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Ben Adams

1890 - 1961

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Benjamin Willard Adams (March 31, 1890 – March 14, 1961) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the standing jumps. At the 1912 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the standing high jump and a bronze in the standing long jump, while his elder brother Platt Adams won a gold and a silver, respectively. Ben also competed in the exhibition baseball tournament for Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Adams is the 793rd most popular athlete (down from 246th in 2019), the 7,135th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,561st in 2019) and the 183rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ben Adams ranks 793 out of 6,025. Before him are René Bougnol, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Tibor Tatai, Udo Beyer, Louis Abell, and Livio Berruti. After him are Peter Frenkel, Kazimierz Barburski, György Bródy, Sherm Clark, Mariya Petkova, and Cornelius Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Ben Adams ranks 177. Before him are Imre Zachár, José Piendibene, Vera Inber, Jeanne Eagels, Lev Chernyi, and Mykola Zerov. After him are Hans Gál, Rainer von Fieandt, Klabund, Paul Scherrer, Eino Kaila, and Suniti Kumar Chatterji. Among people deceased in 1961, Ben Adams ranks 148. Before him are Yaşar Doğu, Mazo de la Roche, Romeo Neri, Percy Grainger, Clarence Pinkston, and Dun Karm Psaila. After him are Ion Barbu, Eduard Tisse, František Drtikol, Victor d'Arcy, Jānis Endzelīns, and Govind Ballabh Pant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Adams ranks 7,137 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Brockden Brown (1771), James Spriggs Payne (1819), Jorma Kaukonen (1940), Richard Mulligan (1932), Louis Abell (1884), and Susanna Kaysen (1948). After him are Elaine May (1932), Virginia Hall (1906), Ajita Wilson (1950), Alice Neel (1900), Mia Hamm (1972), and Kim Raver (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ben Adams ranks 183. Before him are John Miller (1903), Lindy Remigino (1931), Nate Brooks (1933), Sabin Carr (1904), David Dunlap (1910), and Louis Abell (1884). After him are Sherm Clark (1899), Cornelius Johnson (1913), Mike Larrabee (1933), John Bray (1875), Annette Rogers (1913), and Roscoe Lockwood (1875).

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