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Robert Benson

1894 - 1965

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Robert John Benson (May 18, 1894 – September 7, 1965) was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player. A defenceman, he started his career with the Winnipeg Falcons of the Manitoba Hockey League in 1913, remaining with them until 1920, though missed two seasons of play from 1917 to 1919 while serving in the First World War. With the Falcons he played at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won the first gold medal in Olympic ice hockey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Benson has received more than 14,571 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert Benson is the 1,339th most popular athlete (down from 1,121st in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Canada (up from 519th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Robert Benson ranks 1,339 out of 6,025. Before her are Dieter Kottysch, József Rády, Hasely Crawford, Dagmar Käsling, Bill Bruce, and Mildred Wiley. After her are Lennart Strand, Lyudmila Pinayeva, Carla Bodendorf, Otto Nilsson, Pietro Speciale, and Anvar Ibragimov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Robert Benson ranks 232. Before her are Ben Nicholson, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, Francisco Pagazaurtundúa, ZaSu Pitts, August Dvorak, and Kazimierz Wierzyński. After her are Boris Shchukin, Alexander Hall, Anatoly Blagonravov, Arthur Fadden, Peter Warlock, and Viktor Vinogradov. Among people deceased in 1965, Robert Benson ranks 203. Before her are Alan Washbond, Chris Berger, Steve Cochran, Geoffrey de Havilland, Helen Wainwright, and Spike Jones. After her are Marion Jones Farquhar, Søren Marinus Jensen, Tadd Dameron, Vasily Struve, Edward Archibald, and Felix Frankfurter.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robert Benson ranks 506 out of 1,622. Before her are Melissa Roxburgh (1992), George Orton (1873), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), Barbara Wagner (1938), John Sparrow David Thompson (1845), and Jill Hennessy (1968). After her are Kenny Wheeler (1930), Davidson Black (1884), Megan Follows (1968), Sven Delblanc (1931), Lorne Michaels (1944), and Tara Strong (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Robert Benson ranks 21. Before her are Alex Wilson (1905), Viola Myers (1927), Douglas Bennett (1918), Ernest Hamilton (1883), Mary Frizzell (1913), and John Emery (1932). After her are Betty Taylor (1916), Jack Cameron (1900), Kenneth Lane (1923), Edward Archibald (1884), Francisco Fernández (null), and Hilda Strike (1910).

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