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Edward Archibald

1884 - 1965

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Edward Blake Archibald (March 29, 1884 – March 20, 1965) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He was born and died in Toronto. He competed for Canada in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the pole vault, where he won the Bronze medal jointly with American Clare Jacobs and Swede Bruno Söderström. In 1924, he opened a boy's summer fitness and wilderness camp near Lake Wanapitei, in Sudbury, Ontario. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Archibald is the 1,684th most popular athlete (down from 1,536th in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from Canada (down from 556th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Edward Archibald ranks 1,684 out of 6,025. Before him are Georg Naue, Arvo Viitanen, Ali Mirzaei, Harold Whitlock, Nathaniel Cartmell, and Eric Verdonk. After him are Nina Dumbadze, Maria Golubnichaya, Gavino Matta, Dieter Grahn, Max Emmerich, and Antonio Siddi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Edward Archibald ranks 231. Before him are Max Taut, Adriaan van Maanen, Walther Schreiber, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Richard Verderber, and Ivy Compton-Burnett. After him are Earl Derr Biggers, Reinier Beeuwkes, Lars Christensen, Har Dayal, Nora Barnacle, and George Goulding. Among people deceased in 1965, Edward Archibald ranks 200. Before him are William Hogenson, Charles Sheeler, Othmar Ammann, Luigi Maiocco, Alfred Lane, and Boško Simonović. After him are Bill Black, Tadd Dameron, Alan Washbond, Mary Boland, Myra Hess, and Ingrid Jonker.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Edward Archibald ranks 557 out of 1,622. Before him are Michel Brault (1928), Jill Hennessy (1968), Kelly Rowan (1965), Charles Scicluna (1959), Jeanne Sauvé (1922), and Sarah Carter (1980). After him are George-Étienne Cartier (1814), Kenny Wheeler (1930), Lucile Watson (1879), Archibald MacKinnon (1937), Yannick Nézet-Séguin (1975), and Gil Bellows (1967).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Edward Archibald ranks 28. Before him are Frank Fisher (1901), Hilda Strike (1910), Robert Benson (1894), Ross Taylor (1902), Dorothy Brookshaw (1912), and Romeo Rivers (1907). After him are Archibald MacKinnon (1937), Frank Dixon (1878), Francisco Fernández (null), Ernest Hamilton (1883), Mary Frizzell (1913), and Eva Dawes (1912).

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