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Bob Armstrong (other)
Bob Armstrong (1939–2020) was an American professional wrestler. Bob Armstrong is also the name of: *Robert Armstrong (baseball) (1850–1917), known as Bob, American baseball player *Bob Armstrong (boxer) (1873–1933), heavyweight boxer *Bob Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1931) (1931–1990), Canadian ice hockey player * Bob Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1961), American ice hockey player *Bob Armstrong (politician) Robert Landis Armstrong, known as Bob Armstrong (November 7, 1932 – March 1, 2015),Ryan McCrimmon of ''The Texas Tribune'', "Former state official dies at 82", '' Laredo Morning Times'', March 3, 2015, p. 10A was a Democratic politician an ... (1932–2015), member of the Texas House of Representatives * Bob Armstrong (basketball, born 1920) (1920–2009), American basketball player * Bob Armstrong (basketball, born 1933) (1933–2016), American basketball player * Bob Armstrong (Australian footballer) (1875–1951), Australian rules footballer * Bob Armstrong ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong
Joseph Melton James (October 3, 1939 – August 27, 2020) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. In the course of his career, which spanned five decades, Armstrong held numerous championships throughout the Southeastern United States. His four sons, Joseph Scott, Robert Bradley, Steve and Brian Girard, all became wrestlers. Early life Joseph Melton James was born in Marietta, Georgia on October 3, 1939. When he was a child, Joseph James's father took him to see Gorgeous George wrestle. The young James was impressed and intrigued by the flamboyant performer. As a young man, James served in the United States Marine Corps in the early 1960s and was stationed in Korea. During his recruit training in Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on Parris Island, South Carolina, James was named Honor Man. After leaving the military, he began working for the Fair Oaks (later Cobb County) Fire Department as a firefighter in 1962. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Armstrong (baseball)
Robert Livingston Armstrong (July 4, 1850 – December 3, 1917) was an American professional baseball player. He played 12 of 21 games, 11 in Center fielder, center field, for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas in the first professional league, the 1871 National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP). Previously Armstrong played three seasons for the Maryland club of Baltimore, Maryland in the National Association of Base Ball Players. The Marylands were a strong club among the hundreds of NABBP members but a weak club among the twelve that contested the first professional pennant race in 1869, or the second one in 1870. Bob Armstrong was the son of John Horatio Armstrong and Caroline Amelia Scheldt and great grandson of John Armstrong Jr. He was 6'2" and was married to Betty Arnold. Armstrong was a Baltimore native like most of his Maryland teammates. External links Find a Grave 1850 births 1917 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball center fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong (boxer)
Bob Armstrong (September 4, 1873 – January 5, 1933), was a heavyweight boxer known as the " King of the Battle Royal". He was born in Rogersville, Tennessee, but he moved with his family to Washington, Ohio when he was three years old. Before he got into boxing, Armstrong worked with racing horses in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He made his debut on September 19 in a six-rounder against Joe Choynski in Chicago, Illinois. He lost the decision on points. Choynski used him as a sparring partner, as did world heavyweight champion pretender Tom Sharkey and the true heavyweight champs Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Jeffries. World Colored Heavyweight Champ On December 21, 1896, he won the World Colored Heavyweight Championship vacated by long-time colored champ Peter Jackson by knocking out Charley Strong in the 19th round in a fight held in New York City (although some sources claim the bout took place in Philadelphia on March 25, 1897). On New Year's Day 1897 he fought Joe Butler in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong (ice Hockey, Born 1931)
Robert Richard Armstrong (April 7, 1931 – November 6, 1990) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins between 1951 and 1961. Career Armstrong played junior hockey with the Stratford Kroehlers and broke into the NHL with the Boston Bruins in the 1950–51 season. Armstrong was known as a hard-hitting defenceman and could be found on the Boston blueline for every one of his 542 career NHL games. He was involved in many fights and made it to the Stanley Cup Finals three times, in 1953, 1957 and 1958. His team never won, however, losing each time to the Montreal Canadiens. He went on to be a master at Lakefield College School and died on November 6, 1990. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Awards and achievements *Played in NHL All-Star Game (1960) See also *List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise The following is a list of retired National Hockey League (NHL) play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong (ice Hockey, Born 1961)
