John Anderson
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American athlete mainly as a discus thrower (1907–1948)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 204
Top works
- Tembarom
- Salamander
- Breeding for Profit
- The story of the life of John Anderson, the fugitive slave
- Memorials of the rev. John Henry Anderson
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1954-12-13
2008 universal fire victimcountryneo-traditional countrysinger-songwriter
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 218,007
- Total plays
- 1,975,011
Tags
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There are several artists with this name: 1. an American country singer, 2. an American jazz musician, 3. a British oboist, 4. a Colombian latin music singer. 1) John Anderson (born December 13, 1954 in Apopka, Florida) is a country singer and musician. He scored hits in the early 1980s with songs such as "Swingin'," "Your Lyin' Blue Eyes," "Black Sheep" and the Billy Joe Shaver-composed "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal." His career hit a dry spell for several years until 1991, when his single "S
Sports profile
- Sport
- Cricket
- Position
- Cricketer
- Nationality
- Ireland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Anderson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati
- Place of death
- Naknek
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- Cornell University
- Participant in
- 1932 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 97
- Image
- John Anderson 1932 Olympics.jpg
- Height
- 191
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- date of birth
- 1907-07-04
- date of death
- 1948-07-11
- sports discipline competed in
- discus throw
- Commons category
- John Anderson (athlete)
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- different from
- John Anderson
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