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Glenn Davis

1934 - 2009

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Glenn Ashby "Jeep" Davis (September 12, 1934 – January 28, 2009) was an American Olympic hurdler and sprinter who won a total of three gold medals in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic games. Davis later played professional football as a wide receiver with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) before becoming a teacher and coach in his adopted hometown of Barberton, Ohio, for 33 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Glenn Davis is the 76th most popular athlete (up from 378th in 2019), the 2,655th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,370th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Glenn Davis ranks 76 out of 6,025. Before him are Jim Lightbody, Ibolya Csák, Frederick Schule, Vasily Alekseyev, John Walker, and Fritz Hofmann. After him are Gustav Flatow, Godfrey Brown, Charles Moore, Mark Phillips, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, and Coroebus of Elis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Glenn Davis ranks 126. Before him are Nicéphore Soglo, Jean Chrétien, Werner Leimgruber, Ken Rosewall, Jean Sorel, and Kira Muratova. After him are Omar Karami, Manfred Wörner, Kisho Kurokawa, Gloria Steinem, Alisa Freindlich, and Nadine Trintignant. Among people deceased in 2009, Glenn Davis ranks 86. Before him are Lucian Pulvermacher, Arne Næss, Qian Xuesen, Edward T. Hall, Kim Peek, and Augusto Boal. After him are James Whitmore, Armen Takhtajan, Philip José Farmer, Andrew Wyeth, Félix Malloum, and Shih Kien.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Glenn Davis ranks 2,655 out of 20,380. Before him are John C. Calhoun (1782), Don Rickles (1926), Stephen Crane (1871), LP (1981), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), and Aaron Spelling (1923). After him are Daryl Hannah (1960), Lynda Carter (1951), Paul Goodman (1911), Chris Evans (1981), Nan Goldin (1953), and Big Van Vader (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Glenn Davis ranks 25. Before him are Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), Arthur Blake (1872), John Woodruff (1915), Richard Sheldon (1878), Jim Lightbody (1882), and Frederick Schule (1879). After him are Charles Moore (1929), Wilma Rudolph (1940), Jack Shea (1910), Charles Greene (1945), Eddie Eagan (1897), and Harry Babcock (1890).

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