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Phil Edwards

1907 - 1971

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Philip Aaron Edwards, MD (September 23, 1907 – September 6, 1971) was a Canadian and Guyanese track and field athlete who competed in middle-distance events. Nicknamed the "Man of Bronze", he was Canada's most-decorated Olympian for many years. He was the first-ever winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete. He went on to serve as a captain in the Canadian army and as a highly regarded physician and expert of tropical diseases. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Phil Edwards is the 286th most popular athlete (up from 2,815th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Guyana (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Guyanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Phil Edwards ranks 286 out of 6,025. Before him are Miruts Yifter, Ken Myers, Angéla Németh, Dean Smith, Maurice Larrouy, and Nils von Kantzow. After him are Dimitrios Golemis, Alfred Tysoe, Vsevolod Bobrov, Robert Taylor, Ursula Happe, and Józef Szmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Phil Edwards ranks 175. Before him are Rosalind Russell, Raymond Braine, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Roman Rudenko, Mariam Aslamazian, and Ursula Kuczynski. After him are Gunnar Ekelöf, Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, István Bárány, Miguel Torga, Sergei Shtemenko, and Géza von Radványi. Among people deceased in 1971, Phil Edwards ranks 107. Before him are Philo Farnsworth, Dimitrios Loundras, Thomas E. Dewey, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Broncho Billy Anderson, and Péter Szondi. After him are Lester Germer, Henri Tomasi, Edith Tolkien, William Tubman, Walter Byron, and Ignazio Giunti.

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In Guyana

Among people born in Guyana, Phil Edwards ranks 2 out of 24. Before him are CCH Pounder (1952). After him are Eddy Grant (1948), Arthur Chung (1918), David A. Granger (1945), Andrew Watson (1856), Mark Phillips (1961), Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), Forbes Burnham (1923), Donald Ramotar (1950), and Walter Rodney (1942).

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Among ATHLETES In Guyana

Among athletes born in Guyana, Phil Edwards ranks 1. After him are Mark McKoy (1961), Jack London (1905), Chris Brasher (1928), Emanuel Archibald (1994), Joseph O'Brien (null), and Keevin Allicock (1999).

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