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Clyde King

1898 - 1982

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Clyde Whitlock King (September 6, 1898 – August 20, 1982) was an American rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. King was born in Montezuma, Iowa. In 1920, he was part of the American boat from the United States Naval Academy (USNA), which won the gold medal in the men's eight. He graduated from USNA in 1922, served during World War II and Korea, and rose to the rank of rear admiral. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clyde King is the 1,244th most popular athlete (up from 1,401st in 2019), the 8,370th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,239th in 2019) and the 247th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Clyde King ranks 1,244 out of 6,025. Before him are Aleksandr Timoshinin, Carl Osburn, Fred Hansen, Patrik Sjöberg, Perikles Kakousis, and Bud Houser. After him are Tommy Green, Lennart Klingström, Yrjö Hietanen, Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Heinz Ulzheimer, and Tullio Baraglia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Clyde King ranks 238. Before him are Fedde Schurer, Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Constance Talmadge, Mikhail Artamonov, María Corda, and Ariel Durant. After him are Luis Muñoz Marín, Kay Sage, Frank Sullivan, Hellmuth Kneser, John Grierson, and Ernő Nagy. Among people deceased in 1982, Clyde King ranks 238. Before him are Alberto Vargas, Henri Dulieux, Eleanor Powell, Erwin Casmir, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, and Pedro Solé. After him are Victor Jory, Raisa Aronova, Iryna Vilde, Věra Suková, Alexander Hurd, and Marco Cimatti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clyde King ranks 8,372 out of 20,380. Before him are Bo Goldman (1932), Sylvia Mathews Burwell (1965), Ted DiBiase Jr. (1982), Jon Landau (1960), Bud Houser (1901), and Kevin Conway (1942). After him are Timothy Zahn (1951), Lucy Parsons (1853), Fanny Brice (1891), Eva LaRue (1966), James Lee Burke (1936), and Barbara Feldon (1933).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Clyde King ranks 247. Before him are Lee Calhoun (1933), Donald Johnston (1899), Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930), Carl Osburn (1884), Fred Hansen (1940), and Bud Houser (1901). After him are Duvall Hecht (1930), Commodore Cochran (1902), Edward Moore (1897), Charles Kieffer (1910), Louis Kuehn (1901), and Hector Dyer (1910).

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