BOXER

Samuel Berger

1884 - 1925

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Samuel Berger (December 25, 1884 – February 23, 1925) was an American heavyweight boxer who won the first Olympic Gold Medal in heavyweight boxing in 1904, competed as a professional, and acted as a promoter and manager for heavyweight Jim Jeffries in the first two decades of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Berger has received more than 7,704 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Berger is the 92nd most popular boxer (down from 78th in 2019), the 6,806th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,170th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Boxer.

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  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Samuel Berger ranks 92 out of 496Before him are Issake Dabore, Naseem Hamed, Fernando Atzori, Aureliano Bolognesi, Carmelo Bossi, and Henry Cooper. After him are Carmen Barth, Jimmy Ellis, Rodrigo Valdez, Willy Kaiser, Ronald Rawson, and István Énekes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Samuel Berger ranks 185Before him are Harry Ferguson, Har Dayal, Kurt Behrens, Axel Norling, Georges Pitoëff, and Nikolai Klyuev. After him are Olle Lanner, Lyda Borelli, Albert Londres, Kostas Varnalis, Guy de Luget, and Georgi Kyoseivanov. Among people deceased in 1925, Samuel Berger ranks 123Before him are Konrad Mägi, Amy Lowell, Liao Zhongkai, Roger de Barbarin, Alexandru Marghiloman, and Oskar Lenz. After him are Charles Collignon, Jean de Reszke, Zivar bey Ahmadbeyov, Ignacio Andrade, Herbert Lawford, and Robert M. La Follette.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Berger ranks 6,806 out of 20,380Before him are George Nader (1921), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Carl O. Sauer (1889), Ford Sterling (1883), Camille Keaton (1947), and Irving Kristol (1920). After him are Wyomia Tyus (1945), Joe Spano (1946), Kaʻiulani (1875), Big John Studd (1948), Dylan Baker (1959), and Jeffrey Donovan (1968).

Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Samuel Berger ranks 43Before him are Carmen Basilio (1927), Jess Willard (1881), Thomas Hearns (1958), Ernie Terrell (1939), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), and James J. Jeffries (1875). After him are Carmen Barth (1912), Jimmy Ellis (1940), Tony Zale (1913), Bernard Hopkins (1965), Harry Spanjer (1873), and Emanuel Steward (1944).