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Brian Stevens (cyclist)
Brian Stevens may refer to: * Brian "Stack" Stevens (1941–2017), English rugby union player * Brian Stevens (cricketer) (born 1942), former English cricketer * Birth name of English professional wrestler Peter Thornley (born 1941) See also * Brian Stephens (other) {{hndis, Stevens, Brian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stack Stevens
Claude Brian "Stack" Stevens (2 June 1940 – 10 October 2017) was an English rugby union player who played Prop (rugby union), prop for Cornish Pirates, Penzance and Newlyn, Harlequin F.C., Harlequins, Cornwall Rugby Football Union, Cornwall (with 83 caps, and captain from 1973 to 1975) and England national rugby union team, England 25 times at international level between 1969 and 1975, captaining them for a match in 1971. He also toured with the British and Irish Lions to Australia and New Zealand in 1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand, 1971. Stevens had suffered from a rare and serious neurological condition. He died on 10 October 2017. References 1940 births 2017 deaths Cornish rugby union players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England England international rugby union players Rugby union props Cornish Pirates players Harlequin F.C. players {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Stevens (cricketer)
Keith Brian Havelock Stevens (born 22 August 1942) is an English former cricketer. Stevens was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Bombay (today Mumbai), India and was educated at Bradfield College in England. Stevens made his debut for Berkshire in the 1960 Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ... against Devon. He played Minor counties cricket for Berkshire from 1960 to 1962, making ten appearances. While studying at the University of Oxford, Stevens made his first-class debut for Oxford University Cricket Club against Glouestershire in 1962. He made four further first-class appearances for the university that season, the last of which came against Middlesex. In his five first-class appearances, he scored 102 runs at an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Thornley
Peter William Thornley (born 19 October 1941) is an English retired professional wrestler who was best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki. The character of Nagasaki was a Japanese samurai with a mysterious past and reputed powers of healing and hypnosis. He was one of the biggest draws of all time in British wrestling, especially in the mid-1970s and the turn of the 1980s – 1990s. Thornley wore a mask for most of his career, the one significant exception being several months following a December 1977 televised voluntary unmasking ceremony. He had originally retired in 1978 but returned to competition briefly in 1981 and then again from 1986 to 1993. Thereafter he made sporadic wrestling appearances. Thornley gave occasional interviews as Kendo Nagasaki, usually photographed fully masked or with his face hidden, and often speaking through a representative. The character's voice was never heard in public. His identity as the man behind Kendo Nagasaki was first reveale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |