Sumner Redstone (1923), Rex Brown (1964), Robert Craft (1923), Skipp Sudduth (1956), Beverly Pepper (1922), and Walter Hagen (1892).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ollan Cassell ranks 278Before him are Marjorie Gestring (1922), Butch Reynolds (1964), William Dickey (1874), Frank Waller (1884), Lou Jones (1932), and William Fields (1929). After him are Bob Hayes (1942), William Thompson (1908), Charles Grimes (1935), Charles Kieffer (1910), Dave Wottle (1950), and Ronnie Ray Smith (1949).