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Ray Barbuti

1905 - 1988

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Raymond James Barbuti (June 12, 1905 – July 8, 1988) was an American football player and sprint runner who won two gold medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Barbuti traveled to Amsterdam to initially only compete for the 400 meter sprint however the US medal position was meek and then US Olympic committee president, Major General Douglas MacArthur insisted after Barbuti won the 400 meter gold that he run in the 4 × 400 meter relay the next day. Barbuti was interrupted by MacArthur during his celebratory evening to start preparing to run the anchor for the event the next day. Barbuti initially, vehemently refused, claiming he would not displace a fellow US runner in search for further medals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Barbuti is the 1,301st most popular athlete (down from 611th in 2019), the 8,511th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,550th in 2019) and the 256th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ray Barbuti ranks 1,301 out of 6,025. Before him are Alexandros Chalkokondylis, Hisakichi Toyoda, Paul Barth, Aleksandr Aksinin, Jan Johansen, and Tore Eriksson. After him are Nina Fyodorova, Liselott Linsenhoff, Emil Hirschfeld, Alberto Pellegrino, Harald Julin, and Inga Gentzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Ray Barbuti ranks 315. Before him are John Van Ryn, Pedro Solé, Xian Xinghai, Zakaria Goneim, Frank Hussey, and John Peters Humphrey. After him are Antal Kocsis, György Kulin, José Nehin, Andy Devine, Inger Hagerup, and Arturo Coddou. Among people deceased in 1988, Ray Barbuti ranks 216. Before him are Roger Hargreaves, Lazarus Salii, José Magriñá, Willi Apel, William McMahon, and Alan Napier. After him are Toni Frissell, Thomas Cooray, Colin Higgins, John Loder, Duane Jones, and Ralph Meeker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Barbuti ranks 8,513 out of 20,380. Before him are Anne Osborn Krueger (1934), Bill Monroe (1911), Ben Hogan (1912), Sidney Darlington (1906), Giorgos Kaminis (1954), and Iris Marion Young (1949). After him are Rose O'Neill (1874), Charles R. Knight (1874), Michaela Conlin (1978), Buddy Hackett (1924), Norman I. Platnick (1951), and Patti Davis (1952).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ray Barbuti ranks 256. Before him are Edward Moore (1897), Charles Kieffer (1910), Louis Kuehn (1901), Hector Dyer (1910), James Rector (1884), and Frank Hussey (1905). After him are Lewis Sheldon (1874), Ira Murchison (1933), Jackson Scholz (1897), Edwin Graves (1897), William Thompson (1908), and Bill Carr (1909).

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