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Croft (surname)
Croft is a surname; notable people with this surname include: *Chancy Croft (born 1937), American politician, father of Eric Croft *Chris Croft, American politician *David Croft (broadcaster), "Crofty", British TV commentator *David Croft (TV producer), British TV sitcom writer *Douglas Croft, American actor *Eric Croft (born 1964), American politician, son of Chancy Croft * George W. Croft (1846–1904), American politician, father of Theodore G. Croft *Henry Croft, Australian-Canadian businessman * Herbert Croft (other), several people *Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft *James Croft, Lord Deputy of Ireland in the sixteenth century *Jennifer Croft, American translator *Julia Croft, New Zealand performance artist *Mary Jane Croft, American actress * Paddy Croft, actress *Peta-Kaye Croft, Australian politician *Richard Croft (tenor), American operatic tenor *Steven Croft (bishop), Bishop of Oxford * Theodore G. Croft (1874–1920), American politician, son of George W. Crof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Croft (tenor)
Richard Croft is an American opera singer who is often characterized as a lyric tenor or " Mozart tenor." Richard Croft debuted in the United States (including at the Metropolitan Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Washington Opera and Dallas), by singing the major roles of Mozart and Rossini, before being invited on the leading international stages (Salzburg Festival, Paris Opera, Staatsoper Berlin, Zurich Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, Theater an der Wien among others). Richard Croft has been Professor of Voice at the University of North Texas College of Music since 2004. His brother, Dwayne Croft, is an operatic baritone. Both Croft brothers have sung leading roles in historically themed operas by the composer Philip Glass: Richard portrayed Mohandas Gandhi in '' Satyagraha'', and Dwayne portrayed Robert E. Lee in the debut production of '' Appomattox''. He also portrayed the role of Loge in the Metropolitan Opera's 2012 production of Wagner's'' Das Rheingold'' direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Croft (American Football)
Leland Reynolds Croft (November 5, 1898 – January 28, 1984) was an American football player and petroleum engineer. Croft was born in 1898 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and attended Mineral Point High School. He attended the Wisconsin School of Engineering where he received a degree in petroleum engineering. He played one game as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Racine Legion during the 1924 NFL season. Croft moved Texas by the 1930s. As of 1935, he was employed Stanolind Oil Company in Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in .... He moved to Odessa, Texas, in 1945. He worked a geologist, engineer, and appraiser in the oil business. From 1954 to 1964, he also served on the board of regents of Odessa College. He died in 1984 at the Medical C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Croft
Lee David Croft (born 21 June 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right winger for Manchester City, Norwich City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic. He also appears on ''Soccer AM'' as "Lee Croft, Story Teller", telling stories that end with the catch phrase "You can't handle the truth!" Club career Manchester City Born in Billinge Higher End, Greater Manchester, Croft began his career at Manchester City, who he joined as a 12-year-old after scout Eric Mullenden spotted him playing for junior team Garswood United. He was a talented youth player, representing England at every level up to under-20, including captaining England under-18s. Accumulating more than 40 caps in total, he is the most capped England youth player of all-time. At club level, he was part of the Manchester City youth team which reached the semi-finals of the 2003 FA Youth Cup. He made his first team debut for City on 7 March 2005 against Bolton Wanderers, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Croft
June Alexandra Croft (born 17 June 1963) is an English former freestyle swimmer. Swimming career Croft represented Great Britain at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980. At her Olympic debut in Moscow, she won the silver medal in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay, followed by the bronze medal in the women's 400-metre freestyle four years later at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She represented England and won five medals at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; triple gold in the 100 and 200 metres freestyle and 4x100 metres relay, a silver in the medley relay and a bronze in the 4x200 metres freestyle relay. Eight years later she represented England and won a silver and bronze in the freestyle relays events, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. She is a four times consecutive winner of the ASA National British Championships title over 100 metres freestyle (1980–1983), twice the 200 metres freestyle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioan Croft
Ioan Croft is a Welsh amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships. His twin brother, Garan, is also an amateur boxer. Both twins, who come from Crymych Crymych () is a village of around 800 inhabitants and a community (population 1,739) in the northeast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated approximately above sea level at the eastern end of the Preseli Mountains, on the old Tenby to Cardigan ..., took up boxing at Cardigan ABC and are Welsh-speaking. They were featured in an S4C television documentary prior to the Commonwealth Games 2022, at which they both represented Wales. At the Games Ioan won a gold medal and Garan bronze. Ioan fights at welterweight division, his brother Garan at light-middleweight. Their mother insists that they do not fight against one another in a competitive bout. References External links * Living people Welsh male boxers Welterweight boxers Southpaw boxers Boxers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Croft
