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Tommy Green

1894 - 1975

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Thomas William Green (30 March 1894 – 29 March 1975) was a British racewalker who won a gold medal in the men's 50 km walk at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The son of a police constable, Green could not walk until the age of five, owing to his affliction with rickets. He lied about his age and joined the British Army in 1906 and served during the First World War, where he was wounded on three occasions and gassed while fighting in France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommy Green has received more than 1,513 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tommy Green is the 834th most popular athlete (up from 1,038th in 2019), the 3,888th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 137th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 16

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  • 5.80

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  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tommy Green ranks 834 out of 6,025. Before him are Eero Lehtonen, Eva Janko, Achille Paroche, Roger Beaufrand, Kusuma Wardhani, and Yevhen Arzhanov. After him are Aldo Aureggi, Kevin Young, Raymond Salles, Viktor Rashchupkin, Vilho Tuulos, and Urho Peltonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Tommy Green ranks 212. Before him are Roger Vercel, Alan Crosland, Ludwig Wrede, Hermanis Matisons, Alfred Romer, and Nikolai Chebotaryov. After him are Billy Bishop, Renzo De Vecchi, Georgy Ivanov, Billy Gilbert, Harry Cobby, and Pelageya Shajn. Among people deceased in 1975, Tommy Green ranks 205. Before him are Oskar Perron, Charles Reidpath, Glenn Hardin, Oliver Nelson, Argemiro, and Robert Strauss. After him are Toti Dal Monte, Ali Sastroamidjojo, Arthur Bliss, Erico Verissimo, Otto Winzer, and Thomas Hart Benton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Green ranks 3,888 out of 8,785. Before him are Donald Rayfield (1942), John Farey Sr. (1766), Aaron Arrowsmith (1750), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Nicola Sturgeon (1970), and John Ogdon (1937). After him are Stuart McCall (1964), Lambert Simnel (1477), Clara Reeve (1729), Ken Wharton (1916), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), and Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Tommy Green ranks 35. Before him are Robert Lindsay (1890), Steve Redgrave (1962), Victor d'Arcy (1887), Godfrey Rampling (1909), Cecil Griffiths (1900), and Phyllis Johnson (1886). After him are Charles Bennett (1870), Guy Butler (1899), Zara Tindall (1981), Tom Richards (1910), Jack Beresford (1899), and George Larner (1875).

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