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Pat McDonald

1878 - 1954

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Patrick Joseph McDonald (born McDonnell; July 29, 1878 – May 16, 1954) was an Irish-American track and field athlete. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and of the New York City Police Department, working as a traffic cop in Times Square for many years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pat McDonald is the 201st most popular athlete (up from 402nd in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Ireland (up from 176th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pat McDonald ranks 201 out of 6,025Before him are Dragutin Šurbek, Miklós Németh, Stefka Kostadinova, Pietro Mennea, Christian d'Oriola, and Gabriela Andersen-Schiess. After him are John Powell, Alexandre Tuffère, Naim Süleymanoğlu, Norair Nurikyan, Morgan Taylor, and Joanni Perronet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Pat McDonald ranks 115Before him are Louis Marcoussis, Katie Johnson, Ulrich Graf, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Raymond Smith Dugan, and Lillian Moller Gilbreth. After him are Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Massimo Bontempelli, André Caplet, Konstantinos Paspatis, Victor Segalen, and Zabel Yesayan. Among people deceased in 1954, Pat McDonald ranks 67Before him are Onofre Marimón, Claude Cahun, Herms Niel, Wilhelm Brückner, Clyde Cessna, and Sait Faik Abasıyanık. After him are Henri Laurens, Hugo Eckener, Frans G. Bengtsson, Robert H. Jackson, Samuel Jones, and Lucien Tesnière.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Pat McDonald ranks 131 out of 549Before him are Roy Keane (1971), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Patrick Pearse (1879), Aidan Gillen (1968), Constantine III of Scotland (971), and George Allman (1812). After him are Edward Bransfield (1785), Richard Montgomery (1738), Niall Horan (1993), William Brown (1777), Anne de Mortimer (1390), and Arthur Griffith (1871).

Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, Pat McDonald ranks 3Before him are John Flanagan (1873), and Patrick Ryan (1881). After him are Martin Sheridan (1881), Tim Ahearne (1885), Matt McGrath (1875), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), William Carr (1876), Tom Kiely (1869), Patrick Leahy (1877), Con Leahy (1876), and James Mitchel (1864).