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Harry Porter

1882 - 1965

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Harry Franklin Porter (August 31, 1882 in Bridgeport, Connecticut – June 27, 1965) was a high jumper from the United States of America. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and won gold in the High Jump in the 1908 Summer Olympics setting an Olympic record at mark of 6'3". Porter was born on August 31, 1882 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and graduated from Cornell University in 1905. According to his 1910 trading card; "it was not until after his graduation that he became imbued with the athletic spirit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Porter is the 968th most popular athlete (down from 98th in 2019), the 7,597th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,782nd in 2019) and the 208th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harry Porter ranks 968 out of 6,025. Before him are Shuhei Nishida, Robert Lindsay, Viktor Kapitonov, László Szollás, Hugo Wieslander, and Kinue Hitomi. After him are Giovanni Zucchi, Guy de Luget, Brenda Jones, Bernard Morel, Frank Forberger, and Jacques Lataste.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Harry Porter ranks 225. Before him are Harry Liedtke, Wilhelm Nusselt, Tadas Ivanauskas, Karel Domin, Edmund Dulac, and Ernestas Galvanauskas. After him are Adrianus de Jong, Hernando Siles Reyes, Juan Luque de Serrallonga, Pierre Allemane, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, and Emil Filla. Among people deceased in 1965, Harry Porter ranks 161. Before him are Eetje Sol, Renzo Minoli, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Alan Freed, Jeanette MacDonald, and Mae Murray. After him are Marion Jones Farquhar, Gladys Davis, Constance Bennett, George Călinescu, Ludwik Rajchman, and Hassan Ali Mansur.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Porter ranks 7,599 out of 20,380. Before him are Chuck Daly (1930), Lola Falana (1942), Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (1971), Washington Allston (1779), Lucy Stone (1818), and Gregory La Cava (1892). After him are Robert Parrish (1916), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Isabel Briggs Myers (1897), Alice Kober (1906), Rod Serling (1924), and Janis Paige (1922).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Harry Porter ranks 208. Before him are Arthur Harnden (1924), Willie Steele (1923), Emmett Toppino (1909), Frank Foss (1895), Harriet Bland (1915), and Henry Carr (1941). After him are Sidney Johnson (1877), Robert Farnan (1877), Honus Wagner (1874), Marvin Stalder (1905), Karl Warner (1908), and Richard Murphy (1931).

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