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Gilbert Colgate

1899 - 1965

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Gilbert Bayard Colgate Jr. (December 21, 1899 – October 9, 1965) was an American businessman and bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with teammate Richard Lawrence. Colgate, a 1922 Yale University graduate, and brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter); was also one of five children of Gilbert Colgate Sr., who was the great-grandson of William Colgate, who founded what is now the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Colgate is the 1,925th most popular athlete (up from 2,070th in 2019), the 10,429th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,310th in 2019) and the 343rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gilbert Colgate ranks 1,925 out of 6,025. Before him are Anthea Stewart, Alessandro Andrei, Giovanni Scatturin, Harald Norpoth, Lamberto Dalla Costa, and Nenad Stekić. After him are William Carr, Hayes Jones, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Oleg Golovanov, Ivo Stefanoni, and Kauko Hänninen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Gilbert Colgate ranks 292. Before him are Lucie Mannheim, Folke Rogard, George Beauchamp, Justin McCarthy, Jobyna Ralston, and Madge Bellamy. After him are Dwight Frye, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Grigori Roshal, Clarence Oldfield, Salomon Bochner, and Richard Arlen. Among people deceased in 1965, Gilbert Colgate ranks 214. Before him are Søren Marinus Jensen, Chris Berger, Óscar Cristi, Hugh Latimer Dryden, Spike Jones, and Samuel King Allison. After him are Frances Perkins, Halvdan Koht, Ray Collins, David Smith, Gheorghe Ciolac, and Herb Drury.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gilbert Colgate ranks 10,431 out of 20,380. Before him are Jesse Williams (1981), John Gallagher Jr. (1984), Michael Swanwick (1950), Florence Vidor (1895), Victor Schertzinger (1888), and José M. Hernández (1962). After him are Maxine Kumin (1925), Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), Tenskwatawa (1775), Cara Buono (1974), Herman Cain (1945), and John Isner (1985).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Gilbert Colgate ranks 343. Before him are Josiah McCracken (1874), Calvin Smith (1961), James Corson (1906), Norman Taber (1891), Tommy Kono (1930), and DeHart Hubbard (1903). After him are Marilee Stepan (1935), Willard Rice (1895), Steve Prefontaine (1951), August Rodenberg (1873), Charles Thias (1879), and Ivan Fuqua (1909).

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