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Emmett Toppino

1909 - 1971

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Martin Emmett Toppino (July 1, 1909 – September 8, 1971) was an American athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics. At the Los Angeles Olympics, Emmett Toppino from New Orleans ran the second leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new world record of 40.0. He was a member of the track and field team for the Loyola Wolf Pack and was a member of the Beggars Fraternity at Loyola University New Orleans. Emmett Toppino died in New Orleans in 1971, aged 62. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emmett Toppino is the 939th most popular athlete (down from 639th in 2019), the 7,516th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,680th in 2019) and the 204th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Emmett Toppino ranks 939 out of 6,025. Before him are Halina Górecka, Valeri Popenchenko, Andreas Kunz, Nikolai Gorbachev, Tarjei Bø, and Conrad Magnusson. After him are Remigijus Valiulis, Lloyd La Beach, Joseph Bessala, Mahmoud Fayad, Georg Åberg, and Mária Gulácsy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Emmett Toppino ranks 294. Before him are George Saling, András Székely, Shōhei Ōoka, Erik Persson, Severino Minelli, and Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander. After him are Zoya Fyodorova, Ashapurna Devi, Georges Verriest, Wilhelm Müller, Norris Bradbury, and Jaú. Among people deceased in 1971, Emmett Toppino ranks 181. Before him are Brock Chisholm, Wynton Kelly, Fuad Abdurahmanov, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, Bobby Jones, and Tadas Ivanauskas. After him are Jean Vilar, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Armand Massard, Edward Andrade, Nikola Kotkov, and Emerich Vogl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Emmett Toppino ranks 7,518 out of 20,380. Before him are Shirley Verrett (1931), Aaron Norris (1951), Ellen Churchill Semple (1863), Mario Segale (1934), Harold Gould (1923), and Diana Muldaur (1938). After him are Giuseppe Enrici (1896), Wilford Woodruff (1807), John Lee Hancock (1956), Gene Haas (1952), Steve Schirripa (1958), and Madison Grant (1865).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Emmett Toppino ranks 204. Before him are Mel Sheppard (1883), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Dan Ayrault (1935), Paul Costello (1894), Arthur Harnden (1924), and Willie Steele (1923). After him are Frank Foss (1895), Harriet Bland (1915), Henry Carr (1941), Harry Porter (1882), Sidney Johnson (1877), and Robert Farnan (1877).

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