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Willie Steele

1923 - 1989

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William Samuel Steele (July 14, 1923 – September 19, 1989) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. Steele won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1948 London Olympics. A two-time USA Outdoor champion, Steele was the 1948 Olympic Trials champion and a two-time NCAA long jump champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willie Steele has received more than 32,741 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Willie Steele is the 1,188th most popular athlete (down from 942nd in 2019), the 9,358th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,934th in 2019) and the 214th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Willie Steele ranks 1,188 out of 3,059Before him are Anita Włodarczyk, Salvatore Morale, Eugène Mougin, Aleksandr Privalov, Emmett Toppino, and Ruhi Sarıalp. After him are Mary Peters, János Parti, Frank Waller, László Berti, Tranquilo Cappozzo, and Kalle Jalkanen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Willie Steele ranks 381Before him are Harish-Chandra, Dolores Fuller, Noël Vandernotte, Albert Decourtray, Viktor Shuvalov, and Larry Storch. After him are Percy Heath, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Horace Ashenfelter, James Dickey, Basil Hume, and Ted Stevens. Among people deceased in 1989, Willie Steele ranks 246Before him are Jim Backus, Hilda Strike, Willi Horn, Lynn Bari, Erich Herrmann, and Fernando Martín Espina. After him are Laurie Cunningham, Hemanta Mukherjee, Ernesto Formenti, Woody Shaw, Brian Naylor, and Chris Gueffroy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willie Steele ranks 9,358 out of 18,182Before him are Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869), Bitty Schram (1968), Sheb Wooley (1921), Emmett Toppino (1909), Sheldon Leonard (1907), and Fat Joe (1970). After him are Percy Heath (1923), Lynn-Holly Johnson (1958), Edie Adams (1927), Chick Webb (1905), Yip Harburg (1896), and Penny Hardaway (1971).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Willie Steele ranks 214Before him are Arthur Harnden (1924), William Varley (1880), Bob Schul (1937), Conn Findlay (1930), Roscoe Lockwood (1875), and Emmett Toppino (1909). After him are Frank Waller (1884), Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918), Cliff Bourland (1921), Calvin Smith (1961), Oscar Osthoff (1883), and Horace Ashenfelter (1923).