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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 13,394 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Robert Benson is the 1,122nd most popular athlete (down from 722nd in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from Canada (down from 441st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Robert Benson ranks 1,122 out of 3,059Before her are Juan Rodríguez, Aldo Ghira, Erkki Kataja, Wang Junxia, Commodore Cochran, and Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo. After her are Dorothy Brookshaw, Achille Souchard, Gelindo Bordin, Tetsuo Hamuro, Ilona Gusenbauer, and Shaun White.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Robert Benson ranks 224Before her are Walter Byron, ZaSu Pitts, Norman Kerry, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Tommy Green, and Peter Warlock. After her are Anatoly Blagonravov, Søren Petersen, Arthur Fiedler, Harry Cobby, Frederick E. Morgan, and Arthur Fadden. Among people deceased in 1965, Robert Benson ranks 189Before her are William Hogenson, Joaquín Vázquez, Steve Cochran, Hans Beyer, John Cregan, and Edward Archibald. After her are Felix Frankfurter, Vasily Struve, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Daniel Frank, Sida Košutić, and Vajiha Samadova.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robert Benson ranks 520 out of 1,350Before her are Emmanuelle Vaugier (1976), Jill Hennessy (1968), Hilda Cameron (1912), Owen Hargreaves (1981), Marie Prevost (1896), and Roger Avary (1965). After her are Guy Delisle (1966), JR Bourne (1970), Dorothy Brookshaw (1912), Shay Mitchell (1987), Nicholas Latifi (1995), and Diego Klattenhoff (1979).

Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Robert Benson ranks 15Before her are Walter Byron (1894), Jane Bell (1910), Donald Arnold (1935), Edward Archibald (1884), Harry Watson (1898), and Hilda Strike (1910). After her are Dorothy Brookshaw (1912), Doug Rogers (1941), Douglas Bennett (1918), Betty Taylor (1916), Cyril Slater (1896), and Frank Amyot (1904).