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Daniel Kelly

1883 - 1920

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Daniel Joseph Kelly (September 1, 1883 – April 9, 1920) was an American long jumper and sprinter. He attended the University of Portland's Columbia Prep high school, where in 1905, he broke the existing world record for the Long Jump with a jump of 22 feet, 1-1/4 inches. He later attended the University of Oregon, where in 1906, he equaled the world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes in the same day. In 1908, Kelly briefly joined the Irish American Athletic Club, and competed for the United States in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the long jump where he won the silver medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Kelly is the 1,687th most popular athlete (down from 1,372nd in 2019), the 9,729th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,251st in 2019) and the 307th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Daniel Kelly ranks 1,687 out of 6,025. Before him are Bob Tisdall, Jalmari Eskola, Takao Sakurai, Carl Abrahamsson, Otto Licha, and Juan Rodríguez. After him are Frank Dixon, María Pérez, Romano Bonagura, Duncan White, René Guyot, and Charles Bouvier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Daniel Kelly ranks 252. Before him are Erik Norberg, Nathaniel Cartmell, Guido Gozzano, Anders Hylander, Otto Bartning, and Maude Fealy. After him are Paul Pilgrim, Ernest Hamilton, Madan Lal Dhingra, Frank Benford, S. Z. Sakall, and Lili Bech. Among people deceased in 1920, Daniel Kelly ranks 129. Before him are Pablo Arosemena, Ludwig Ganghofer, Pavel Shternberg, William C. Gorgas, Samuel Colman, and Max Fürbringer. After him are Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Walter W. Winans, Amedee Reyburn, Horace Elgin Dodge, Mary Augusta Ward, and Harry Solter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Kelly ranks 9,731 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert F. Overmyer (1936), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Jimmy Garrison (1934), David Hess (1936), Herbert Boyer (1936), and Steven Mnuchin (1962). After him are Eddie Rickenbacker (1890), Mary Miles Minter (1902), A. J. Foyt (1935), Utada Hikaru (1983), Marc Webb (1974), and Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Daniel Kelly ranks 307. Before him are Forrest Towns (1914), John Norton (1893), Marjorie Gestring (1922), Francis Tyler (1904), Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), and Max Emmerich (1879). After him are Alvah Meyer (1888), Alan Washbond (1899), Harry DeBaecke (1879), Randy Matson (1945), Willie Davenport (1943), and Barney Ewell (1918).

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