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Bob King

1906 - 1965

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Robert Wade King (June 20, 1906 – July 29, 1965) was an American athlete, who won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics with a jump of 1.93 m. His personal best was 1.997 m, achieved earlier that year. After graduating from Stanford University, King studied in a medical school and later became a prominent obstetrician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob King is the 233rd most popular athlete (up from 327th in 2019), the 4,224th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,054th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bob King ranks 233 out of 6,025. Before him are Magnar Solberg, William Stevenson, Parry O'Brien, Rosemarie Ackermann, Armin Hary, and Nadezhda Chizhova. After him are Bill Holland, Aleksander Klumberg, Ralph Boston, Lina Radke, Herma Bauma, and Haile Gebrselassie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Bob King ranks 161. Before him are Raymond Sommer, Marian Spychalski, Endre Kabos, Samad Vurgun, Thomas S. Gates Jr., and T. H. White. After him are Jørgen Juve, Jack Churchill, Buddhadasa, Jacques Pills, Charley Borah, and Flávio Costa. Among people deceased in 1965, Bob King ranks 92. Before him are Johann Kremer, Khalid al-Azm, Lee Hoi-chuen, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, William Petersson, and Abraham Fraenkel. After him are Boris Barnet, Arthur Holmes, Ellen Church, Linda Darnell, Árpád Szakasits, and Fred Quimby.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob King ranks 4,224 out of 20,380. Before him are Milt Jackson (1923), David Chase (1945), James J. Gibson (1904), Mark Gordon (1957), Joe Turkel (1927), and K. A. Applegate (1956). After him are Don Wilson (1954), Frankie Valli (1934), Chad Coleman (1974), Walter Donaldson (1893), Paula Hawkins (1927), and Bill Holland (1874).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bob King ranks 63. Before him are John Powell (1947), Morgan Taylor (1903), Edwin Moses (1955), Samuel Jones (1880), William Stevenson (1900), and Parry O'Brien (1932). After him are Bill Holland (1874), Ralph Boston (1939), Dallas Long (1940), Bobby Morrow (1935), Carlos Lopes (1947), and Charley Borah (1906).

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