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Tom Courtney

1933 - 2023

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Thomas William Courtney (August 17, 1933 – August 22, 2023) was an American athlete and winner of two gold medals in the 1956 Olympic Games. Born in South Orange, New Jersey, and raised in Livingston, New Jersey, Courtney's father was a former minor-league baseball player. Courtney was a top runner at James Caldwell High School and came into national prominence while a student at Fordham University, winning the 1955 NCAA 880 yd (805 m) title. An AAU champion in 400 m at 1956 and in 880 yd (805 m) at 1957 and 1958, Courtney had a memorable duel with Derek Johnson of Great Britain in the 1956 Olympic 800 m final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Courtney has received more than 83,566 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Tom Courtney is the 38th most popular athlete (up from 1,452nd in 2019), the 1,849th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,490th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tom Courtney ranks 38 out of 6,025. Before him are Mark Phillips, Lasse Virén, Larry Scott, Max Emmerich, Vasily Alekseyev, and Aladár Gerevich. After him are Alberto Juantorena, Leonidas of Rhodes, Albin Lermusiaux, Louis Zamperini, Jan Železný, and Viktor Saneyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Tom Courtney ranks 106. Before him are Manu Dibango, Elem Klimov, Elizabeth Montgomery, Narriman Sadek, Joan Rivers, and Juanita Castro. After him are Jerzy Kosiński, Rik Van Looy, Fred Haise, Saleh Al-Fawzan, John Boorman, and Miloš Milutinović. Among people deceased in 2023, Tom Courtney ranks 120. Before him are Ruth Fuchs, Ken Mattingly, Ben Ferencz, Petar Zhekov, Juanita Castro, and Daisaku Ikeda. After him are Reino Börjesson, Glenda Jackson, Robbie Robertson, Adolf Scherer, Natalie Zemon Davis, and Roberto Dinamite.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Courtney ranks 1,849 out of 20,380. Before him are Roger Corman (1926), Nora Roberts (1950), Joey Ramone (1951), Paul Desmond (1924), Michael Bay (1965), and Frederick Cook (1865). After him are Adelaide Hall (1901), Jasper Johns (1930), Joan Allen (1956), Loretta Young (1913), Isamu Noguchi (1904), and Yaphet Kotto (1939).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Tom Courtney ranks 14. Before him are Mike Powell (1963), Florence Griffith Joyner (1959), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), Frank Zane (1942), Larry Scott (1938), and Max Emmerich (1879). After him are Louis Zamperini (1917), Archie Hahn (1880), Tommie Smith (1944), Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), Jim Hines (1946), and Betty Robinson (1911).

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