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Walter Chaffe

1870 - 1918

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Walter Chaffe (2 April 1870 – 22 April 1918) was a British tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908, he won the bronze medal as a member of the British team Metropolitan Police "K" Division. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Chaffe has received more than 7,732 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Chaffe is the 1,427th most popular athlete, the 4,733rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 50th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Walter Chaffe ranks 1,427 out of 6,025Before him are Ayla Erduran, Nadezhda Olizarenko, Hans Liesche, Michel Scheuer, Matthias Steiner, and Alfred Neveu. After him are Eero Kolehmainen, Boris Shukhov, Erik Algot Fredriksson, Gustaf Lindblom, Václav Mottl, and Zoltán Nemere.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Walter Chaffe ranks 157Before him are Edwin Foster Coddington, Jacques Cariou, James M. Cox, Frederick G. Donnan, Major Ritchie, and Lilian Gibbs. After him are Hubert Gough, Antonín Slavíček, Liberato Marcial Rojas, William Glackens, Erskine Childers, and Roscoe Pound. Among people deceased in 1918, Walter Chaffe ranks 173Before him are Antonios Pepanos, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Hanns Braun, Reggie Pridmore, George Reid, and Anna Held. After him are Grove Karl Gilbert, Jakob Jakobsen, Joseph F. Smith, Birt Acres, Arthur O'Hara Wood, and J. Donald Cameron.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Chaffe ranks 4,733 out of 8,785Before him are Phyllis Logan (1956), Stephanie Beacham (1947), Thomas Clarkson (1760), Thomas Adès (1971), Trent Alexander-Arnold (1998), and Alfie Allen (1986). After him are Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), Philip Hall (1904), William Cobbett (1763), Bob Gerard (1914), Henry Seebohm (1832), and Peter Kemp (1878).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Walter Chaffe ranks 50Before him are John Rimmer (1878), Ken Matthews (1934), Harry Blackstaffe (1868), Richard Gunn (1871), John McNally (1932), and John James Shepherd (1884). After him are Peter Kemp (1878), Steve Ovett (1955), Dorothy Manley (1927), Don Finlay (1909), Charles Hefferon (1878), and James Wilson (1891).