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Roy Cochran

1919 - 1981

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LeRoy Braxton Cochran (January 6, 1919 – September 26, 1981) was an American sprinter and hurdler, winner of two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Richton, Mississippi, as the ninth of ten children to a sportive family. Cochran played football and was a one-man track team in the high school. Cochran wanted to go to Tulane University with a football scholarship, but was persuaded by his older brother Commodore, who won a gold medal at 1924 Summer Olympics in 4 × 400 m relay, to go to Indiana University Bloomington with a track scholarship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Cochran is the 1,128th most popular athlete (down from 759th in 2019), the 8,084th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,149th in 2019) and the 229th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Roy Cochran ranks 1,128 out of 6,025. Before him are Heinz Körvers, Fernand Jourdant, Robert Kerr, Henri Guérin, Daniel Frank, and Giuliano Nostini. After him are Eduardo Guerrero, Ramón Tapia, Ion Drîmbă, Reinaldo Gorno, Virgil Jacomini, and Giuseppe Galante.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Roy Cochran ranks 267. Before him are Cláudio Santoro, George Cadle Price, Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Juan Carlos Muñoz, Lawrence Stone, and Tatyana Baramzina. After him are Jocelyn Brando, Gisela Uhlen, Joe Seneca, Isaak Khalatnikov, Kira Zvorykina, and Annemarie Renger. Among people deceased in 1981, Roy Cochran ranks 207. Before him are Ruby Payne-Scott, Irving Jaffee, Durgabai Deshmukh, Tadeusz Baird, Paul Bontemps, and Karl Struss. After him are László Raffinsky, Paolo Mazza, Richard Boone, Rudolf Geiger, Pierre Korb, and Lohengrin Filipello.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Cochran ranks 8,086 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Siedow (1920), Beah Richards (1920), Parker Posey (1968), Leo Kadanoff (1937), Tony Zale (1913), and Cailee Spaeny (1997). After him are Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), Bernard Edwards (1952), Patricia Heaton (1958), Frankie Manning (1914), Travis Barker (1975), and Damon Knight (1922).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Roy Cochran ranks 229. Before him are Arthur Barnard (1929), Bill Nieder (1933), Georgia Coleman (1912), John Thomas (1941), Charlie Logg (1931), and Daniel Frank (1882). After him are Virgil Jacomini (1899), Charles King (1880), Hal Connolly (1931), Joseph Dempsey (1875), Oscar Osthoff (1883), and Andy Stanfield (1927).

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