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Ira Davenport

1887 - 1941

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Ira Nelson Davenport (October 13, 1887 – July 17, 1941) was an American track athlete, football and baseball player, and coach. He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the 800 metres where he won the bronze medal. In the 400 metres event he was eliminated in the semi-finals. For a time before the Olympics, Davenport lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he attended Minneapolis Central High School before going on to the University of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ira Davenport is the 1,772nd most popular athlete (up from 2,133rd in 2019), the 9,879th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,568th in 2019) and the 323rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ira Davenport ranks 1,772 out of 6,025. Before him are Lam Jones, Pierre Musy, Tadeusz Rut, Francisco Fernández, Charles Vinci, and Raymond Flacher. After him are Ralph Doubell, Ernest Hamilton, Aleksandr Klepikov, Mary Frizzell, Dave Albritton, and Erich Herrmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Ira Davenport ranks 263. Before him are Emilio Lunghi, Adriaan Fokker, Giuseppe Domenichelli, Charles Reisner, Barnes Wallis, and Walter Janssen. After him are Lynn Fontanne, Monte Blue, Arvi Pohjanpää, Harold Walden, Jerónimo Méndez, and Jorge de Paiva. Among people deceased in 1941, Ira Davenport ranks 200. Before him are Diederik Korteweg, Ibrahim Tuqan, Simon Guggenheim, Cecilio Báez, Hamilton Harty, and Franz von Werra. After him are Vladimir Ćorović, Juan Corzo, Martti Nieminen, George Beauchamp, Kalle Jalkanen, and Banjo Paterson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ira Davenport ranks 9,881 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard LeParmentier (1946), Charles Vinci (1933), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Method Man (1971), Robert S. Woodworth (1869), and Julie Garwood (1946). After him are Cedric the Entertainer (1964), Ron Eldard (1965), Sunrise Adams (1982), Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849), Fred M. Vinson (1890), and Peggy Ann Garner (1932).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ira Davenport ranks 323. Before him are Steve Seymour (1920), Hubert Stevens (1890), Frank Greer (1879), Paul Pilgrim (1883), Lam Jones (1958), and Charles Vinci (1933). After him are Jerome Biffle (1928), Paul Drayton (1939), Lucinda Williams (1937), Henry Proctor (1929), Tyson Gay (1982), and Tom Price (1933).

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