- O. J. Simpson
Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947) (also known by his nickname, The Juice) is a retired American football player who achieved stardom at the collegiate and professional levels, and was the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season. He later worked as an actor, spokesperson and broadcaster. Simpson is infamous for having been tried for the murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994. - Greg Jones
Greg Jones is one of the most successful American collegiate wrestlers of all-time. At West Virginia University, Jones won three NCAA Division I wrestling titles - one of only 39 wrestlers to accomplish that feat in the tournament's 75-year history. Shortly after his 5-3 decision of Cornell's Tyler Baier in the 184 pound finals, Jones was named the 2005 tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler. - Christian Laettner
Christian Donald Laettner (born August 17, 1969 in Angola, New York) is a former Dallas Mavericks player who has played 13 seasons in the NBA on six different teams. He started for the 1991 and 1992 NCAA champion Duke University Blue Devils. He is considered one of the greatest collegiate players of all time. - Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Schnellenberger (born March 16, 1934) is an American football coach at both the professional and college level. He is currently married to Mrs. Beverlee Schnellenberger and is head coach of Florida Atlantic University. He previously held head coaching positions with the University of Oklahoma, University of Louisville, University of Miami, and the Baltimore Colts. He has also worked extensively as an assistant coach at the college and pro levels, … - Phog Allen
Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen, D.O. (November 18, 1885 – September 16, 1974) was an American collegiate basketball coach known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching." His basketball career got off to an auspicious start as a University of Kansas letterman under Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Born in Jamesport, Missouri, Allen coached at the University of Kansas, Baker University, Haskell Institute, … - Josh Bullocks
Josh Bullocks (born February 23, 1983, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States) is an American football free safety with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. Bullocks was selected in the second round of the 2005 NFL draft from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for whom he started 28 collegiate games across three seasons, notably totalling ten interceptions and 49 tackles in 2003, … - Daniel Bullocks
Daniel Bullocks (born February 23, 1983, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States) is an American football free safety with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. Bullocks was selected in the second round of the 2006 NFL draft from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for whom he started 33 collegiate games across four seasons, notably serving as co-captain during his senior season, … - Paul Arizin
Paul Joseph Arizin (April 9 1928 - December 12 2006), nicknamed "Pitchin' Paul," was an American basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association career with the Philadelphia Warriors from 1950 to 1962. He retired with the third highest career point total (16,266) in NBA history, and was named one of the league's 50 greatest players upon its 50th anniversary in 1996. - Stephen Thompson
Stephen M. Thompson (born December 2 1968, in Los Angeles, California) is an American former professional and collegiate basketball player. He attended Syracuse University and played briefly in the NBA during the 1991-92 season for the Sacramento Kings (23 games) and Orlando Magic (one game). He was selected to the Syracuse Men's Basketball All-Century Team in 2000. Thompson was appointed head coach of the California State University, … - Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie (November 12, 1903 - January 23, 1978) was an American actor, largely starring in films (but also working on stage, radio, and television). He was born Lewis Delaney Offield in Sedalia, Missouri, but grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, whence he obtained his "Oakie" nickname. His adopted first name, Jack, was the name of the first character he played on stage. - Le Kevin Smith
Le Kevin Smith (born July 21, 1982 in Macon, Georgia) is an football defensive lineman for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Smith played collegiate football at the University of Nebraska, and drafted in the 6th round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Patriots. - Jeff Horton
Jeff Horton, born (date?) in Arlington, Texas, is currently an assistant coach (Special Assistant/Offense) for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He has also been active as an assistant coach at the collegiate level (Minnesota, Nevada, UNLV, Wisconsin) and as a collegiate head coach (Nevada, UNLV). He was a 1981 graduate of the University of Nevada-Reno. - Nicholas Grigsby
Nicholas Grigsby (b 1974) is a prominent New Zealand Concert Organist, Harpsichordist, Writer, Broadcaster and Music Critic. A former Organ Scholar of Salisbury Cathedral UK, he studied organ & improvisation with Colin Walsh, Organist Laureate of Lincoln Cathedral, Peter Wright (Southwark Cathedral, London) and in France at Rouen Conservatoire with the blind organist, Louis Thiry, a former pupil of the late blind "Virtuoso" Marchal. - Moe Jaffe
Moe Jaffe (born October 23, 1901, in Vilna, now Lithuania - died December 2, 1972, in Englewood, New Jersey) was a songwriter and bandleader who composed more than 250 songs over the better part of four decades. He is best known for the “big six” -- standards that earned their place in the American Songbook, … - Andrea Armstrong
Andrea Armstrong (born 18 May 1982) is an American who is a former NCAA basketball player. After a stellar high school basketball career, Armstrong began her collegiate sports career in 2001, with the Kansas State University basketball team. She played for Kansas State until the 2002 season. She was a 2002 Academic All-Big 12 selection. Armstrong transferred to the University of South Florida in 2003. 2003 was a red shirt season in accordance with NCAA regulations. - Max Shulman
Max Shulman (March 14, 1919-August 28, 1988) was a 20th century American writer best known for his television and short story character Dobie Gillis, as well as for best-selling novels His earliest work was for"Ski-U-Mah", the college humor magazine of the University of Minnesota, in the 1930s. His writing often focused on young people, particularly in a collegiate setting. Shulman's works include the novels "Rally Round the Flag, … - Harry Revel
Harry Revel (born December 21, 1905 in London - died November 3, 1958 in New York) was an American composer of musicals. Before emigrating to the United States in 1929, Revel wrote musicals for productions in Paris, Copenhagen, Vienna and London. Once in the US, he worked on Broadway, writing the scores for "Ziegfeld Follies of 1931", "Meet My Sister" and "Are You With It?". He later moved to Hollywood. - Charles Donagh Maginnis
Considered the father of American Gothic architecture, Charles Donagh Maginnis was born in County Londonderry, Ireland on January 7 1867. He was educated in Dublin, emigrated to Boston at age 18 and got his first job apprenticing for architect Edmund M. Wheelwright as a draftsman. In 1900 he became a member of the Boston Society of Architects, serving as its president from 1924 to 1926. Though he worked in a number of styles, … - Steven Curfman
Steven Curfman (born Oct. 8, 1986 in Manassas, Va) is a professional Soccer player on Real Salt Lake. He played collegiate soccer at Wake Forest University from 2003-2006. Curfman is a Parade All-American and former member of the United States Under-17 National Team. - Kevin Gullikson
Kevin Gullikson is a collegiate men's basketball player at the University of Wisconsin. Gullikson's main position is forward, and is listed as 6-7, 240 lbs. Gullikson was a walk-on for the Badgers in 2005/2006 and averaged 3.1 points per game and 2.0 rebounds per game during his freshman year. Gullikson attended Stillwater Area High School in Stillwater, Minnesota. - Patti Rizzo
Patti Rizzo (born June 19, 1960 in Hollywood, Florida) is an American professional golfer and golf instructor. A collegiate All-American at the University of Miami, among Ms Rizzo's significant victories as an amateur were the Eastern United States Women's Amateur championship and Mexican Amateur in 1980, a year when she was also runner-up to Juli Inkster at the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship. - Johannes Stark
Johannes Stark (April 15, 1874 - June 21, 1957) was a prominent 20th century physicist, and a Physics Nobel Prize laureate. Born in Schickenhof, Bavaria, (now Zwettl), Stark was educated at the Bayreuth Gymnasium (grammar school) and later in Regensburg. His collegiate education began at the University of Munich, where he studied physics, mathematics, chemistry, and crystallography. His tenure at that college began in 1894; he graduated in 1897, … - Gus Henderson
Elmer Clinton "Gus" Henderson (March 10 1889 - December 16 1965), nicknamed "Gloomy Gus," was an American football coach best known for his collegiate career at the University of Southern California (1919-1924) and the University of Tulsa (1925-1935). Henderson's career winning percentage of .865 at USC is the best of any Trojans football coach, and his 70 wins at Tulsa remain the school record. Henderson was born in Oberlin, Ohio, graduated from Oberlin College, … - Dirk West
Gerald Glynn "Dirk" West was an editorial cartoonist and journalist from Lubbock, Texas most famous for his caricatures of collegiate mascots. He was born in Littlefield, Texas but his family moved to Lubbock soon after. He attended Texas Tech University where he drew cartoons for "The University Daily" student newspaper. He appeared as "Uncle Dirk" on a local children's program for three years while heading up his advertising agency, West Advertising. - Rob Keefe
Rob Keefe (born Robedeaux Charles Keefe) is an American arena football defensive specialist for the Spokane Shock of the af2 and a collegiate American football running backs coach. Shock fans frequently chant his name, styled as the defense-Keefe portmanteau "Keefense", during home games. - Ernie Quigley
