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Alvah Meyer

1888 - 1939

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Alvah T. Meyer (July 18, 1888 – December 19, 1939) was an American sprint runner. He was a Jewish member of the Irish American Athletic Club, which also included Abel Kiviat and Myer Prinstein. He was born in New York City on July 18, 1888. Showing great promise prior to the 1912 Olympics, he won the AAU indoor 60y in 1911 and the 220 y outdoor in 1912. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alvah Meyer is the 1,725th most popular athlete (down from 1,199th in 2019), the 9,759th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,641st in 2019) and the 311th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alvah Meyer ranks 1,725 out of 6,025. Before him are María Pérez, Romano Bonagura, Duncan White, René Guyot, Charles Bouvier, and Bernard Tchoullouyan. After him are George Goulding, Alan Washbond, Amadou Dia Ba, Harry DeBaecke, Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu, and Joaquín Capilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Alvah Meyer ranks 241. Before him are Eduardo Santos, Maurice Schilles, Robert Moses, Natalena Koroleva, Daniel Norling, and Donduk Kuular. After him are Alfred Braun, Grey Owl, Cathleen Nesbitt, Harold Hardwick, Osvald Moberg, and Jacques de Lacretelle. Among people deceased in 1939, Alvah Meyer ranks 153. Before him are Eliodoro Villazón, James Parrott, Alfredo Panzini, Louis Eugène Roy, Jens Bratlie, and Har Dayal. After him are Caius Welcker, William Mitchell Ramsay, Joseph Lyons, Lili Bech, Chick Webb, and Boris Shchukin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvah Meyer ranks 9,761 out of 20,380. Before him are Bobby Hutcherson (1941), Henry Charles Carey (1793), John Abizaid (1951), Richard Scarry (1919), Helen Slater (1963), and Bootsy Collins (1951). After him are Billy Cunningham (1943), Alan Washbond (1899), Horatio Parker (1863), Percy Heath (1923), Edgar Bergen (1903), and Robin Hartshorne (1938).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Alvah Meyer ranks 311. Before him are John Norton (1893), Marjorie Gestring (1922), Francis Tyler (1904), Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Max Emmerich (1879), and Daniel Kelly (1883). After him are Alan Washbond (1899), Harry DeBaecke (1879), Randy Matson (1945), Willie Davenport (1943), Barney Ewell (1918), and Steve Seymour (1920).

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