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Bobby Morrow

1935 - 2020

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Bobby Joe Morrow (October 15, 1935 – May 30, 2020) was an American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1956 Olympics. He has been called "the dominant sprinter of the 1950s" and "the most relaxed sprinter of all time, even more so than his hero Jesse Owens". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Morrow is the 245th most popular athlete (up from 417th in 2019), the 4,347th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,678th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bobby Morrow ranks 245 out of 6,025. Before him are Haile Gebrselassie, David Hall, Dallas Long, Janusz Kusociński, Sebastian Coe, and Lauri Virtanen. After him are Helge Løvland, Carlos Lopes, Éva Székely, Jüri Tarmak, Charles Frédéric Petit, and Viktor Tsybulenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Bobby Morrow ranks 191. Before him are Richard M. Karp, Daniel Williams, Denise Perrier, Károly Palotai, Rashad Khalifa, and Yvon Douis. After him are Milena Vukotic, Jack Welch, Yıldırım Akbulut, Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, Katalin Szőke, and Sadiq al-Mahdi. Among people deceased in 2020, Bobby Morrow ranks 239. Before him are Pierre Buyoya, Mario Corso, Gisèle Halimi, Zindzi Mandela, Orson Bean, and James Flynn. After him are Éva Székely, Silvio Marzolini, Tarun Gogoi, Jack Welch, Ken Shimura, and Sadiq al-Mahdi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Morrow ranks 4,347 out of 20,380. Before him are Kenny G (1956), Jennifer Lee (1971), Mark Granovetter (1943), Thom Mayne (1944), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), and Huey Lewis (1950). After him are Anthony Delon (1964), Scotty Moore (1931), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Barbara O'Neil (1910), and Carlos Lopes (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bobby Morrow ranks 67. Before him are William Stevenson (1900), Parry O'Brien (1932), Bob King (1906), Bill Holland (1874), Ralph Boston (1939), and Dallas Long (1940). After him are Carlos Lopes (1947), Charley Borah (1906), James Quinn (1906), Francis Lane (1874), Oliver Macdonald (1904), and Harry Hillman (1881).

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