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George Hodgson

1893 - 1983

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George Ritchie Hodgson (October 12, 1893 – May 1, 1983) was a Canadian competition swimmer of the early 20th century, and considered by many to be the greatest swimmer in Canadian history. Hodgson won the two longer freestyle swimming gold medals at the 1912 Olympics, the only categories in which he competed. He also competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Hodgson is the 42nd most popular swimmer (down from 23rd in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Canada (down from 292nd in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, George Hodgson ranks 42 out of 709. Before him are Yoshi Oyakawa, Valéria Gyenge, Aileen Riggin, Charles Daniels, Ilona Novák, and Arvo Aaltonen. After him are Yasuji Miyazaki, Judit Temes, Barbara Krause, Shigeo Arai, Károly Bartha, and Willy den Ouden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, George Hodgson ranks 191. Before him are Roland Jacobi, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charles Delporte, Haykanoush Danielyan, Donald Lippincott, and Aleksandr Gauk. After him are Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Ernst Grünfeld, Marcel Minnaert, Norman Manley, Christopher Kelk Ingold, and Marguerite Broquedis. Among people deceased in 1983, George Hodgson ranks 155. Before him are Mary Renault, Burrill Bernard Crohn, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Bart Bok, Earl Hines, and Carlo Orlandi. After him are Diego Abad de Santillán, Gyula Illyés, Paavo Johansson, Émile Veinante, Miquel Crusafont i Pairó, and Rudolf Wolters.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, George Hodgson ranks 320 out of 1,622. Before him are Bobby Orr (1948), Yassine Bounou (1991), Ann Rutherford (1917), Jason Priestley (1969), Anne Hébert (1916), and Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661). After him are John Draper (1943), Marc Garneau (1949), Cobie Smulders (1982), David Shore (1959), John Vernon (1932), and Carlyle S. Beals (1899).

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Among SWIMMERS In Canada

Among swimmers born in Canada, George Hodgson ranks 1. After him are George Vernot (1901), Anne Ottenbrite (1966), Sylvie Fréchette (1967), Carolyn Waldo (1964), Alexandre Despatie (1985), Summer McIntosh (2006), Mark Tewksbury (1968), Brent Hayden (1983), Katerine Savard (1993), Penny Oleksiak (2000), and Ryan Cochrane (1988).

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