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Mel Patton: Biography & Overview

Melvin Emery Patton (November 16, 1924 – May 9, 2014) was an American sprinter, who set the world record of 9.2 seconds in the 100-yard dash (91.44 metres) in 1948. He also set a 220 yd world record in 1949 on a straightaway of 20.2, breaking the record held by Jesse Owens.

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Mel Patton topic overview

The analysis highlights Biography and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Mel Patton.

Related topics
20
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
22
Extracted relationships
9
Concept neighborhoods
15
Bridge connections
22

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Biography · 15 topics
Overview · 5 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Born
November 16, 1924 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Club
USC Trojans
Coached by
Dean Cromwell
Died
May 9, 2014 (aged 89) Fallbrook, California, U.S.
Event
Sprint
Height
185 cm (6 ft 1 in)

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Overview

Biography

Advanced semantic analysis

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How Mel Patton connects Entity context

The extracted context around Mel Patton shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Mel Patton → November 16, 1924 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Another extracted example is Mel Patton → USC Trojans. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Mel Patton

Top relations

Born · 1
Mel Patton → November 16, 1924 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Club · 1
Mel Patton → USC Trojans
Coached by · 1
Mel Patton → Dean Cromwell
Died · 1
Mel Patton → May 9, 2014 (aged 89) Fallbrook, California, U.S.
Event · 1
Mel Patton → Sprint
Height · 1
Mel Patton → 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Personal bests · 1
Mel Patton → 100 y - 9.2 (1948) World record 100 m – 10.44 (1948) 200 m – 20.7 (1948) 200 y 20.2 (1949) World record
Sport · 1
Mel Patton → Athletics
Weight · 1
Mel Patton → 72 kg (159 lb)

Important terminology

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Important terminology

patton world record 100 1948 1949 yd set california 20 gold 200 dash 220 won 1947 44 first university melvin

Mel Patton relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 9 structured relationships around Mel Patton. Examples in this analysis include Mel Patton → Born → November 16, 1924 Los Angeles, California, U.S. and Mel Patton → Club → USC Trojans. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Mel PattonBornNovember 16, 1924 Los Angeles, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Mel PattonClubUSC Trojans1.00infobox
Mel PattonCoached byDean Cromwell1.00infobox
Mel PattonDiedMay 9, 2014 (aged 89) Fallbrook, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Mel PattonEventSprint1.00infobox
Mel PattonHeight185 cm (6 ft 1 in)1.00infobox
Mel PattonPersonal bests100 y - 9.2 (1948) World record 100 m – 10.44 (1948) 200 m – 20.7 (1948) 200 y 20.2 (1949) World record1.00infobox
Mel PattonSportAthletics1.00infobox
Mel PattonWeight72 kg (159 lb)1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Mel Patton bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Sprint, Gold and Won. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Mel Patton
    • Sprint
    • Gold
    • Won
    • Record
    • World
    • Angeles
    • Born
    • Los
    • Coach
    • Competition
    • Cromwell
    • Dean
  • mel patton
    • Sprint
    • Gold
    • Won
    • Record
    • World
    • Angeles
    • Born
    • Los
    • Coach
    • Competition
    • Cromwell
    • Dean
  • gold medals
    • Two
    • Medals
    • Won
    • Angeles
    • Born
    • Los
    • Olympics
    • Summer
    • Coach
    • Competition
    • Cromwell
    • Dean
  • los angeles, california
    • Born
    • Los
    • Cromwell
    • Dean
    • Coach
    • Competition
    • First
    • Sprint
    • University
    • California
    • Gold
    • May
  • university of southern california
    • Cromwell
    • Dean
    • University
    • Los
    • Coach
    • Competition
    • First
    • May
    • Sprint
    • Gold
    • Record
    • World
  • 220 yd
    • Breaking
    • Held
    • Jesse
    • Owens
    • Record
    • Straightaway
    • Dash
    • Set
    • World
    • 100-yard
    • Sprint
    • Won
  • fallbrook, california
    • Cromwell
    • Dean
    • University
    • Los
    • Coach
    • Competition
    • First
    • May
    • Sprint
    • Gold
    • Record
    • World
  • 100-yard dash
    • Dash
    • Yd
    • May
    • Melvin
    • Record
    • Sprint
    • Patton
    • Set
    • Won
    • World

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Mel Patton, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Mel Patton with Biography. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Mel Patton — Biography · splits 7 ⟂ 16
Mel Patton — Overview · splits 17 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Mel Patton

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples9
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Mel Patton to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Biography & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Mel Patton · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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