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David Fletcher (other)
David Fletcher may refer to: * David Fletcher (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player * David Fletcher (bishop) (died 1665), Bishop of Argyll in Scotland * David Fletcher (cartoonist) (born 1952), New Zealand cartoonist * David Fletcher (cricketer) (1924–2015), British cricketer * David Fletcher (cyclist) (born 1989), British cross-country mountain biker and cyclo-cross rider * David Fletcher (military historian) David John Fletcher (born 1942) is an English author and military historian specialising in the history of armoured warfare, particularly that of the United Kingdom. He was an employee of The Tank Museum, Bovington from 1982 until December 20 ... (born 1942), British military historian * David Fletcher (musician) (1971–2009), British musician {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fletcher (baseball)
David Owen Fletcher (born May 31, 1994) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Los Angeles Angels organization. Fletcher was born in Orange, California, and attended Cypress High School in Cypress, California. After four varsity seasons with Cypress, Fletcher played two seasons of college baseball for Loyola Marymount University. He was drafted by the Angels in the sixth round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut in 2018 and served as a utility player for his first three seasons before becoming a more permanent middle infielder in 2021. Considered a contact hitter, Fletcher has frequently served as the leadoff batter in front of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. He is known for his soft-contact Glossary of baseball (B)#blooper, bloop hits and frequent contact, resulting in a low amount of Base on balls, walks and strikeouts. In his first three full seasons with the Angels, Fletcher led the team in hits. His 26-game hitting streak in 2021 was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fletcher (bishop)
David Fletcher (c.1607–1665) was a 17th-century senior clergyman in the Church of Scotland. Life He was the second son of Andrew Fletcher a Dundee merchant, related to the Fletchers of Innerpeffer. His brother Sir John Fletcher was Lord Advocate of Scotland from 1661 to 1664. His date of birth is unclear but he graduated MA from St Andrews University in 1625. In 1635 Edinburgh town council elected him as minister in second charge in the Old Kirk, St Giles (then split into four sections, with two ministers per section). He was deposed from this post in January 1639 both for declining the previous Assembly in Glasgow and for reading and defending the Scottish Book of Common Prayer but was allowed to return to his post in August 1639. In 1641 he translated From St Giles to Melrose. In 1662 he was consecrated by Archbishop Andrew Fairfoul at Glasgow Cathedral as Bishop of Argyll. The position as Bishop permitted Fletcher a place in the Scottish Parliament. He died in Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fletcher (cricketer)
David George William Fletcher (6 July 1924 – 27 April 2015) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey. He generally opened the batting, though he moved down the order towards the end of his career. He had a good range of strokes, most notably the drive and the hook. Born in Sutton, Surrey, Fletcher joined Surrey immediately after the war. He had only a single game in 1946, but the following year established his place in the side and scored four hundreds. One of those came in strange circumstances, when he played for the North against the South at Kingston upon Thames because they were a man short. From 1948 to 1951 he fared poorly, but he returned to form in 1952, when his 1960 runs at 37.96 made an important contribution to the first of Surrey's seven successive County Championship The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fletcher (cyclist)
David Fletcher (born 27 February 1989, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire) is a British cross-country mountain biker Mountain biking is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and pe ... and cyclo-cross rider and 2009 British under-23 champion. In 2006, came 18th in the junior world championship in New Zealand and was then helped by the Olympic Development Programme. He finished 33rd in the European championship in the Netherlands. In September 2007, Fletcher was 3rd junior in the world championships in Fort William, Scotland. Fletcher rode for ScienceinSport in 2008. Race results 2006/09 Refe ...
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David Fletcher (military Historian)
David John Fletcher (born 1942) is an English author and military historian specialising in the history of armoured warfare, particularly that of the United Kingdom. He was an employee of The Tank Museum, Bovington from 1982 until December 2012, becoming the museum's longest serving member of staff. Earlier that year, he was a panellist on Operation Think Tank, an international symposium on tanks, held in California. He also presents contemporary media such as YouTube for the Tank Museum. David Fletcher hosted a regular video series on The Tank Museum YouTube channel called 'Tank Chats', in which he gave viewers a brief insight in to a specific tank in the Museum's collection. In his final year at Bovington, he was appointed an MBE in the Queens New Year's honours list The New Year Honours is a part of the British honours system, with New Year's Day, 1 January, being marked by naming new members of orders of chivalry and recipients of other official honours. A number of ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
