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- Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16, 1862 – March 17, 1965) was an American ... He is considered to be one of the great innovators in college football ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 17:21, 26 July 2023
- Glenn Scobey Warner (April 5, 1871 – September 7, 1954) was an American ... Warner was an innovator that helped shape the game of football. A ...11 KB (1,567 words) - 09:23, 24 November 2022
- |Honors=NFL 1950s All-Decade TeamItalian American Sports HOF ... , nicknamed "The Horse," was an American football player who won ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- does not include payouts from the 28 football bowls, which exceed $184 ... intercollegiate athletics at the campus, conference and national levels. ...28 KB (3,819 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- {{Infobox Gridiron football person |Name =Bronko Nagurski ... 1990) was the most versatile and dominant American football player of his era ...14 KB (1,992 words) - 04:34, 22 November 2023
- 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football coach and ... Bear Bryant was successful as a football coach in large part because ...18 KB (2,706 words) - 03:11, 26 September 2023
- The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private ... States, seven of them predating the American Revolution. They also provided ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 01:07, 8 February 2023
- 6, 1921 - December 17, 2003) was an American professional football and ... and with the Cleveland Browns football team in the 1946 AAFC championship ...20 KB (3,076 words) - 04:46, 18 November 2022
- of the Green Bay Packers professional football team. As a standout player ... In 1946 the All-American Football Conference was organized, which ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- player, coach, owner and pioneer in American football and the iconic ... growth and development of the National Football League, which has surpassed ...14 KB (2,238 words) - 00:17, 10 November 2022
- #039;s NCAA basketball teams won five conference titles. He was college ... was all-state three consecutive years in football and basketball. By 1940 ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 00:29, 8 December 2022
- into two conferences: The American Football Conference (AFC) and the ... teams to form the NFL's American Football Conference. The remaining ...39 KB (6,001 words) - 14:44, 11 November 2022
- This would all change when FOX lured the National Football League ... show by far was the singing talent search American Idol, peaking at up to 30 ...19 KB (3,020 words) - 05:48, 27 September 2022
- Steelers franchise in the National Football League. Rooney began his ... Not only did Rooney devote his life to Pittsburgh and football, but ...18 KB (2,818 words) - 10:50, 16 August 2023
- the now defunct Sporting Life in Britain, American magazines such as Sports ... until recently. In the middle 1800s American writers began to write exclusively ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 21:42, 7 February 2023
- Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. The ... The varying forms of football have several aspects in common. They ...41 KB (6,352 words) - 10:33, 10 November 2023
- States during his leadership of the American Federation of Labor (1886 ... professional sports leagues. The National Football League (NFL), National Basketball ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 22:33, 7 January 2024
- school. These riots often occur after football games, and can be seen as ... The actions of English football hooligans in the 1980s caused English ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022
- 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) was an American baseball player who was ... High School, playing basketball and football in addition to his first ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 17:26, 9 November 2022
- |free = 22 NCAA Division I varsity teams, Atlantic 10 Conference ... *[http://www.fordham.edu/cs/|Francis and Ann Curran Center for American ...33 KB (4,668 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer ... career, including two Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards (including ...30 KB (4,330 words) - 07:48, 23 January 2023
- | sports = Big East; Patriot League (football); ECAC (men ... team, which leads the Big East Conference with seven tournament championships ...40 KB (5,605 words) - 08:22, 23 January 2023
- nine colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution. Its founding ... and Samson Occom (an early Native American clergyman) raised funds ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 22:24, 25 January 2024
- development of several sports, including American football the first game ... Gregg Vix, Guide to College in Canada for American Students (Avocus Publishing ...36 KB (4,859 words) - 09:30, 10 March 2023
- The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American ... that culminated in secession and the American Civil War. One of these ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 15:40, 4 February 2023
- in the obscenity case concerning the American novel, Last Exit to Brooklyn ... takeover bid for Pergamon from an American company then known as Leasco ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 01:42, 16 December 2022
- as the standard against which many other American universities are measured. diminishing importance of Harvard in American education due to the emergence ...32 KB (4,558 words) - 16:50, 30 January 2022
- |affiliations = Association of American Universities |website ... segregation. During the early days of the American Civil Rights Movement James ...32 KB (4,475 words) - 14:20, 3 May 2023
- from the beginning, and was the first American university to admit women ... or race. Inaugurated shortly after the American Civil War, its founders ...42 KB (5,828 words) - 03:33, 8 January 2024
- popular bishop of the Georgia Methodist Conference, the university maintains ... since its founding has been to provide an American education that molded character ...26 KB (3,754 words) - 18:26, 13 February 2024
- *224 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ... *41 members of American Philosophical Society *4 Pulitzer Prize winners ...29 KB (4,059 words) - 19:49, 9 February 2023
- history, notably academics, rowing and American football. ... Serious American students of theology and divinity, particularly in ...40 KB (5,720 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- [https://bportlibrary.org/hc/african-american-heritage/martin-luther-king ... *George Dixon, former professional football player, collegiate football ...30 KB (4,093 words) - 17:06, 15 September 2023
