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Ollan Cassell

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Ollan Conn Cassell (born October 5, 1937) is an American sprinter in the 1950s and 1960s, winning a gold medal in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics. In his early 30s, Cassell later became the executive director of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Right now he serves as an adjunct professor for Olympic Sports history at the University of Indianapolis and is the president of the Indiana Olympian Association. Cassell was born in Nickelsville, Virginia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Ollan Cassell is the 2,290th most popular athlete (down from 1,598th in 2024), the 12,209th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,965th in 2019) and the 396th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ollan Cassell ranks 2,290 out of 6,025. Before him are Katrin Dörre-Heinig, Maria Fricioiu, Ron Brown, Joachim Mattern, Kelvin Kiptum, and Yelena Slesarenko. After him are Stefano Baldini, Jess Thorup, Bernhard Glass, Eva Korpela, Wesley Coe, and Petru Iosub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ollan Cassell ranks 534. Before him are Bruce Johnstone, Yuri Falin, Jarosława Jóźwiakowska, Dee Palmer, Oleg Kopayev, and Tom Paxton. After him are Tony Waiters, Peter Ueberroth, Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Edna Adan Ismail, Benjamin Whitrow, and Nelson Kuhn.

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ollan Cassell ranks 396. Before him are Jack Pierce (1962), Vicki Draves (1924), Foy Draper (1911), Joe Kovacs (1989), Fortune Gordien (1922), and Ron Brown (1961). After him are Wesley Coe (1879), Bruce Harlan (1926), Jack Yerman (1939), Phil Heath (1979), Martha Hudson (1939), and John McLean (1878).

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