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Jimmy Ball

1903 - 1988

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James Allan Ball (7 May 1903 – 2 July 1988) was a Canadian sprint runner who competed at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at both Games. Individually, he finished second in the 400 m in 1928 and was eliminated in the preliminaries in 1932. At the 1930 Empire Games he won a silver medal with the Canadian team in the 4×440 yards relay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Jimmy Ball is the 380th most popular athlete (up from 1,857th in 2024). (up from 4,601st in 2019)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jimmy Ball ranks 380 out of 6,025. Before him are Franjo Mihalić, Elmer Niklander, Harold Osborn, Peter Norman, Gerhard Stöck, and Émile Fisseux. After him are Bobbie Rosenfeld, Nasser Al-Attiyah, Terry Fox, John Ainsworth-Davis, Constance Titus, and Rosa Mota.

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Among people born in 1903, Jimmy Ball ranks 185. Before him are Diana Vreeland, Siegfried Kasche, Gaito Gazdanov, Márton Bukovi, Nikolay Cherkasov, and Kea Bouman. After him are Ward Bond, Ella Maillart, Kathleen Lonsdale, Julie Vlasto, Ivan Galamian, and Georgy Beriev. Among people deceased in 1988, Jimmy Ball ranks 126. Before him are Cyril Jackson, Pete Maravich, Mikha'il Na'ima, Enzo Sacchi, Yuli Daniel, and Sabino Barinaga. After him are Herbert Feigl, Anna Sipos, Siaka Stevens, Fritz Heider, Roy Buchanan, and Joshua Logan.

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