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Al Lawrence

1930 - 2017

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Allan Cleave Evan Lawrence (9 July 1930 – 15 May 2017) was an Australian long-distance runner. He won a bronze medal for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Lawrence was born in the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl. He competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 10,000 metres where he won the bronze medal, clocking 28:53 (nearly 30 seconds faster than he had ever run before). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al Lawrence is the 341st most popular athlete (up from 2,487th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Australia (up from 457th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Al Lawrence ranks 341 out of 6,025. Before him are Al Oerter, Ralph Rose, John Geiger, Ole Ellefsæter, Quinn, and Inessa Kravets. After him are Evangelos Damaskos, Bo Lindman, Truxtun Hare, Sergey Litvinov, Albert Gutterson, and Kevin Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Al Lawrence ranks 289. Before him are Silvio Santos, Braulio Musso, Orvar Bergmark, Odetta, Shahabuddin Ahmed, and Gregory Corso. After him are Jean-Louis de Rambures, John Wood, Roy E. Disney, Giuliano Montaldo, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, and Stephen Fumio Hamao. Among people deceased in 2017, Al Lawrence ranks 241. Before him are Jiří Bělohlávek, Mervyn Rose, Michael Ballhaus, Márta Rudas, Klaus Huber, and Gregg Allman. After him are Svend Asmussen, Marita Lindahl, Feliciano Rivilla, Max Gallo, Hilarion Capucci, and Ludvig Faddeev.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Al Lawrence ranks 130 out of 1,143. Before him are Ron Clarke (1937), John Farrow (1904), Jacki Weaver (1947), Mervyn Rose (1930), Samuel Alexander (1859), and James Aldridge (1918). After him are Richard Norton (1950), Christopher Doyle (1952), Chris O'Neil (1956), John Flanagan (1944), Daevid Allen (1938), and Lew Hoad (1934).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Al Lawrence ranks 4. Before him are Mara (null), Bobby Pearce (1905), and Ron Clarke (1937). After him are Betty Cuthbert (1938), Peter Norman (1942), George Parker (1896), Camila (null), Gordon George Avery (1925), John Winter (1924), William Jones (null), and Norma Croker (1934).

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