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Foy Draper

1911 - 1943

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Foy Draper (November 26, 1911 – February 1, 1943) was an American track and field athlete who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. As a University of Southern California student, Draper won the IC4A championships in 200 m in 1935. He reportedly held the world record for the 100-yard dash, which at the time would have been a hand-timed 9.4, made all the more remarkable by Draper standing only 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m). At the Berlin Olympics, Draper ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which won the gold medal in a world record time of 39.8. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Foy Draper is the 2,284th most popular athlete (down from 2,154th in 2019), the 12,036th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,644th in 2019) and the 394th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Foy Draper ranks 2,284 out of 6,025. Before him are Toimi Pitkänen, Vicki Draves, Tomas Johansson, Andrei Mikhnevich, Ivan Udodov, and Walter Mahlendorf. After him are William Tanui, Igor Astapkovich, Boris Nikolov, Walter Chaffe, Raúl González, and Christine Laser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Foy Draper ranks 379. Before him are Bruno Ahlberg, Roman Totenberg, Alf Martinsen, André Saeys, Rudi Ball, and Phil Silvers. After him are Norman Malcolm, Josef Krejci, Ann Doran, Val Guest, Rezső Somlai, and Hugh Marlowe. Among people deceased in 1943, Foy Draper ranks 234. Before him are Montagu Love, Herbert Roper Barrett, Tully Marshall, Valeriya Gnarovskaya, Stephen Vincent Benét, and Arthur Streeton. After him are Hobart Bosworth, George Moorhouse, Cornelia Fort, Louisa Garrett Anderson, and Sam Ruben.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Foy Draper ranks 12,038 out of 20,380. Before him are Brie Bella (1983), Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Chuck Liddell (1969), Stipe Miocic (1982), Michael Landau (1958), and Joel Barlow (1754). After him are Hobart Bosworth (1867), John Kerr (1931), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801), Atom Willard (1973), Tenley Albright (1935), and Maitland Ward (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Foy Draper ranks 394. Before him are Félix Sánchez (1977), Lesley Ashburner (1883), Rod Milburn (1950), Edward Ferry (1941), Jack Pierce (1962), and Vicki Draves (1924). After him are Joe Kovacs (1989), Fortune Gordien (1922), Ron Brown (1961), Ollan Cassell (1937), Wesley Coe (1879), and Bruce Harlan (1926).

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