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Norman Taber

1891 - 1952

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Norman Stephen Taber (September 3, 1891 – July 15, 1952) was an American middle distance runner. He was the first amateur runner to surpass Walter George's professional record in the mile, set nearly 30 years previously. He also won a bronze medal over 1500 m and a gold medal in the team 3000 m at the Olympic Games in Stockholm 1912. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Taber is the 1,859th most popular athlete (up from 2,297th in 2024), the 10,338th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,304th in 2019) and the 337th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Norman Taber ranks 1,859 out of 6,025. Before him are Andrey Abduvaliyev, Chris Brown, Delfo Cabrera, Georg de Laval, Endre Tilli, and Leonid Shcherbakov. After him are Arthur Wint, Bohumil Modrý, Tommy Kono, Paul Nihill, Frank Schaffer, and László Fábián.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Norman Taber ranks 264. Before him are John A. Costello, Oliverio Girondo, Martti Nieminen, Josef Šroubek, Nella Larsen, and Petras Klimas. After him are Erik Lindahl, Jetta Goudal, Charles Coughlin, Madge Kennedy, Irving Pichel, and Mamie Smith. Among people deceased in 1952, Norman Taber ranks 170. Before him are Miina Sillanpää, George Cornet, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Helge Liljebjörn, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, and Susan Peters. After him are August Alle, Gertrude Lawrence, Ted Morgan, Mary Engle Pennington, Willie Brown, and Beattie Ramsay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Taber ranks 10,340 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Albini (1962), Robert Schwartzman (1982), Una Merkel (1903), Mark Esper (1964), Tim O'Brien (1946), and F. Albert Cotton (1930). After him are Steve Wynn (1942), Ella Raines (1920), Jurnee Smollett-Bell (1986), John Prine (1946), Molly Quinn (1993), and Samuel King Allison (1900).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Norman Taber ranks 337. Before him are Jesse Mashburn (1933), Justin Gatlin (1982), Ron Freeman (1947), Josiah McCracken (1874), Calvin Smith (1961), and James Corson (1906). After him are Tommy Kono (1930), DeHart Hubbard (1903), Gilbert Colgate (1899), Marilee Stepan (1935), Willard Rice (1895), and Steve Prefontaine (1951).

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