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Ed Hamm

1906 - 1982

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Edward Barton Hamm (April 13, 1906 – June 25, 1982) was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, becoming the first Arkansan to win a gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Hamm is the 449th most popular athlete (up from 760th in 2019), the 5,681st most popular biography from United States (up from 7,154th in 2019) and the 115th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ed Hamm ranks 449 out of 6,025. Before him are Peter Snell, Betty Taylor, Tinus Osendarp, Ödön Földessy, Gordon George Avery, and Olavi Mannonen. After him are Karl-Erik Nilsson, Hallgeir Brenden, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Lyudmila Bragina, Harri Larva, and Virgilijus Alekna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Ed Hamm ranks 223. Before him are Juan Modesto, Bernhard Britz, V. J. Sukselainen, A. J. P. Taylor, Friz Freleng, and René David. After him are Harri Larva, Hermione Baddeley, Wolfgang Staudte, Rudolf Krčil, Penn Nouth, and Josef Čtyřoký. Among people deceased in 1982, Ed Hamm ranks 159. Before him are Adoniran Barbosa, Vladimir Smirnov, Konrad Wolf, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Dominique Dunne, and Seraphim Rose. After him are Ludwig Bieberbach, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Gábor Szabó, Harold Sakata, Douglas Bader, and Haskell Curry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Hamm ranks 5,681 out of 20,380. Before him are Lester R. Brown (1934), John Phillip Law (1937), Rikky von Opel (1947), R. G. Armstrong (1917), Major Taylor (1878), and Steven Adler (1965). After him are Joshua Logan (1908), Nathan Lane (1956), Taryn Power (1953), Loretta Lynn (1932), Judy Holliday (1921), and Bradford Dillman (1930).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ed Hamm ranks 115. Before him are Charles Reidpath (1889), Johnny Hayes (1886), Lee Haney (1959), Pat McCormick (1930), Forrest Smithson (1884), and John Kuck (1905). After him are Frank Irons (1886), Platt Adams (1885), Mike Conley Sr. (1962), Vince Gallagher (1899), Alice Brown (1960), and Betty Robinson (1911).

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