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James Rector

1884 - 1949

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John "James" Alcorn Rector (June 22, 1884 – March 10, 1949) was an American athlete. He was the first Arkansas-born athlete to compete in the Olympic Games. While competing he was a University of Virginia student and went there to train with Pop Lannigan. James Rector was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Rector is the 1,250th most popular athlete (up from 2,197th in 2019), the 8,438th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,942nd in 2019) and the 252nd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, James Rector ranks 1,250 out of 6,025. Before him are Nils Täpp, Louis Kuehn, Hector Dyer, Robert Boutigny, Natalya Shikolenko, and Paul Günther. After him are Alfred Neveu, José García, Walter Schröder, Ibrahim Shams, Frank Kugler, and Kalevi Kotkas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, James Rector ranks 213. Before him are George Underwood, Samuel Berger, Kurt Behrens, Carl Osburn, Sergey Gorodetsky, and Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. After him are Hugh Walpole, Georg Selenius, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Frederick Grace, Snowy Baker, and Varlam Avanesov. Among people deceased in 1949, James Rector ranks 158. Before him are Otakar Vindyš, François Brandt, Johann Friedrich Höger, Harry Davenport, František Halas, and Gheorghe Mironescu. After him are Pandeli Evangjeli, Ivar Lykke, Georges Trombert, Karolina Widerström, William Henry Dean, and Léon Frapié.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Rector ranks 8,440 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard S. Ewell (1817), Lana Clarkson (1962), Michael D. Coe (1929), Theda Skocpol (1947), TobyMac (1964), and F. Holland Day (1864). After him are Elisabeth Moore (1876), Mandy Moore (1984), George Pataki (1945), Scott Weiland (1967), Katherine Neville (1945), and Mitzi Gaynor (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, James Rector ranks 252. Before him are Duvall Hecht (1930), Commodore Cochran (1902), Edward Moore (1897), Charles Kieffer (1910), Louis Kuehn (1901), and Hector Dyer (1910). After him are Frank Hussey (1905), Ray Barbuti (1905), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Ira Murchison (1933), Jackson Scholz (1897), and Edwin Graves (1897).

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