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Calvin Bricker

1884 - 1963

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Calvin David "Cal" Bricker (3 November 1884 – 24 April 1963) was a Canadian track and field athlete. He competed in the long jump and triple jump at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won a bronze and a silver medal in the long jump, respectively. At the 1908 Olympic trials, he set a national record in the long jump that stood for 27 years. Bricker graduated from the University of Toronto in 1907 with a degree in dentistry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Calvin Bricker is the 2,005th most popular athlete (up from 2,107th in 2019), the 654th most popular biography from Canada (up from 673rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Calvin Bricker ranks 2,005 out of 6,025. Before him are Bernard Talvard, Harry Siljander, Mario Aldo Montano, Franco Bertinetti, Anders Peter Nielsen, and Derartu Tulu. After him are Nino Salukvadze, Marion Roper, Rüdiger Helm, Neroli Fairhall, Dušan Pašek, and João Carlos de Oliveira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Calvin Bricker ranks 247. Before him are John James Shepherd, Harvey Fletcher, Thomas Blamey, Carl Kempe, Sig Ruman, and James Cruze. After him are Arthur Edmund Carewe, Alexander Bustamante, Carlyle Blackwell, Stuart Holmes, Bessie Barriscale, and John Francis Dillon. Among people deceased in 1963, Calvin Bricker ranks 209. Before him are Vicente Ferreira da Silva, Bohumil Modrý, Lloyd Fredendall, ZaSu Pitts, Wanda Hawley, and Edith Hamilton. After him are Désiré Beaurain, Herbert H. Lehman, Hubert Gough, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Luis Pérez, and Edward Charles Titchmarsh.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Calvin Bricker ranks 654 out of 1,622. Before him are Cathleen Synge Morawetz (1923), Kathleen Robertson (1973), Bobby Clarke (1949), Aileen Meagher (1910), Maureen Forrester (1930), and Melody Anderson (1955). After him are Alberta Watson (1955), Lorne Loomer (1937), Peter Jennings (1938), Tom Mulcair (1954), James Tupper (1965), and Barbara Parkins (1942).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Calvin Bricker ranks 41. Before him are Cyril Slater (1896), Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), John Porter (1904), Frank Amyot (1904), George Cloutier (1876), and Aileen Meagher (1910). After him are Lorne Loomer (1937), Frank Saker (1907), George Campbell (1878), Andre De Grasse (1994), Vic Lindquist (1908), and Vic Emery (1933).

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