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2104:Carl Johnson
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1970:Walker Smith
1955:Donald Scott
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1859:Frank Loomis
1844:Earl Johnson
1814:Robert Emery
1804:Ivan Dresser
1779:Bob Crawford
1764:Tom Campbell
1636:Ja'Mari Ward
1471:1993–onwards
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1350:Bouncy Moore
1326:Bouncy Moore
1302:Ralph Boston
1274:Ernie Shelby
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1250:George Brown
1226:Fred Johnson
1210:Herb Douglas
1202:William Lund
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2270:1895 births
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2174:Edwin Myers
2169:John Murphy
2099:Eldon Jenne
2059:Howard Cann
1934:Arthur Roth
1889:John Norton
1854:Carl Linder
1819:Fred Faller
1748:Max Bohland
1540:Miguel Pate
1484:Mike Powell
1461:Mike Powell
1445:Mike Powell
1290:Henk Visser
1242:Jim Holland
1186:Billy Brown
1170:Kermit King
1162:Jesse Owens
1146:Jesse Owens
1082:Floyd Smart
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1034:Platt Adams
1026:Frank Irons
1018:Platt Adams
994:Hugo Friend
930:Eugene Goff
914:Eugene Goff
518:Don Norford
474:Mary Decker
454:Dallas Long
442:Bob Mathias
426:Jesse Owens
360:Chicago Bee
302:Penn Relays
133:quarterback
2264:Categories
2139:Jack Mahan
2074:Frank Foss
2054:Sol Butler
2024:Dan Ahearn
1985:Ray Watson
1960:Frank Shea
1884:Feg Murray
1492:Joe Greene
1453:Carl Lewis
1421:Carl Lewis
1405:Mike McRae
1397:Carl Lewis
1318:Bob Beamon
1294:Joel Wiley
1090:Sol Butler
898:Al Copland
555:Sol Butler
524:References
514:Joe Newton
410:Lee Barnes
353:Later life
339:Jim Thorpe
249:Early life
235:Akron Pros
159:Akron Pros
60:Kingfisher
53:1895-03-03
25:Sol Butler
1794:Gus Desch
1759:Hal Brown
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767:1876–1878
760:long jump
572:Olympedia
498:Alan Webb
121:Position:
2189:Pat Ryan
2179:Gus Pope
2017:athletes
1919:Joie Ray
1809:Earl Eby
1736:athletes
1292:(NED) *
1130:Al Bates
577:July 20,
510:Ed Grant
506:John Dye
462:Jim Ryun
229:for the
129:halfback
125:Fullback
111:College:
84:Illinois
1114:Ed Hamm
687:June 3,
341:of the
333:of the
221:at the
98:Weight:
90:Height:
80:Chicago
1642:2021:
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149:(1923)
1654:Notes
809:NAAAA
70:Died:
47:Born:
689:2024
637:KMUW
579:2021
516:and
213:and
1941:(t)
1755:(r)
397:'s
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281:in
194:PFR
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