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Charles Hefferon

1878 - 1931

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Charles Archer Hefferon (25 January 1878 – 13 May 1932) was an athlete representing South Africa who competed mainly in the marathon. Hefferon was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England, to an Irish father and an English mother but moved with his family to Canada and was raised on a farm near Brandon, Manitoba. He settled in South Africa after fighting in the Boer War, where he worked as a prison officer in Bloemfontein. He competed for South Africa in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the marathon where he won the silver medal in the race famous for the dramatic finish of Dorando Pietri. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Hefferon is the 2,306th most popular athlete (down from 1,560th in 2024), the 5,793rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,887th in 2019) and the 96th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charles Hefferon ranks 2,306 out of 6,025. Before him are Carsten Bunk, Nezha Bidouane, Gerd Kanter, Inta Kļimoviča, Celina Jesionowska, and Magdalena Neuner. After him are Yekaterina Fesenko, Armin Zöggeler, Bruce Harlan, Karl-Hans Riehm, José Marín, and Yuliya Levchenko.

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Among people born in 1878, Charles Hefferon ranks 241. Before him are Herbert H. Lehman, Frederick Humphreys, Meredith Colket, Oscar Apfel, Spyridon Belokas, and Léon Binoche. After him are Henry Weed Fowler, John McLean, Flora Drummond, Roy Atwell, James Truslow Adams, and Taylor Holmes. Among people deceased in 1931, Charles Hefferon ranks 144. Before him are John Monash, Alma Rubens, Harry Clarke, Louis Wolheim, Charles Clary, and Tom Roberts. After him are Robert Edeson, Frank Harris, George Whitefield Chadwick, Vachel Lindsay, and Henrietta Edwards.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Hefferon ranks 5,790 out of 8,785. Before him are Tom Watson (1859). After him are Francis Lewis (1713), Alan McDonald (1963), Daniel Levy (1962), James Maynard (1987), Peter Chelsom (1956), Tom Payne (1982), Tony Waiters (1937), Joan Greenwood (1921), Harry Hay (1912), Sammy Baird (1930), and James Marsh (1963).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Charles Hefferon ranks 96. Before him are Gerald Logan (1879), Steve Ovett (1955), Ann Packer (1942), Maureen Gardner (1928), Walter Chaffe (1870), and David Hemery (1944). After him are Lynn Davies (1942), Gillian Sheen (1928), Adrian Metcalfe (1942), Carole Quinton (1936), Allan Wells (1952), and Shirley Cawley (1932).

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