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Allen Woodring

1898 - 1982

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Allen Woodring (February 15, 1898 – November 15, 1982) was an American sprint runner. At the 1920 United States Olympic trials, he failed to qualify in the 200 meters yet was selected for the national team and won the Olympic gold medal in this event. Woodring ran for Mercersburg Academy under Jimmy Curran, before competing for the Meadowbrook Club of Philadelphia. He graduated from Syracuse University and later worked as a salesman for the Spalding Company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Allen Woodring is the 278th most popular athlete (up from 416th in 2019), the 4,568th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,677th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Allen Woodring ranks 278 out of 6,025. Before him are Martin Lundström, Mamo Wolde, Oliver Macdonald, Harry Hillman, Giulio Gaudini, and Douglas Bennett. After him are Hermann Barrelet, Miruts Yifter, Ken Myers, Angéla Németh, Dean Smith, and Maurice Larrouy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Allen Woodring ranks 138. Before him are Jack Haley, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Reino Ragnar Lehto, Jacob Tullin Thams, David Jack, and Dámaso Alonso. After him are Franz Bäke, Grace Moore, Luís Carlos Prestes, Helene Engelmann, Eero Lehtonen, and Joe Spence. Among people deceased in 1982, Allen Woodring ranks 125. Before him are Lauri Virtanen, Warren Oates, Nahum Goldmann, Christian Ferras, Georg Leibbrandt, and Igor Gouzenko. After him are Carlos Vidal, Kim Duk-koo, BP Koirala, Federico Moreno Torroba, Ulla Jacobsson, and Harald Ertl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allen Woodring ranks 4,568 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Gorey (1925), Josephine Hull (1877), Elihu Yale (1649), Hyman Minsky (1919), Erin Brockovich (1960), and AJ McLean (1978). After him are Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905), Robert Bilott (1965), Adrian Belew (1949), Milton Glaser (1929), Marlee Matlin (1965), and Pernell Roberts (1928).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Allen Woodring ranks 74. Before him are Carlos Lopes (1947), Charley Borah (1906), James Quinn (1906), Francis Lane (1874), Oliver Macdonald (1904), and Harry Hillman (1881). After him are Ken Myers (1896), Dean Smith (1932), Robert Taylor (1948), John Paine (1870), Bill Miller (1912), and Larry Black (1951).

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