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William Hoyt

1875 - 1954

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William Welles Hoyt (born May 7, 1875, in Glastonbury, Connecticut; died December 1, 1954, in Cambridge, New York) was an American track and field athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Hoyt competed in the pole vault, winning the event with a height of 3.30 metres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Hoyt is the 145th most popular athlete (up from 284th in 2019), the 3,535th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,721st in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, William Hoyt ranks 145 out of 6,025. Before him are Viggo Jensen, Cy Young, Karl Hein, Jan Železný, Fred Kelly, and Hans Woellke. After him are Albin Stenroos, Jane Bell, Gisela Mauermayer, Mohammed Gammoudi, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, and George S. Robertson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, William Hoyt ranks 78. Before him are Paul Neumann, J. Stuart Blackton, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Ricardo Viñes, Robert Garrett, and Carl Milles. After him are Princess Louise of Denmark, Laurence Doherty, Paul Löbe, Gaston Billotte, Thomas Xenakis, and Ferdinand Sauerbruch. Among people deceased in 1954, William Hoyt ranks 60. Before him are Franz Neumann, Marius Jacob, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Friedrich Meinecke, Ahmed Nihad, and Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria. After him are Onofre Marimón, Claude Cahun, Herms Niel, Wilhelm Brückner, Clyde Cessna, and Sait Faik Abasıyanık.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Hoyt ranks 3,535 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Rosenthal (1911), Stephen Paddock (1953), Alex Haley (1921), Carl W. Stalling (1891), Basil Poledouris (1945), and Ron Kovic (1946). After him are Richard Kuklinski (1935), Kelly Bishop (1944), Cynthia Nixon (1966), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Waylon Jennings (1937), and Michael Parks (1940).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, William Hoyt ranks 46. Before him are William Porter (1926), Ed Gordon (1908), Robert Garrett (1875), Ralph Craig (1889), Cy Young (1928), and Fred Kelly (1891). After him are Harrison Dillard (1923), Hélène de Pourtalès (1868), Maxie Long (1878), John Anderson (1907), Barbara Jones (1937), and Jim Bausch (1906).

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