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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 39,447 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Barbuti is the 585th most popular athlete (up from 792nd in 2019), the 6,551st most popular biography from United States (up from 7,891st in 2019) and the 131st most popular American Athlete.

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  • 1.92

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ray Barbuti ranks 585 out of 6,025. Before him are Tommy Hampson, Karen Hoff, Anatoly Alyabyev, Valeri Popenchenko, Don Thompson, and Émile Grumiaux. After him are Andreas Krieger, Karel Mejta Sr, Isao Okano, Richmond Landon, Yordanka Blagoeva, and Alexandre Tuffère.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Ray Barbuti ranks 263. Before him are Emerich Vogl, La Jana, Boris Ponomarev, Franco Albini, Fausto dos Santos, and Víctor Morales. After him are Pedro Solé, Jenő Rejtő, Leopold Hofmann, John Lyng, Philip Ahn, and Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald. Among people deceased in 1988, Ray Barbuti ranks 170. Before him are Enzo Sacchi, Louis Versyp, Joseph Wresinski, Wilfred Jackson, José María Peña, and Margaret Mee. After him are Andrei Glanzmann, Shōhei Ōoka, Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Kwon Ki-ok, William McMahon, and Memphis Slim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Barbuti ranks 6,551 out of 20,380. Before him are Bernard Edwards (1952), Zoë Kravitz (1988), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Henry Thomas (1971), Dan Reynolds (1987), and David Landes (1924). After him are Mary Anderson (1918), Samuel P. Bush (1863), Cliff Martinez (1954), Eva LaRue (1966), James LoMenzo (1959), and Polly Bergen (1930).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ray Barbuti ranks 131. Before him are Lee Barnes (1906), Cornelius Warmerdam (1915), Paul Anderson (1932), Henry Carr (1941), Roscoe Lockwood (1875), and Norbert Schemansky (1924). After him are Richmond Landon (1898), Lindy Remigino (1931), Leo Sexton (1909), George Baird (1907), Alan Helffrich (1900), and Arthur Barnard (1929).

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