Robert A. Armstrong was an American retired ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for Clarkson. Early life Armstrong graduated from Ithaca High School in 1979 and then spent a year at Northwood Prep School. While there he worked as a driver at the 1980 Winter Olympics and served as an usher during the Miracle on Ice game between the United States and the Soviet Union. Career Armstrong began attending Clarkson University in the fall of 1980. Clarkson made appearances in the NCAA Tournament in each of Armstrong's first two seasons and, though he was a bit player as a freshman, Armstrong had a much more integral role in 1982. After several of the top players graduated that year, Clarkson declined in Armstrong's junior season. He was named team captain for his senior year and the team rebounded. Armstrong led the defense in scoring and Clarkson finished third in the ECAC Tournament, their best finish in over a decade. The team made its third national tournament with Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong (politician)
Robert Landis Armstrong, known as Bob Armstrong (November 7, 1932 – March 1, 2015),Ryan McCrimmon of ''The Texas Tribune'', "Former state official dies at 82", '' Laredo Morning Times'', March 3, 2015, p. 10A was a Democratic politician and an environmental activist from the U.S. state of Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1971, Commissioner of the General Land Office from 1971 to 1983, and a member of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission from 1985 to 1991. From 1993 to 1998, he was the assistant secretary for land and minerals management at the United States Department of the Interior under appointment of U.S. President Bill Clinton. Early years Bob Armstrong was the son of the late Robert C. Armstrong and the former Louise Landis. He married the former Linda Lee Aaker, a lobbyist also from Austin. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas and his LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law, both in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong (basketball, Born 1920)
Robert F. Armstrong (June 11, 1920 – November 22, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League for the Youngstown Bears in just one game during the 1945–46 season but did not register a single statistic. Armstrong was born in Cambridge, Ohio but was raised in Warren, Ohio. He played college basketball at Glenville State College in Glenville, West Virginia from 1938 to 1942. He was the sixth man in his freshman season of 1938–39 but then a starter his final three years. He earned All-WVIAC honors twice (1941, 1942). In 2008, he was inducted into Glenville State's Hall of Fame. Armstrong graduated in 1942 and went on to earn a master's degree from Kent State University. Outside of Armstrong's one-game professional basketball career, he served the U.S. Army in World War II; was a middle- and high-school teacher as well as a high school track, baseball, and basketball coach; worked in insurance, and then owned a private busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong (basketball, Born 1933)
Theodore Robert Armstrong (June 17, 1933 – January 5, 2016) was an American basketball player. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he played collegiately for Michigan State University. He was selected by the Rochester Royals in the 1955 NBA draft. He played for the Philadelphia Warriors (1956–1957) in the NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ... for 19 games. Career statistics NBA Source Regular season References External links * 1933 births 2016 deaths Basketball players from Detroit Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players Philadelphia Warriors players Rochester Royals draft picks Holland High School (Michigan) alumni American men's basketball players Centers (basketball) Power forwards {{1930s-US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong (Australian Footballer)
Robert Daniel Armstrong (25 July 1872 – 3 June 1951) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...er who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL). Sources External links *Bob Armstrong's profileat Blueseum Carlton Football Club (VFA) players Carlton Football Club players 1875 births 1951 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong (English Footballer)
John Robert Armstrong (1 July 1938 – September 2014) was an English footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Darlington and in non-league football Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is specifically used to de ... for Horden Colliery Welfare. References 1938 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne English footballers Men's association football forwards Darlington F.C. players Darlington Town F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-forward-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong (public Servant)
Robert Edward Armstrong (24 July 191119 February 1988) was a senior Australian public servant and policy maker. Between May 1971 and June 1974 he was Secretary of the Department of Immigration The Department of Immigration was an Australian government department that existed between July 1945 and June 1974. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administ .... Life and career Bob Armstrong was born on 24 July 1911 in Erskinville, Sydney. In 1940, Armstrong enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. Posted to the 7th Division headquarters as a clerk, he served in Egypt, Palestine, Africa, Syria and Java. Between 1971 and 1974, he was Secretary of the Department of Immigration. Armstrong died in Canberra on 19 February 1988. Awards In 1967, Armstrong was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire while Assistant Secretary of the Immigration Department. References 1911 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |