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Bill Miller

1912 - 2008

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William Waring Miller (November 1, 1912 – November 13, 2008) was an American pole vaulter who won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. At the U.S. Olympic trials he finished second (4.30 m) behind Bill Graber, who set a new world record at 4.37 m. Graber failed to clear 4.25 m at the Olympics, while Miller set his all-time personal best at 4.31 m and won, in a close competition with Shuhei Nishida. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Miller is the 296th most popular athlete (up from 864th in 2019), the 4,666th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,567th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bill Miller ranks 296 out of 6,025. Before him are Robert Taylor, Ursula Happe, Józef Szmidt, George Kerr, John Paine, and Egil Danielsen. After him are Juan Carlos Zabala, Walter Byron, Larry Black, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Jim Thorpe, and Gyula Zsivótzky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Bill Miller ranks 181. Before him are Lev Kopelev, Leslie Johnson, Andre Norton, Claude Pompidou, Ernst Lehner, and Xavier Montsalvatge. After him are Pál Kovács, Nick Cravat, Pietro Ferraris, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Alexey Sudayev, and Keisuke Kinoshita. Among people deceased in 2008, Bill Miller ranks 154. Before him are Douglas Bennett, Sven Davidson, Andrew M. Gleason, Ahmed al-Mirghani, Cedella Booker, and Philipp von Boeselager. After him are Nina Foch, Robert Jonquet, Bernie Mac, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Tsutomu Miyazaki, and León Febres Cordero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Miller ranks 4,666 out of 20,380. Before him are William J. Seymour (1870), Ida Saxton McKinley (1847), Ronnie Spector (1943), Ronald Graham (1935), Alan Dershowitz (1938), and Brad Delson (1977). After him are Fred Willard (1939), Herb Ritts (1952), Michael McKean (1947), Faith Hill (1967), Syd Mead (1933), and Paul Mazursky (1930).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bill Miller ranks 79. Before him are Harry Hillman (1881), Allen Woodring (1898), Ken Myers (1896), Dean Smith (1932), Robert Taylor (1948), and John Paine (1870). After him are Larry Black (1951), Jim Thorpe (1887), Eddie Tolan (1908), Frank Waller (1884), Frank Loomis (1896), and Maurice Greene (1974).

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