- George Washington, military leader of the American Revolution and the first ... Monetary Fund, the Organization of American States, the Inter-American ...39 KB (5,697 words) - 23:11, 3 May 2023
- At that time, 1831, most students in American colleges and universities ... Thus, NYU was created non-denominational, unlike many American colonial ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- detailed analysis and rankings of American universities placed Ohio ... named nation’s largest college--again,] American City Business Journals, ...40 KB (5,731 words) - 10:21, 11 March 2023
- to be conceived as a combination of the American interdisciplinary liberal ... #039;s |title=Barron's Profiles of American Colleges|pages=253|quote ...51 KB (7,192 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- but four species of migratory North American bats visit occasionally: ... Sparrow, Great Kiskadee, Rock Dove and American Crow are all very numerous ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- Baltimore played a key role in events leading to and during the American ... been negotiating for the release of an American prisoner. Key witnessed ...32 KB (4,493 words) - 03:24, 17 September 2023
- Stadium, built in 1925 and home to the football team, is located approximately ... In 2006, Princeton Review ranked Brown first among all American colleges ...30 KB (4,416 words) - 04:36, 22 November 2023
- fifth by date of chartering). After the American Revolutionary War, King ... left|King's College Hall, 1770]] The American Revolution and the subsequent ...35 KB (5,049 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- NNPC towers, Abuja International Conference Centre African Hall, Gurara ... A consortium of three American firms: PRC Corporation; Wallace, McHarg ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 07:06, 14 June 2023
- knowledge of northern China. At a 2006 conference, the leading scholars of ... government officials with his impressive football skills. ...17 KB (2,616 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American National Basketball Association ... 47.2 PPG, and was named a high-school All-American. For his high school career ...36 KB (5,732 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War while serving ... student body president. A lifelong football fan, Nixon practiced with ...34 KB (5,153 words) - 01:46, 14 December 2022
- were planted with a solid canopy of American elms, but Dutch elm disease ... post-WWII idea of suburbs and the "American Dream" also contributed ...47 KB (6,950 words) - 08:27, 28 February 2023
- headquarters, government ministries, conference centers, sports venues ... Rome hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics. Football is the most popular ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- that followed those of the ancient Native American system and the city grew ... asthma, and tuberculosis, in 2005 the American Lung Association gave Maricopa ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- Wilson was a popular president, and the American people elected him to a ... trip undertaken to sell the treaty to the American people, Wilson suffered ...37 KB (5,512 words) - 23:30, 17 May 2023
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Student Nonviolent ... In 2007, the American Lung Association ranked Atlanta as having the ...39 KB (5,622 words) - 06:05, 21 August 2023
- The Art of War has also been applied in sports. National Football ... Brazilian association football coach Luiz Felipe Scolari actively ...35 KB (5,067 words) - 15:13, 30 April 2023
- ==Modern European and American harps== ===Concert harp=== ... appears in the logo for League of Ireland football team Finn Harps F.C., Donegal ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- March 26, 1930 - December 1, 2023) was an American jurist who served as the ... B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest (2002), about ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 2023
- June 7, 2021. – also known as African American Freedom Day or Emancipation Day ... is considered the longest-running African-American holiday. ...32 KB (4,403 words) - 06:42, 28 February 2023
- "The Beautiful Game" with football, Pelé's electrifying ... national hero for his accomplishments in football and for his outspoken support ...132 KB (18,506 words) - 20:27, 15 February 2024
- of Sealth, the chief of two local Native American tribes. The friendship formed ... * The APEC leaders conference in 1993. * The World Trade Organization ...49 KB (7,077 words) - 02:45, 21 April 2023
- In 1913, his 14-year-old brother Renato died suddenly during a football ... , a major folklore and folk music conference. He returned to São Paulo ...29 KB (4,379 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- dropped on Hiroshima by the crew of the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay, directly ... designed the museum and cenotaph, and the American artist Isamu Noguchi sculpted ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- in the Organization of the Islamic Conference. After surviving an abortive ... elements of various indigenous music with American Jazz and Soul to form Afrobeat ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- Hoover managed the baseball and football teams, started a laundry ... organize the return home of 120,000 American tourists and businessmen ...41 KB (6,027 words) - 14:27, 9 February 2022
- this time, Walsh became famous in the American press as "Sitting Bull ... professional sports franchise (Canadian Football League) and are extremely ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist ... By the mid-1930s, Rogers was beloved by the American people and was ...30 KB (4,512 words) - 12:01, 5 May 2023
- theatre. The All Pakistan Musical Conference, linked to the 45-year ... Other popular sports are hockey, boxing, football, golf, table tennis ...42 KB (6,146 words) - 08:28, 28 February 2023
- 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist ... poor classroom performance, but made the football team and showed some literary ...41 KB (6,282 words) - 07:41, 3 August 2022
