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Bill Holland

1874 - 1930

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William Joseph Holland (March 3, 1874 in Boston, Massachusetts – November 20, 1930 in Malden, Massachusetts) was an American track and field athlete. At the age of 26, Holland, a medical student at Georgetown University, won the silver medal in the men's 400-meter dash race at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, with a time of 49.6 seconds, just 2 tenth of a second behind Gold medal winner U.S. teammate Maxie Long. Holland placed fourth in the 200-meter dash, winning his semifinal heat with a time of 24.0 seconds before finishing fourth of four in the hotly contested final, in which his estimated time of 22.9 seconds was identical to that of the bronze medalist Stan Rowley and 0.1 seconds slower than the second place man, Norman Pritchard. Holland also competed in the 60-meter dash event, placing third in his first-round heat and not advancing to the final. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Holland is the 234th most popular athlete (up from 550th in 2019), the 4,230th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,316th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bill Holland ranks 234 out of 6,025. Before him are William Stevenson, Parry O'Brien, Rosemarie Ackermann, Armin Hary, Nadezhda Chizhova, and Bob King. After him are Aleksander Klumberg, Ralph Boston, Lina Radke, Herma Bauma, Haile Gebrselassie, and David Hall.

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Among people born in 1874, Bill Holland ranks 106. Before him are Charles Despiau, Photius II of Constantinople, Wincenty Witos, Ricardo Flores Magón, Gustave Whitehead, and Constantin Ion Parhon. After him are Ephraim Moses Lilien, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Pierre Souvestre, Rudolf Maister, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, and Jirō Minami. Among people deceased in 1930, Bill Holland ranks 66. Before him are Pierina Legnani, Joseph Achille Le Bel, Mabel Normand, Adolf Wölfli, Maximilian Njegovan, and Benedykt Dybowski. After him are Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, Eugen Goldstein, Giuseppe Morello, Emmy Destinn, Oku Yasukata, and Olena Pchilka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Holland ranks 4,230 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob King (1906), Don Wilson (1954), Frankie Valli (1934), Chad Coleman (1974), Walter Donaldson (1893), and Paula Hawkins (1927). After him are John W. McCormack (1891), Damien Chazelle (1985), Ralph Boston (1939), Ross Perot (1930), Joe Walsh (1947), and Scott Walker (1943).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bill Holland ranks 64. Before him are Morgan Taylor (1903), Edwin Moses (1955), Samuel Jones (1880), William Stevenson (1900), Parry O'Brien (1932), and Bob King (1906). After him are Ralph Boston (1939), Dallas Long (1940), Bobby Morrow (1935), Carlos Lopes (1947), Charley Borah (1906), and James Quinn (1906).

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