SOCCER PLAYER

Zoltán Halmay

1881 - 1956

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Zoltán Imre Ödön Halmay de Erdőtelek (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈzoltaːn ˈhɒlmɒi]; 18 June 1881 – 20 May 1956) was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics (1900 – 1908), winning the following medals: 1900: silver (200 m, 4000 m freestyle), bronze (1000 m freestyle) 1904: gold (50yd, 100yd freestyle) 1906: gold (4×250 m freestyle relay), silver (100 m freestyle) (these games are now not officially recognized by the IOC) 1908: silver (100 m freestyle; 4 × 200 m freestyle relay) Zoltán Halmay, who was a two-time Olympic champion, was the most successful sportsman in freestyle swimming. In 1904 he won the 50 and 100 yards at the St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zoltán Halmay has received more than 41,662 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Zoltán Halmay is the 1,905th most popular soccer player (down from 1,010th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Slovak Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Zoltán Halmay ranks 1,905 out of 21,273Before him are Rinaldo Martino, Samir Handanović, Brahim Díaz, Máté Fenyvesi, Károly Palotai, and Juan Carlos Corazzo. After him are Blaž Slišković, Sven Jonasson, Henk Groot, Karl Sesta, Branislav Ivanović, and Jocelyn Angloma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Zoltán Halmay ranks 143Before him are Max Gerson, Henri Dentz, Yosef Haim Brenner, Smedley Butler, Sergey Merkurov, and Edgar Leonard. After him are Louis Bastien, Heinrich Burger, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Gunnar Nordström, Nikolai Roslavets, and Arkady Averchenko. Among people deceased in 1956, Zoltán Halmay ranks 127Before him are Navvab Safavi, Austin Osman Spare, Nikolaos Trikoupis, Willem Hendrik Keesom, Herminio Masantonio, and Ostap Vyshnya. After him are Emmanouil Tsouderos, Johnny Claes, Hans Carossa, Lorenzo Perosi, Violet Gibson, and Lars Sonck.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Zoltán Halmay ranks 138 out of 418Before him are János Csernoch (1852), Péter Bacsó (1928), Hana Hegerová (1931), Ladislav Petráš (1946), Jan Brokoff (1652), and Jaroslav Pollák (1947). After him are László Hudec (1893), Peter Michal Bohúň (1822), János Bihari (1764), Vladimír Weiss (1964), Anton Malatinský (1920), and Paul Kray (1735).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Slovakia

Among soccer players born in Slovakia, Zoltán Halmay ranks 20Before him are Štefan Čambal (1908), Marián Masný (1950), Pavol Molnár (1936), Ladislav Pavlovič (1926), Ladislav Petráš (1946), and Jaroslav Pollák (1947). After him are Vladimír Weiss (1964), Anton Malatinský (1920), Vladimír Weiss (1939), Ján Kozák (1954), Martin Škrtel (1984), and Michal Vičan (1925).