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Walter Rangeley

Walter Rangeley, English sprinter (died 1982)

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Born
December 14, 1903
Died
March 16, 1982
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1903

About Walter Rangeley

Walter Rangeley (14 December 1903 – 16 March 1982) was an English athlete who competed mainly in the sprints. At the Olympic Games in 1928 held in Amsterdam Rangeley won a silver medal in the 200 metres. He competed for Great Britain in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, in the 4×100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates Harold Abrahams, Wilfred Nichol and Lancelot Royle. He also joined with a new relay team consisting of teammates Cyril Gill, Edward Smouha and Jack London which won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres competition.

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Walter Rangeley timeline

  1. He competed for Great Britain in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, in the 4×100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates Harold Abrahams, Wilfred Nichol and Lancelot Royle.
  2. At the Olympic Games in 1928 held in Amsterdam Rangeley won a silver medal in the 200 metres.

The world when Walter Rangeley was born

Walter Rangeley was born in 1903. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1903

  • Top movieThe Great Train Robbery (first narrative film)
  • Best-selling book"Lady Rose's Daughter" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst World Series — Boston vs Pittsburgh
  • Top headlineWright brothers achieve first powered flight
  • Technology milestoneFirst powered airplane flight (12 seconds, 120 feet)
  • World population~1.63B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population80.4M

1903 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Walter Rangeley's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19032026
Population80.4M341 million

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