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Allen Stack

1928 - 1999

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Allen McIntyre Stack (January 23, 1928 – September 12, 1999) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Stack won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Four years later at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He placed fourth in the final of the same event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Allen Stack is the 27th most popular swimmer (up from 93rd in 2019), the 5,484th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,019th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Allen Stack ranks 27 out of 709. Before him are Don Schollander, Ken Walsh, Joe Ruddy, Roland Matthes, Kirsty Coventry, and Ann Curtis. After him are Joan Harrison, John Arthur Jarvis, Henry Taylor, Arne Borg, Bill Tuttle, and Martha Norelius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Allen Stack ranks 310. Before him are Charles David Keeling, Pierre Schoendoerffer, William Martínez, Milka Babović, Danuta Siedzikówna, and Qian Qichen. After him are Dick Miller, Morihiro Saito, Peter Carsten, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Paul Johnson, and Marion Ross. Among people deceased in 1999, Allen Stack ranks 146. Before him are Maxim Munzuk, Tamás Mendelényi, Richard Kiley, Teuvo Aura, Nise da Silveira, and Tatevik Sazandaryan. After him are František Vláčil, Joshua Nkomo, Ellen Corby, Harry Edison, Susan Strasberg, and Nilde Iotti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allen Stack ranks 5,484 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Alden Adams (1925), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Mort Shuman (1938), Bonnie Aarons (1979), Martin Ferrero (1947), and Carol Burnett (1933). After him are Clayton Christensen (1952), Melinda Culea (1955), Yaki Kadafi (1977), Charles Jencks (1939), Robert Herman (1914), and William R. Orthwein (1881).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Allen Stack ranks 17. Before him are Bill Mulliken (1939), Ken Huszagh (1891), Don Schollander (1946), Ken Walsh (1945), Joe Ruddy (1878), and Ann Curtis (1926). After him are Bill Tuttle (1882), Yoshi Oyakawa (1933), Aileen Riggin (1906), Charles Daniels (1885), Steve Clark (1943), and Kathy Ellis (1946).

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