# George Orton

> George Washington F. Orton was a Canadian middle and long-distance runner. In 1900, he became the first Canadian to win a medal at an Olympic Games. He won a bronze in the 400 metre hurdles, and then, forty-five minutes later, won the gold medal in the 2500 metre steeplechase. He was the first athlete with a disability to win an Olympic gold medal. At the University of Pennsylvania, for whom he competed while earning his Masters and Doctorate and completed his ability to speak 9 languages, he was captain of Penn's track and field team in 1896 and was a founder and captain of its ice hockey team in 1896–1897, and was known as "The Father of Philadelphia Hockey". He won seventeen U.S. National Track and Field titles.

*Canadian athlete (1873-1958)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/george-orton

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1873-01-10
- **Died:** 1958-06-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 17.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 17.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Ортон, Джордж](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6)
- [Џорџ Ортон](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%9F_%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726989)

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