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Harry Blackstaffe

1868 - 1951

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Henry Thomas "Harry" Blackstaffe (28 July 1868 – 22 August 1951) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Blackstaffe was born in Islington, London, and became a butcher. He was a long-standing member of Vesta Rowing Club in Putney and also a cross-country runner who represented South London Harriers in the National Championships. As a single sculler, he won nine victories in the London Cup at the Metropolitan Regatta. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Blackstaffe is the 1,400th most popular athlete (down from 1,321st in 2019), the 4,466th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,553rd in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harry Blackstaffe ranks 1,400 out of 6,025. Before him are Erik Abrahamsson, Kenneth Lane, Johan Edman, Sulo Nurmela, Kálmán Markovits, and Dorothy Manley. After him are Hermann Hansen, Dieter Kottysch, Håkan Malmrot, Bertalan Papp, Päivi Meriluoto, and Andreas Cervin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Harry Blackstaffe ranks 182. Before him are Heinrich Held, Granville Bantock, Kitamura Tokoku, Edward Abramowski, Frederick Hovey, and Augusto Pestana. After him are Maria Andreyeva, Otokar Březina, Jaroslav Kvapil, Hermann Lietz, Johannes van Dijk, and Spottiswoode Aitken. Among people deceased in 1951, Harry Blackstaffe ranks 164. Before him are Fanny Brice, Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Axel Sjöblom, Jules Berry, Timrava, and Alfredo Baquerizo. After him are Jacques Cariou, Ben Chifley, Gaston Peltier, Herbert Lindström, Simon Barere, and Lloyd C. Douglas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Blackstaffe ranks 4,467 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Wakefield (1957), Anthony Harvey (1930), Kate O'Mara (1939), Charlotte Lewis (1967), George Chapman (1559), and Dorothy Manley (1927). After him are Vivian Campbell (1962), David Weir (1970), Peter Arundell (1933), Francis Willughby (1635), Oliver Leese (1894), and Birdy (1996).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Harry Blackstaffe ranks 56. Before him are Tommy Green (1894), Jessica Ennis-Hill (1986), Sonia Robertson (1947), Sidney Robinson (1876), William Henry Dean (1887), and Dorothy Manley (1927). After him are John Fenning (1885), Cecil Griffiths (1900), Barbara Burke (1917), George Cornet (1877), Phyllis Johnson (1886), and Harold Whitlock (1903).

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