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Ray Barbuti

1905 - 1988

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Raymond James Barbuti (June 12, 1905 – July 8, 1988) was an American football player and sprint runner who won two gold medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Barbuti traveled to Amsterdam to initially only compete for the 400meter sprint however the US medal position was meek and then US Olympic committee president, Major General Douglas MacArthur insisted after Barbuti won the 400meter gold that he run in the 4 X 400 meter relay the next day. Barbuti was interrupted by MacArthur during his celebratory evening to start preparing to run the anchor for the event the next day. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Barbuti has received more than 37,087 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ray Barbuti is the 792nd most popular athlete (down from 402nd in 2019), the 7,906th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,197th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ray Barbuti ranks 792 out of 3,059. Before him are Ileana Silai, Babben Enger-Damon, Tadeusz Ślusarski, Manuel Estiarte, Olaf Hoffsbakken, and Folke Alnevik. After him are Sidney Robinson, Mike Larrabee, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Hans Kalt, Robert Alt, and Pat McCormick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Ray Barbuti ranks 289. Before him are Louis Armand, Pierre Jaccoud, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Robert Newton, Raymundo Rodríguez, and Erskine Hamilton Childers. After him are Rodolfo Choperena, Arthur Crudup, Isaac Kashdan, Ernst Stueckelberg, Andy Devine, and László Papp. Among people deceased in 1988, Ray Barbuti ranks 186. Before him are Guillermo Haro, Hilda Gobbi, John Loder, Max Black, José María Peña, and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. After him are Roy Kinnear, Colin Higgins, Hermann Volk, Henry Johansen, Bernard Leene, and John M. Allegro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Barbuti ranks 7,906 out of 18,182. Before him are Mary L. Cleave (1947), Mike Dirnt (1972), Christina Grimmie (1994), Jimmy Kimmel (1967), Ina Balin (1937), and Angus Scrimm (1926). After him are Howard Deutch (1950), Mike Larrabee (1933), Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Steve Swallow (1940), Mike Honda (1941), and Henry Vestine (1944).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ray Barbuti ranks 152. Before him are John Bray (1875), Dallas Long (1940), Roy Cochran (1919), Glenn Morris (1912), Daniel Kelly (1883), and DeHart Hubbard (1903). After him are Mike Larrabee (1933), Pat McCormick (1930), James Juvenal (1874), John McLean (1878), Harriet Bland (1915), and Jay Silvester (1937).

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