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Bud Houser

1901 - 1994

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Lemuel Clarence "Bud" Houser (September 25, 1901 – October 1, 1994) was an American field athlete. He won Olympic gold medals in the discus throw in 1924 and 1928 and in the shot put in 1924. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Bud Houser is the 1,222nd most popular athlete (down from 679th in 2024), the 8,372nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,922nd in 2019) and the 244th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bud Houser ranks 1,222 out of 6,025. Before him are Volker Beck, Aleksandr Timoshinin, Carl Osburn, Fred Hansen, Patrik Sjöberg, and Perikles Kakousis. After him are Clyde King, Tommy Green, Lennart Klingström, Yrjö Hietanen, Kōkichi Tsuburaya, and Heinz Ulzheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Bud Houser ranks 282. Before him are Sven Utterström, František Halas, Pyotr Novikov, Mildred Dunnock, Al LeConey, and Ivan Petrovsky. After him are Samuel Zauber, Karandash, László Németh, Louis Kuehn, Victor Leemans, and Muhammad Fareed Didi. Among people deceased in 1994, Bud Houser ranks 278. Before him are Anita Lizana, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Jay Miner, Serge Blusson, Dack Rambo, and Charles Mathiesen. After him are Lennart Klingström, Ernst Lörtscher, Antal Kocsis, Ira Murchison, Alfredo Pérez, and Luis Donaldo Colosio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bud Houser ranks 8,373 out of 20,380. Before him are Lorenz Hart (1895), Bo Goldman (1932), Sylvia Mathews Burwell (1965), Ted DiBiase Jr. (1982), and Jon Landau (1960). After him are Kevin Conway (1942), Clyde King (1898), Timothy Zahn (1951), Lucy Parsons (1853), Fanny Brice (1891), Eva LaRue (1966), and James Lee Burke (1936).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bud Houser ranks 244. Before him are Francis Frederick (1907), Lee Calhoun (1933), Donald Johnston (1899), Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930), Carl Osburn (1884), and Fred Hansen (1940). After him are Clyde King (1898), Duvall Hecht (1930), Commodore Cochran (1902), Edward Moore (1897), Charles Kieffer (1910), and Louis Kuehn (1901).

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