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Chris Roberts (newsreader)
Chris Roberts may refer to: *Chris Roberts (skateboarder), American skateboarder, action sports movie star, radio and television personality, founder of ''The Nine Club.'' * Chris Roberts (baseball) (born 1971), American baseball player and coach * Chris Roberts (chairman), ex-chairman of Torquay United Football Club *Chris Roberts (video game developer) (born 1968), American video game designer, programmer, film producer, and director * Chris Roberts (pilot) (born 1945), British former test pilot, and Red Arrows pilot *Chris Roberts (singer) (1944–2017), German singer and actor *Paul Roberts (cricketer) Christopher Paul Roberts was an English first-class cricketer who played one first-class and one List A cricket, List A game for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Worcestershire in 1974. Born in Cleethorpes, Roberts played for Worcestershir ... (Christopher Paul Roberts, 1951–1977), English cricketer * Chris Ioan Roberts (born 1985), Australian actor See also * Chris Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Roberts (skateboarder)
Chris Roberts is an American professional skateboarder and host of the podcast '' The Nine Club with Chris Roberts''. Early life Roberts was born in Inglewood, California on August 13, 1976, and raised in Malibu, California. He grew up skateboarding around Los Angeles County and Southern California. Career In 2007, Roberts turned pro for Chocolate Skateboards. In 2009, while filming for Crailtap's "Lil Slice of Life" web clip, Roberts' cat, Garvy, figured prominently in the segment. After becoming an inside joke among sponsored Southern California skateboarders, Roberts's cat was featured on a series of skateboard decks and merchandise for a variety of his sponsors' brands. "The Back Forty" project (2014) and its evolution Roberts collaborated with Marc Johnson and Kenny Anderson to launch the "Back Forty" project in mid-2013/early 2014, a creative outlet meant to build and retain quality skateboarding media, industry, and cultural content by and for skateboarders, inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Roberts (baseball)
Christopher Eric Roberts (born June 25, 1971) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and for the United States national baseball team. Career Roberts attended Middleburg High School in Middleburg, Florida. He competed for the United States national baseball team in the 1989 World Junior Baseball Championships, winning gold. He also appeared in the 1991 Pan American Games, winning the bronze medal with the game-winning hit in the bronze medal game against the Dominican Republic national baseball team. In the tournament, he was named to the All-Tournament Team. The Philadelphia Phillies selected Roberts in the second round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft, but he did not sign, opting to attend Florida State University, where he played college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles baseball team in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Roberts (chairman)
Chris Roberts is an English businessman, who served as chairman of Torquay United Football Club between October 2006 and February 2007. Torquay United chairmanship Chris Roberts and three other directors set up Torquay United Holdings Ltd to buy shares in October 2006 from Torquay United Football Club owner Mike Bateson over a four-year deal. Bateston still "owned" the club by retaining a 51 per cent share. 34% of the club's shares were sold to the consortium. His past career is heavily based in football having played in the Czech Republic when young, and performed various roles in the sport, such as being an advisor to FIFA and UEFA and being involved in the deal that brought Mark Viduka to Celtic. As a former FIFA Players Agent, Roberts worked closely with several clubs as he was experienced with the Overseas Labour Service and acquired many work permits for non-EEA Players. In November 2006, Roberts introduced a new initiative whereby Torquay players would be disciplined and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Roberts (video Game Developer)
Chris Roberts (born May 27, 1968) is a British-American video game designer, programmer, film producer and film director. He created the '' Wing Commander'' series while at Origin Systems and as of 2011 has been working on the crowdfunded space simulator '' Star Citizen''. Early life Roberts was born in Redwood City, California to a British father and an American mother, and grew up in Manchester, England. He attended Parrs Wood High School, the same school as computer music composer Martin Galway. As a teenager, he created several video games for the BBC Micro, including ''Stryker's Run'', '' Wizadore'', and ''King Kong''. Career Origin Systems Roberts returned to the United States in 1986 to visit his parents, who had settled in Austin, Texas. He found a job at Origin Systems, where he created ''Times of Lore'', published in 1988. The game's interface had a strong influence on other Origin products such as the popular '' Ultima'' series. A similar game system w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Roberts (pilot)