- and Australian Aborigine culture. American popular culture, particularly ... Other sports include Australian rules football, soccer, and motor racing ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- Congress of Vienna in 1815, which was a conference between ambassadors, from ... liberated by U.S. and French troops. Two American divisions were based in ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- Barbados is relatively close to the South American continent, around 434 kilometers ... The earliest inhabitants of Barbados were Native American nomads. ...33 KB (4,815 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- and has been home to numerous influential American politicians. ... Scottish and Irish, Chinese, African American, Italian, and Filipino. ...42 KB (6,247 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- Though suspected of being a spy for the American military government in South ... his arrival to the U.S. was to elevate American democratic ideals. He launched ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut ... Friendship 7 mission, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth and the ...55 KB (7,935 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- African-Americans have European or Native American heritage. Most African-Americans ... Before the American Civil War, 3.5 million African-Americans lived ...38 KB (5,325 words) - 06:03, 16 June 2023
- 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball ... also earning a fourth-team Parade All-American nomination. ...95 KB (13,365 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- accolades bestowed for excellence in both American and international film and ... journalists who reported on the American entertainment industry. ...36 KB (5,125 words) - 21:44, 6 January 2024
- *American International School Vienna *Danube International School ... teams. The best known are the local football clubs SK Rapid Wien (31 ...42 KB (5,917 words) - 20:13, 3 May 2023
- 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical ... Series fighters and flew the North American X-15 seven times. He was ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- expenditures are among the largest of any American university. ... MIT.Stuart Leslie. The Cold War and American Science: The Military-Industrial ...42 KB (5,941 words) - 09:17, 10 March 2023
- 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agricultural scientist, ... Congregation in the small Norwegian-American community of Saude, near ...46 KB (6,869 words) - 10:00, 11 March 2023
- Plymouth Colony have become part of American mythology, including the ... persecution. During the Hampton Court Conference, King James I had declared ...62 KB (9,521 words) - 01:56, 10 April 2023
- fence with the assistance of unsuspecting American athletes who were also sneaking ... the first athlete had been murdered. American athlete Frank Shorter, observing ...51 KB (8,065 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- strengthened its ties with major South American economies, becoming the ... food, such as Hong Kong cuisine and American Chinese food, have emerged ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- American involvement in the war between the communist North Vietnamese ... withdrew from the country. The Geneva Conference of 1954 divided the country ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- to invade Saudi Arabia. King Fahd allowed American and coalition soldiers to ... Iraqi forces were expelled from Kuwait. American forces as well as some multinational ...57 KB (8,635 words) - 17:04, 23 December 2022
- (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American visionary, designer, architect ... (July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983), was an American-born architect who worked ...36 KB (5,646 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- The colleges join together as the Conference of Colleges to discuss ... host overseas students (primarily from American universities) enrolled in ...35 KB (5,122 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American crew that landed the Apollo ... distances, and challenged American claims of military, economic ...97 KB (14,466 words) - 15:45, 11 August 2023
- essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary ... a short story set in Tokyo during the American occupation after World War ...45 KB (5,943 words) - 21:09, 28 September 2023
- estates, some imported species like the American sycamore or eucalyptus are ... have many species of trout and the South American Dourado dorado fish. Outstanding ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- The Congress of Vienna was a conference between ambassadors, from ... the end of the war, on March 28, 1945, American troops set foot on Austrian ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- Cricket has drawn many comparisons to the American pastime of baseball, with ... which celebrated the London Cricket Conference 1–3 March 2007, first ...49 KB (7,998 words) - 06:22, 11 January 2024
- At the peace conference, Iraq won the approval of the use of armed ... of Union Address on January 29, 2002, American President George W. Bush ...56 KB (8,476 words) - 13:04, 6 March 2024
- constitution. However, the Versailles Conference had granted France a mandate ... European, African, and recently, South American cities. ...36 KB (5,471 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- and beyond he had an affair with an American socialite, whom he nicknamed ... in International PEN, traveling with American playwright Arthur Miller ...89 KB (13,120 words) - 22:57, 30 March 2023
- #039;s defeat at the 1960 Party Conference over a motion supporting ... At the Labour Party's 1963 annual conference, Wilson made possibly ...47 KB (7,170 words) - 20:22, 29 January 2022
- the Moscow Olympics and began to rebuild American military power. He beat ... he was also a star in basketball and football. Carter was greatly influenced ...56 KB (8,252 words) - 21:54, 3 January 2024
- and Spanish painters Picasso and Dalí to American writer Hemingway. In June ... giants such as Crédit Lyonnais and American Express. * Montmartre ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- Doctrine in 1947. The doctrine enunciated American intentions to guarantee ... of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, as well as forging close ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- systems, sports (such as cricket and football), and the English language ... describe the Spanish Empire and later to American influence in the world) ...59 KB (8,891 words) - 02:41, 22 November 2023
- the new United States Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces. He ... took the lead in relieving beleaguered American troops at Bastogne during ...100 KB (15,023 words) - 13:47, 12 November 2022
- religions, Asian Shamanism, Native American religions, Austronesian ... known as pragmatism, as propounded by the American philosopher William James ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- Commission sponsored donors' conference in 2001 raised $1.3-billion ... * Higher schools (viša škola), corresponding to American colleges ...67 KB (9,913 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
