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Born February 15, 1895 • Prince Albert • Canada
Died April 19, 1971 (aged 76)
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Alvin Kraenzlein.
Alvin Kraenzlein
American athlete
David Hemery
English athlete
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
Chinese athlete
Gail Devers
American athlete
Lee Calhoun
American athlete
Olympic track-and-field champion Fanny Blankers-Koen
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch athlete
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australian athlete
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses
American athlete
Irina Press
Irina Press
Soviet athlete
Glenn Davis
American track and field athlete
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
Charlie Paddock, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belg.
Charley Paddock
American athlete
Williams, Percy
Percy Williams
Canadian athlete
Harrison Dillard
American athlete
Sally Pearson
Sally Pearson
Australian athlete
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
American athlete
David George Brownlow Cecil
British athlete
John Walter Tewksbury
American athlete
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
American sprinter
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Joan Benoit Samuelson
American runner

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