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Frank Hussey

1905 - 1974

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Francis Valentine Joseph Hussey (February 14, 1905 – December 26, 1974) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Frank Hussey, a schoolboy sensation from New York City's Stuyvesant High School, ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team in Paris Olympics, which won the gold medal in a new world record of 41.0. After returning from Paris, he attended Boston College and then Columbia University, and as a freshman became the leading Collegiate runner in America. He won the AAU championships in 100 yd (91 m) in 1925. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Hussey is the 1,284th most popular athlete (down from 881st in 2019), the 8,460th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,630th in 2019) and the 255th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Hussey ranks 1,284 out of 6,025. Before him are Frank Kugler, Kalevi Kotkas, Carl von Essen, Igor Novikov, Giovanni Invernizzi, and Martin Fourcade. After him are Walter Graf, Hans Berglund, Anni Holdmann, Willi Holdorf, Giovanni Delise, and Abdon Pamich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Frank Hussey ranks 313. Before him are Helen Sawyer Hogg, Erico Verissimo, John Van Ryn, Pedro Solé, Xian Xinghai, and Zakaria Goneim. After him are John Peters Humphrey, Ray Barbuti, Antal Kocsis, György Kulin, José Nehin, and Andy Devine. Among people deceased in 1974, Frank Hussey ranks 207. Before him are Þórbergur Þórðarson, Ferruccio Novo, Mamerto Urriolagoitía, Jaime Torres Bodet, Maturino Blanchet, and Jacob Bronowski. After him are Nurul Amin, Paul Barth, Zeffiro Furiassi, Aldo Palazzeschi, Otto Kruger, and Gaston Mercier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Hussey ranks 8,462 out of 20,380. Before him are Jared Martin (1941), June Lockhart (1925), Tom Lehrer (1928), Mike D'Antoni (1951), George Murdock (1897), and Andrew Cuomo (1957). After him are Darryl Jones (1961), Kenny Drew (1928), Marshall Applewhite (1931), Terry Kinney (1954), Dorothy Cheney (1916), and John Wooden (1910).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Frank Hussey ranks 255. Before him are Commodore Cochran (1902), Edward Moore (1897), Charles Kieffer (1910), Louis Kuehn (1901), Hector Dyer (1910), and James Rector (1884). After him are Ray Barbuti (1905), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Ira Murchison (1933), Jackson Scholz (1897), Edwin Graves (1897), and William Thompson (1908).

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