Ernest Cosmos Quigley (March 22 1880 - December 10 1960) was a Canadian-American sports official who became notable both as a basketball referee and as an umpire in Major League Baseball. Quigley was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, and was raised in Concordia, Kansas. A student of basketball inventor James Naismith at the University of Kansas, after graduating he served as a coach, teacher and athletic director at St. Mary's College, Kansas from 1903 until 1912, … - Lauren Gale
Lauren "Laddie" Gale was an American collegiate and professional basketball player. - Faustino Harrison
Faustino Harrison was President of Uruguay from 1962 to 1963. Harrison was a member of the Uruguayan National party. His service as President came at a time when the collegiate system of Presidential rule then in force in Uruguay was coming under increasing scrutiny, as a result of its perceived inadequacy in the face of mounting social and economic problems. - Bear Bryant
Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team, and is the namesake of the Paul W. Bryant Museum. - Amanda Beard
Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981, Irvine, California) is an American Olympic swimmer and model. Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 games at the age of 14. She won silver medals in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststrokes, and a gold in the medley relay. Her young-teen manner captured the attention of the media, and she was often photographed clutching her teddy bear which joined her on the medal stand. - Jarvis Collegiate
Jarvis Collegiate Institute is a high school located in downtown Toronto. Founded in 1807 during the frontier days of Upper Canada, it has maintained a tradition of academic excellence for nearly 200 years. - Vince Young
Vincent Paul Young, Jr. (born May 18, 1983 in Houston, Texas), commonly Vince Young, or "VY", is an American football player. He is a dual-threat quarterback, and the current starting quarterback for the National Football League Tennessee Titans. Young was drafted by the Tennessee Titans as the #3 overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft on April 29, 2006. - Jason Richardson
Jason Anthoney "J-Rich" Richardson (born January 20 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing shooting guard for the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats. He recently played for the Golden State Warriors, from whom he was traded June 28, 2007 after six years with the team. The Warriors drafted him with the 5th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft out of Michigan State University. - Arizona Collegiate
The Arizona Collegiate Leadership Conference is a student-run organization that plans and implements an annual conference that serves as the cornerstone of the leadership experience and training for hundreds of college students. - Kevin O'Neill
Kevin O'Neill (born January 24 1957) served as a basketball coach in both the NCAA and the NBA. After tenures at North Country Community College (Saranac Lake, New York), Marycrest College (Davenport, Iowa), Marquette, Tennessee and Northwestern he became an assistant coach under Jeff Van Gundy with the New York Knicks. In 2001, he joined the Detroit Pistons under head coach Rick Carlisle. - Ron Wilson
Ronald Lawrence Wilson (born May 28, 1955 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and raised in Riverside, Rhode Island) is an American ice hockey former player and coach. He is currently the head coach of the San Jose Sharks - Juwan Howard
Juwan Antonio Howard (born February 7, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He is a former All-Star and All-NBA power forward and was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five" (along with Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson) that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both freshmen and sophomores. - John Tortorella
John Tortorella (Born June 24, 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA) is an American and former rightwinger in the NCAA and ACHL and currently in his fifth full season as head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, with whom he won the Stanley Cup along with the Jack Adams Award for best coach in 2004. He succeeded former head coach Steve Ludzik on January 6, 2001. He formerly coached the AHL Rochester Americans and the ACHL Virginia Lancers. - Erick Dampier
Erick Travez Dampier (born July 14, 1975, in New Hebron, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 11 in / 265 lb. center who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. Erick played competitively at Lawrence County High School in Monticello, Mississippi, where he led the rural county to two state championships. Dampier played college basketball at Mississippi State University. While there he became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. - Ty Conklin
Ty Conklin (born March 30, 1976, Anchorage, Alaska) is a goaltender with the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. He went undrafted, despite repeated honours in the United States Hockey League and the NCAA, while playing for the University of New Hampshire. He was signed by the Oilers in the summer of 2001 to challenge for the backup role. He spent the bulk of his time with the Hamilton Bulldogs, …
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