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Hector Dyer

1910 - 1990

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Hector "Hec" Monroe Dyer (June 2, 1910 – May 19, 1990) was an American athlete, winner of a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Born in Los Angeles, Hector Dyer enrolled at the Stanford University, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (Sigma Rho Chapter). While at Stanford he won the IC4A championships in 220 yd (200 m) in 1930. During the 1932 Olympic trials, Dyer tied the world record of 10.4 in the 100-meter dash. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hector Dyer is the 1,246th most popular athlete (down from 485th in 2019), the 8,426th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,154th in 2019) and the 251st most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hector Dyer ranks 1,246 out of 6,025. Before him are Charles Kieffer, Eirik Kvalfoss, Daphne Hasenjäger, Horst Meyer, Nils Täpp, and Louis Kuehn. After him are Robert Boutigny, Natalya Shikolenko, Paul Günther, James Rector, Alfred Neveu, and José García.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Hector Dyer ranks 318. Before him are Jack Carson, Felipe Rosas, Josef Hassmann, Robert Buron, Charles Kieffer, and Nathan Jacobson. After him are Gabriel París Gordillo, John Wooden, Juan Valdivieso, Carlos Cillóniz, Jane Wyatt, and Laurance Rockefeller. Among people deceased in 1990, Hector Dyer ranks 250. Before him are Maurice Cloche, Ian Charleson, Ludwig Lachmann, Wilhelm Baumann, Jadwiga Wajs, and Ralph Bagnold. After him are Alfredo Pián, Bahriye Üçok, Joe Mercer, Władysław Rubin, Pasquale Fornara, and Jack Gilford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hector Dyer ranks 8,428 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Badalucco (1954), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Stuart Kauffman (1939), Louis Kuehn (1901), Richard Marcinko (1940), and Frank O'Hara (1926). After him are Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886), Kay Sage (1898), William B. Lenoir (1939), John L. Hennessy (1952), Tommy Noonan (1921), and Richard S. Ewell (1817).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Hector Dyer ranks 251. Before him are Clyde King (1898), Duvall Hecht (1930), Commodore Cochran (1902), Edward Moore (1897), Charles Kieffer (1910), and Louis Kuehn (1901). After him are James Rector (1884), Frank Hussey (1905), Ray Barbuti (1905), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Ira Murchison (1933), and Jackson Scholz (1897).

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