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Jackson Scholz

1897 - 1986

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Jackson Volney Scholz (March 15, 1897 – October 26, 1986) was an American sprint runner. In the 1920s, he became the first person to appear in an Olympic sprint final in three different Olympic Games. After his athletic career, he also gained fame as a writer. Born to Susan and Zachary Scholz in Buchanan, Michigan, Jackson Scholz, nicknamed "The New York Thunderbolt", competed for the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri (where he joined Kappa Alpha Order), and later the New York Athletic Club. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jackson Scholz is the 1,325th most popular athlete (down from 1,051st in 2019), the 8,558th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,208th in 2019) and the 259th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jackson Scholz ranks 1,325 out of 6,025. Before him are Ira Murchison, Joseph Vissers, Ingemar Hedberg, Frank Schepke, German Sveshnikov, and Roberto Battaglia. After him are Jessica Ennis-Hill, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Viljo Heino, Ine Schäffer, Béla Szepes, and Asbjørn Ruud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Jackson Scholz ranks 265. Before him are Yang Zhongjian, Theodora Kroeber, Edward Moore, George Murdock, Blind Willie Johnson, and Juan Natalicio González. After him are Edwin Graves, Conrad Nagel, Jacob Bjerknes, Per-Erik Hedlund, Ángel Médici, and Tom Florie. Among people deceased in 1986, Jackson Scholz ranks 240. Before him are Ramón Alberto Villaverde, Samuel Zauber, Ria Baran, Giovanni Invernizzi, Hans Pesser, and Igor Tselovalnikov. After him are Béla Szepes, Edwin Graves, Lyudmila Pakhomova, Arvid Thörn, Enrique Tierno Galván, and James Fifer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jackson Scholz ranks 8,560 out of 20,380. Before him are Mel Ramos (1935), William Mapother (1965), Chaim Potok (1929), Alfred Francis Russell (1817), Robert Rubin (1938), and Warren Jeffs (1955). After him are Robert Christgau (1942), Virgil Thomson (1896), Oliver Nelson (1932), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Katherine Dunham (1909), and Saoirse Ronan (1994).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jackson Scholz ranks 259. Before him are Hector Dyer (1910), James Rector (1884), Frank Hussey (1905), Ray Barbuti (1905), Lewis Sheldon (1874), and Ira Murchison (1933). After him are Edwin Graves (1897), William Thompson (1908), Bill Carr (1909), Judi Brown Clarke (1961), Albert White (1895), and Alan Helffrich (1900).

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