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Bill Carr

1909 - 1966

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William Arthur Carr (October 24, 1909 – January 14, 1966) was an American athlete and double Olympic champion in 1932. Called the "Arkansas flyer," Carr never lost a race during his college and Olympic career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Bill Carr is the 1,329th most popular athlete (down from 896th in 2024), the 8,635th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,751st in 2019) and the 260th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bill Carr ranks 1,329 out of 6,025. Before him are Jiří Havlis, William Thompson, Jopie Selbach, Gaston Mercier, István Hevesi, and Yordanka Blagoeva. After him are Sirkka Polkunen, Judi Brown Clarke, Albert White, Alan Helffrich, Peter Donlon, and Lennart Strand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Bill Carr ranks 332. Before him are Giuseppe Viani, Zellig Harris, Roberto Battaglia, Katherine Dunham, Giovanni Palatucci, and Ken Uehara. After him are Paul A. Baran, Petras Cvirka, Carla Laemmle, Federico Wilde, Vasco Bergamaschi, and Dimitar Dimov. Among people deceased in 1966, Bill Carr ranks 188. Before him are Hans Christian Branner, Bernhard Zondek, Carl Osburn, Frank O'Hara, Giorgi Leonidze, and Juan Natalicio González. After him are Tom Florie, Dimitar Dimov, Alice Pearce, Anders Petersen, Paula Strasberg, and Avtandil Koridze.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Carr ranks 8,637 out of 20,380. Before him are Roberta Williams (1953), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Doug Burgum (1956), Bob Sapp (1973), Dorothy Allison (1949), and Anthony Denison (1949). After him are Kirsten Vangsness (1972), Sam Lloyd (1963), Tom Hayden (1939), Busby Berkeley (1895), Israel Putnam (1718), and Mikaela Shiffrin (1995).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bill Carr ranks 260. Before him are Ray Barbuti (1905), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Ira Murchison (1933), Jackson Scholz (1897), Edwin Graves (1897), and William Thompson (1908). After him are Judi Brown Clarke (1961), Albert White (1895), Alan Helffrich (1900), Peter Donlon (1906), Arthur L. Newton (1883), and Duncan Gregg (1910).

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