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Charles Owens (saxophonist Born 1972)
Charles Owens may refer to: * Charles Owens (golfer), American golfer * Charles Owens (tennis), American tennis player * Charles Owens (saxophonist born 1939) * Charles John Owens Sir Charles John Owens, CB (26 September 1845 – 17 January 1933) was a British railway manager. Entering the service of the London and South Western Railway when he was 17, he rose to be its general manager from 1898 to 1912, and a director fr ..., British railway manager * Charles L. Owens, first African-American judge in Oklahoma * Tinker Owens (Charles Wayne Owens), American football player See also * Charlie Owens (other) {{hndis, Owens, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Owens (golfer)
Charles Owens (February 22, 1932 – September 7, 2017) was an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. Owens was born in Winter Haven, Florida. He played football at Florida A&M University and served in the U.S. Army. He suffered injuries to both knees and his left ankle during a parachute jump at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1952 which left him handicapped. Owens turned professional in 1967 and joined the PGA Tour in 1970. During his seven years on the Tour, he won the 1971 Kemper Asheville Open, a "satellite" PGA Tour event. Owens played with a limp and played all golf shots cross-handed. The biggest year of his professional career came on the Senior PGA Tour in 1986, when he won twice in a three tournament span, and finished eighth on the money list with $207,813. Owens was allowed to use a cart while competing in most instances due to his disability, and once staged a protest at the 1987 U.S. Senior Open against the USGA f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Owens (tennis)
Charles "Charlie" Owens (born July 31, 1950) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Owens won the Orange Bowl in 1966 for the 16 and under age division. He competed at the 1970 Summer Universiade The 1970 Summer Universiade, also known as the VI Summer Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy. After the city of Lisbon, Portugal failed to host the 1969 Summer Universiade, the games were assigned to Turin to be held next year. Sports at t ... in Turin, where he won bronze medals in both the men's doubles (with Fred McNair) and mixed doubles (with Mona Schallau). In 1972 he was the NCAA Division II champion for Samford University. He made the third round of the singles event at the US Open in 1973 and 1974 as well as the third round of Wimbledon in 1975. In doubles, he and partner Mike Estep beat third seeds Arthur Ashe and Roscoe Tanner en route to the third round at the 1974 US Open. Grand Prix career finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Owens (saxophonist Born 1939)
Charles M. Brown (born May 4, 1939, Phoenix, Arizona),David Wild, "Charles Owens". ''The New Grove, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004. better known as Charles Owens, is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. Owens should not be confused with , an American jazz saxophonist born in 1972 who has recorded for Fresh Sound Records. Owens began playing music while attending the University of San Diego; following a stint in the United States Armed Forces, he studied at Berklee College of Music. He worked in the bands of Buddy Rich and Mongo Santamaria as an alto saxophonist in the late 1960s, and in the 1970s played mostly tenor and soprano saxophone. He played in that decade with Bobby Bryant, Paul Humphrey, Diana Ross, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Lorez Alexandria, Henry Franklin, Patrice Rushen, Gerald Wilson, Lorez Alexandria, and James Newton among others. He worked with Newton again in the mid-1980s, and also played in the 1980s with John Cart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles John Owens
Sir Charles John Owens, CB (26 September 1845 – 17 January 1933) was a British railway manager. Entering the service of the London and South Western Railway when he was 17, he rose to be its general manager from 1898 to 1912, and a director from 1912 to 1923. From 1923 to 1930 he was a director of the Southern Railway. Owens was a member of the Commission of Lieutenancy of the City of London, a member of the Royal Commission on Imperial Free Trade, and the chairman of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Owens was knighted on 18 December 1902, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved Bathing#Medieval ... (CB) in 1917. References * External links * London and South Western Railway people Knights Bachelor Companions of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles L
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinker Owens
Charles Wayne "Tinker" Owens is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for four seasons for the New Orleans Saints (1976, 1978–1980) in the National Football League. The younger brother of Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens, Tinker was a two-time All-American (1974, 1975) during his college career at Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor .... References 1954 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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