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Samuel Berger

1884 - 1925

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Samuel Berger (December 25, 1884 – February 23, 1925) was an American heavyweight boxer who won the first Olympic Gold Medal in heavyweight boxing in 1904, competed as a professional, and acted as a promoter and manager for heavyweight Jim Jeffries in the first two decades of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Berger is the 132nd most popular boxer (down from 92nd in 2019), the 8,311th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,805th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Samuel Berger ranks 132 out of 496. Before him are David Carstens, Tony Zale, Bernard Hopkins, Harry Spanjer, Zhang Zhilei, and Spartaco Bandinelli. After him are Boris Lagutin, Alfredo Porzio, George Hunter, Henry Cooper, Antonio Roldán, and Antal Kocsis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Samuel Berger ranks 208. Before him are Axel Norling, Albert Londres, Lyda Borelli, Davidson Black, Rodney Heath, and George Underwood. After him are Kurt Behrens, Carl Osburn, Sergey Gorodetsky, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, James Rector, and Hugh Walpole. Among people deceased in 1925, Samuel Berger ranks 133. Before him are Arthur Gardiner Butler, Jaap Eden, João Pinheiro Chagas, Roger de Barbarin, Arvid Knöppel, and Lars Jørgen Madsen. After him are Ignacio Andrade, Jean de Reszke, Willard Metcalf, Wilhelmina Drucker, Amos Burn, and Surendranath Banerjee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Berger ranks 8,313 out of 20,380. Before him are Dylan O'Brien (1991), Natalie Talmadge (1896), Richard Riehle (1948), Sarah Frances Whiting (1847), Steve Lawrence (1935), and William M. Tweed (1823). After him are Robert Tarjan (1948), Isabella Abbott (1919), Mike Patton (1968), Chris Adler (1972), Carol J. Adams (1951), and Mildred Dunnock (1901).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Samuel Berger ranks 50. Before him are Howard Davis Jr. (1956), Ernie Terrell (1939), Carmen Basilio (1927), Tony Zale (1913), Bernard Hopkins (1965), and Harry Spanjer (1873). After him are Andy Ruiz Jr. (1989), Emanuel Steward (1944), James J. Jeffries (1875), Pete Rademacher (1928), Pernell Whitaker (1964), and Ray Mercer (1961).

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