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Eddie Arcaro

1916 - 1997

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George Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 – November 14, 1997) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest jockeys in the history of American Thoroughbred horse racing. Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of an impoverished taxi driver. His parents, Pasquale and Josephine, were Italian immigrants and his father held a number of jobs, including taxi driver and operator of an illegal liquor enterprise during Prohibition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Arcaro is the 2,725th most popular athlete (down from 2,685th in 2019). (up from 4,829th in 2019)

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Among athletes, Eddie Arcaro ranks 2,725 out of 6,025Before him are Silke Renk, Martina Jäschke, Giorgio Pellini, Paul Kipkoech, Bombayla Devi Laishram, and Galina Murašova. After him are Rico Verhoeven, Choe Chol-su, Sarah English, Adrián Annus, Erhard Wunderlich, and Sophie Moressée-Pichot.

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Among people born in 1916, Eddie Arcaro ranks 314Before him are William B. Saxbe, Irene Worth, Esther Victoria Abraham, Lucille Bliss, Tony Bettenhausen, and Shobhna Samarth. After him are Stan Cullis, C. Everett Koop, and Hal Smith. Among people deceased in 1997, Eddie Arcaro ranks 321Before him are Polly Ann Young, Sally Blane, Derek Taylor, Chuck Arnold, Floyd Cramer, and Gulshan Kumar. After him are Laurie Lee, Brian Pillman, Paul Tsongas, Jermaine Stewart, Chetan Anand, and Joyce Compton.

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