Christopher Roberts (born 1945) is a former British test pilot. Career Royal Air Force He trained at RAF South Cerney in Gloucestershire, RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire and completed it at RAF Valley in Anglesey North Wales. He flew with the oyal Air Force beginning with 20 Squadron on the Hawker Hunter at RAF Tengah in Singapore from 1966 to 1969. He then returned to RAF Valley as a flying instructor on the Hawker Hunter. He became a member of the Red Arrows from 1971-72. He had flown the Harrier with the RAF, starting with the Harrier Operational Conversion Unit in 1973. He attended the Empire Test Pilots' School and flew with the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. British Aerospace He joined British Aerospace as a test pilot in 1979, becoming deputy chief test pilot in 1987. On 24 April 1987 he flew the second prototype ''ZH200'' of the Hawk 200, the single-seat version, being the project test pilot; the aircraft would make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Roberts (singer)
Chris Roberts (born Christian Franz Klusáček; 13 March 1944 – 2 July 2017) was a German schlager singer and actor. He was born in Munich-Schwabing and was married to the singer and actress Claudia Roberts; they often performed on stage together. Biography Roberts was most popular as a singer in Germany in the 1970s; he charted there with 24 songs between 1968 and 1980. He also acted in a number of films during that time. He represented Luxembourg as a part of a sextet in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in which they sang "Children, Kinder, Enfants". They earned 37 points and attained 13th position. Roberts' first two singles, "Baby's Gone" and "Welchen Weg soll ich gehen", were released under the artist name Chris Robert. Death Chris Roberts died after suffering lung cancer. He was survived by his wife Claudia Roberts. Discography ;Albums Filmography *1970: ''When the Mad Aunts Are Coming'' *1970: ' *1970: ''Musik, Musik – da wackelt die Penne'' *1971: ''...und sowas n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Roberts (cricketer)
Christopher Paul Roberts was an English first-class cricketer who played one first-class and one List A cricket, List A game for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Worcestershire in 1974. Born in Cleethorpes, Roberts played for Worcestershire's second team many times between 1971 and 1973, as well as appearing twice for Lincolnshire County Cricket Club, Lincolnshire in the Minor Counties Championship. In mid-August 1974, he produced a startling return of 8-13 for Worcestershire II against Lancashire County Cricket Club, Lancashire II in a very low-scoring game that was over in a single day.Lancashire Second XI v Worcestershire Second XI, Second Eleven Championship 1974 CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2006. After this performance, Roberts was immed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Ioan Roberts
Chris Ioan Roberts (born 24 April 1985) is an Australian-born actor, writer and director working in London. Biography Chris Ioan Roberts is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (Bachelor of Dramatic Art, 2010) and is an alumnus of The Watermill Center, New York, where he worked with celebrated American avant-garde director Robert Wilson. Whilst at the VCA he was the recipient of the Friends of VCA Award for his residency in New York. He trained originally as a dancer at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School. He began professional international secondment as Creative Associate under Giuseppe Frigeni at the Opéra national de Paris on Robert Wilson’s production of ''Madama Butterfly'' in 2011. He has worked as assistant to the Director of The Royal Opera, and for director Marianne Elliott. In review, his theatre work has been noted for its subversion, shock humour and political undercurrent as well as for its highly formal and often chaotic aes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Douglas-Roberts
Chris Douglas Roberts (born January 8, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis. High school career Douglas-Roberts played high school basketball at Cass Technical High School and Northwestern High School. He played for Cass Tech in 2003 and 2004 averaging 28 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. After the 2004 season he transferred to Northwestern where he saw limited time due to transfer rules and didn't join the team until the second semester. He finished the season averaging 13.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Douglas-Roberts was listed as the No. 26 shooting guard and the No. 75 player in the nation in 2005. College career During his freshman season he played in 34 games starting 25. He finished the season averaging 8.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. Because of his great play he was on the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
