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George Finnegan

1881 - 1913

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George V. Finnegan (September 28, 1881 – February 28, 1913) was an American bantamweight and flyweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He died in San Francisco, California. Finnegan won two medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics, a gold medal in the flyweight category and a silver medal against fellow American, Oliver Kirk in the bantamweight category in which he gained several pounds in several days. Finnegan remains only one of four boxers in boxing history to win two different medals at the same Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Finnegan is the 1,039th most popular athlete (up from 1,547th in 2019), the 7,806th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,669th in 2019) and the 219th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, George Finnegan ranks 1,039 out of 6,025. Before him are Hjalmar Andersson, Hartwig Gauder, István Rózsavölgyi, Rupert Hollaus, Hicham El Guerrouj, and Akio Kaminaga. After him are Joe Earl, Tetsuo Hamuro, Arvid Knöppel, György Kárpáti, Anastasiya Kuzmina, and Maria Mutola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, George Finnegan ranks 187. Before him are Abram Deborin, Eetje Sol, Henri Grégoire, Mordecai Kaplan, Louella Parsons, and Ludwik Rajchman. After him are Ricardo Samper, Walter Krueger, Polydore Veirman, Gösta Åsbrink, Lajos Gönczy, and Oscar De Cock. Among people deceased in 1913, George Finnegan ranks 85. Before him are Angelo de Gubernatis, Robert Collett, Paul de Smet de Naeyer, Leonid Sobolev, Gregorio María Aguirre y García, and Miroslav Kraljević. After him are Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Elena Guro, John Milne, Mathilde Marchesi, Emma Schenson, and Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Finnegan ranks 7,808 out of 20,380. Before him are Allen Collins (1952), Howard Davis Jr. (1956), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Anderson .Paak (1986), Tina Knowles (1954), and Denis Leary (1957). After him are Frederic Clements (1874), Tony Gilroy (1956), Robert Chartoff (1933), Kim Dickens (1965), Alberta Hunter (1895), and Benjamin Smith Barton (1766).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, George Finnegan ranks 219. Before him are Karl Warner (1908), Richard Murphy (1931), William Varley (1880), Niger at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Judo (null), Burton Jastram (1910), and Michael Marsh (1967). After him are Guinn Smith (1920), Marcus Hurley (1883), Paul Anderson (1932), Arthur Barnard (1929), Bill Nieder (1933), and Georgia Coleman (1912).

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