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Sabin Carr

1904 - 1983

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Sabin William Carr (September 4, 1904, in Dubuque, Iowa – September 12, 1983, in Santa Barbara, California) was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed in Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and won gold.In 1927, Sabin Carr set new indoor and outdoor world records. In early February, he took the indoor record up to 13 ft 7+1⁄8 in (4.14 m), which he improved one week later to 13 ft 9+1⁄4 in (4.20 m). In May, at the IC4A outdoor, he became the first man to clear 14 ft (4.27 m), then in 1928, at the AAU indoor, he vaulted 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) to become the first to clear 14 feet indoors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sabin Carr is the 774th most popular athlete (up from 897th in 2019), the 7,058th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,757th in 2019) and the 180th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sabin Carr ranks 774 out of 6,025. Before him are Lindy Remigino, Bevil Rudd, Pertti Karppinen, Giorgio Pessina, Hildrun Laufer-Claus, and Nate Brooks. After him are Evelin Jahl, Jaan Talts, David Dunlap, William Grut, Leslie Laing, and Jörg Lucke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Sabin Carr ranks 240. Before him are Erwin Komenda, Pretty Boy Floyd, Gregg Toland, Josef Pieper, Abdullah Goran, and Gino Rossetti. After him are Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Christian Møller, Rambai Barni, Carlos Torre Repetto, Hendrik Timmer, and Antero Kivi. Among people deceased in 1983, Sabin Carr ranks 182. Before him are Hal Brown, Alfonso Calzolari, Larysa Hienijuš, Dora Gabe, Anton Buttigieg, and Harry James. After him are Clara Nunes, Fyodor Abramov, Joan Hackett, Manuel Scorza, Odd Lundberg, and Ernest Libérati.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sabin Carr ranks 7,060 out of 20,380. Before him are Marta Kauffman (1956), Mary Lou Williams (1910), Gordon Tullock (1922), Nate Brooks (1933), Gary Dourdan (1966), and Ted Neeley (1943). After him are Clint Walker (1927), Rick Husband (1957), Mississippi John Hurt (1892), Jane Powell (1929), Richard Lugar (1932), and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Sabin Carr ranks 180. Before him are Clarence Pinkston (1900), John Exley (1867), Charles Austin (1967), John Miller (1903), Lindy Remigino (1931), and Nate Brooks (1933). After him are David Dunlap (1910), Louis Abell (1884), Ben Adams (1890), Sherm Clark (1899), Cornelius Johnson (1913), and Mike Larrabee (1933).

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