Gary Croft (born 17 February 1974) is an English former professional footballer and co-commentator for BBC Radio Humberside. Asa player he was a left back from 1992 until 2008, as well as briefly coming out of retirement in 2015. He notably played for Grimsby Town, Blackburn Rovers and Ipswich Town, having also had spells with Wigan Athletic, Cardiff City, Lincoln City and Grimsby Borough. He was the first footballer to play in the Football League whilst wearing an electronic tag, when playing for Ipswich Town. Croft made his England under-21s debut against Brazil under-21s on 6 June 1995. David Beckham also made his debut in the same match. Career Grimsby Town Gary Croft graduated from the Grimsby Town youth setup in 1992, and was handed his first team debut by Alan Buckley shortly afterwards. Croft started as a left-back, but also filled in as a makeshift right back in John McDermott's absence, as well as also being known to cover central midfield, left midfield, right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garan Croft
Garan Croft is a Welsh amateur boxer who won a silver medal at the 2022 European Championships. His twin brother, Ioan, is also an amateur boxer. The twins come from Crymych. Garan Croft fights at light-middleweight, whilst his brother fights in the welterweight division. The brothers took up boxing together at Cardigan ABC. The Welsh-speaking brothers were featured in an S4C television documentary prior to the Commonwealth Games 2022 The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ..., for which they were both selected to represent Wales. Although they are sparring partners, they fight at different weights partly because their mother insists that they do not fight against one another in a serious bout. On the same weekend that Garan was awarded a bronze medal at the Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Croft
Donald Thomas Croft (born January 1, 1949) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played four season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford .... Croft played in a total of 34 career games between 1972 and 1976. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Croft, Don Living people 1949 births Buffalo Bills players Detroit Lions players Players of American football from Texas American football defensive tackles UTEP Miners football players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Croft
Colin Everton Hunte Croft (born 15 March 1953) is a former West Indian international cricketer. Cricket career Croft was (along with Andy Roberts, Michael Holding and Joel Garner) part of the potent West Indian quartet of fast bowlers from the late 70s and early 80s. With his height (), he bowled bouncers and was very aggressive. He was renowned for bowling wide of the crease over the wicket and angling the ball in to right-handers. His approach to the wicket was unconventional and footage of Croft bowling around the wicket show him on a run-up more typical of a ''left''-arm bowler. Croft's figures of 8/29 against Pakistan in 1977 are still the best Test innings figures by a fast bowler from the West Indies. Croft was involved in a number of controversial incidents during the ill-tempered test series with New Zealand in 1979–80. During the Second Test at Christchurch's Lancaster Park in February 1980, the West Indies considered umpire Fred Goodall's officiating so poor that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Croft
Annabel Nicola Croft (born 12 July 1966) is a former professional British female tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup and the Wightman Cup. After retiring from tennis, she turned to television presenting, with such shows as '' Treasure Hunt'' and ''Interceptor''. In 2005, she appeared in the ITV programme ''Celebrity Wrestling'' and went on to win it. Most recently she has been a presenter for Eurosport, Sky Sports and the BBC. Biography Tennis career Croft was born in Farnborough, Kent. After winning the Wimbledon and Australian Open girls' tournaments in 1984, she won the Virginia Slims of San Diego tournament in 1985, beating Wendy Turnbull in the final in straight sets. In December 1985, she achieved a world ranking of 24. She played for Great Britain in the Fed Cup in 1985 and 1986, and in the Wightman Cup from 1983 to 1986. She con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Croft (linguist)
William Croft (born November 13, 1956) is an American professor of linguistics at the University of New Mexico, United States. From 1994 to 2005 he was successively research fellow, lecturer, reader and professor in Linguistics at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the inventor of and advocate for radical construction grammar, which among other things uses box-diagrams to compare and contrast the grammatical features of different natural languages. He is considered an influential scholar in the fields of functional and cognitive linguistics. William Croft is a member of Save the Redwoods League's Board of Councillors.http://www.unm.edu/~wcroft/WACCV.html http://www.savetheredwoods.org/league/staff.shtml Partial bibliography * Syntactic Categories and Grammatical Relations: The Cognitive Organization of Information (1991) * Explaining language change: an evolutionary approach (2001) * Radical Construction Grammar: Syntactic theory in typological perspective (2001) * Typo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
