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Eddie Tolan

1908 - 1967

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Thomas Edward Tolan (September 29, 1908 – January 30, 1967), nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who competed in sprints. He set world records in the 100-yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He was the first non-Euro-American to receive the title of the "world's fastest human" after winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters events at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In March 1935, Tolan won the 75, 100 and 220-yard events at the World Professional Sprint Championships in Melbourne to become the first man to win both the amateur and professional world sprint championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Tolan is the 306th most popular athlete (up from 398th in 2019), the 4,768th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,589th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eddie Tolan ranks 306 out of 6,025. Before him are Netti Witziers-Timmer, Jim Thorpe, Gyula Zsivótzky, Albert Ayat, Romuald Klim, and Alain Mimoun. After him are Frank Waller, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Prosper Bruggeman, Karen Hoff, Jürgen Schult, and Frank Loomis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Eddie Tolan ranks 183. Before him are Elliott Carter, Gideon Ståhlberg, Héctor Trujillo, Peg Entwistle, Michel Marcel Navratil, and Edoardo Amaldi. After him are Nikolay Nosov, Jean Effel, Elek Schwartz, Pedro Arico Suárez, Fred MacMurray, and Jorge Oteiza. Among people deceased in 1967, Eddie Tolan ranks 147. Before him are Tudor Arghezi, Eugen Fischer, Charles Bickford, Otto Erich Deutsch, Mischa Elman, and Geki. After him are Holland Smith, Daniel Jones, Jaromír Weinberger, Ramón Encinas, André Cluytens, and Evelyn Nesbit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Tolan ranks 4,768 out of 20,380. Before him are Dean Corll (1939), Edmund White (1940), Elizabeth Banks (1974), John Perkins (1945), Larry Evans (1932), and Winnaretta Singer (1865). After him are Frank Waller (1884), Gertrude Käsebier (1852), Corbin Bleu (1989), William Katt (1951), Ryan Phillippe (1974), and Tia Carrere (1967).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Eddie Tolan ranks 82. Before him are Dean Smith (1932), Robert Taylor (1948), John Paine (1870), Bill Miller (1912), Larry Black (1951), and Jim Thorpe (1887). After him are Frank Waller (1884), Frank Loomis (1896), Maurice Greene (1974), John Carlos (1945), Edward Marsh (1874), and Al Oerter (1936).

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