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Al LeConey

1901 - 1959

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Jeremiah Alfred LeConey (November 3, 1901 – November 11, 1959) was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 meter relay race at the 1924 Summer Olympics. LeConey was raised in Moorestown, New Jersey, where he first started showing his ability as a sprinter at Moorestown High School. In 1922, LeConey won the AAU championships in the 220 yard race and, as a Lafayette College (Class of 1923) student, the IC4A championships in both the 100 and 220 yard races. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Al LeConey ran the anchor leg for the American 4 × 100 meter relay team which won the gold medal with a world record time of 41.0 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al LeConey is the 1,210th most popular athlete (up from 1,287th in 2019). (up from 4,380th in 2019)

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Among athletes, Al LeConey ranks 1,210 out of 6,025. Before him are Donald Johnston, Gottfried Diener, Klaus Beer, Vincenzo Cuccia, Catherine Hardy Lavender, and Juan Amat. After him are Zdeněk Škrland, Saida Gunba, Per Ivar Moe, Chi Cheng, Volker Beck, and Aleksandr Timoshinin.

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Among people born in 1901, Al LeConey ranks 280. Before him are Reinhold Mack, Mildred Wiley, Sven Utterström, František Halas, Pyotr Novikov, and Mildred Dunnock. After him are Ivan Petrovsky, Bud Houser, Samuel Zauber, Karandash, László Németh, and Louis Kuehn. Among people deceased in 1959, Al LeConey ranks 178. Before him are Lyda Borelli, Emil František Burian, José Durand Laguna, Kay Kendall, Abraham Flexner, and Stepan Erzia. After him are Abdulla Shaig, Zakaria Goneim, Paul Günther, Elisabeth Moore, Sax Rohmer, and Boris Lavrenyov.

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