Dick Adams
Dick Adams may refer to: * Dick Adams (politician) (born 1951), Australian politician * Dick Adams (baseball) (1920–2016), American Major League Baseball player * Dick Adams (Canadian football) (born 1948), Canadian football player See also * Rick Adams (other) * Richard Adams (other) * Dick (other) * Adams (other) Adams may refer to: * For persons, see Adams (surname) Places United States *Adams, California *Adams, California, former name of Corte Madera, California *Adams, Decatur County, Indiana *Adams, Kentucky *Adams, Massachusetts, a New England town ...

Dick Adams (politician)
Dick Godfrey Harry Adams (born 29 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives. He represented the Division of Lyons in central Tasmania from the 1993 federal election until the 2013 federal election. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and was a meat worker, rural worker and an organiser with the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union and the Liquor and Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union (Miscellaneous Division) before entering politics. He is currently serving as a councillor on Northern Midlands Council Adams was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Franklin division from the 1979 state election until the 1982 state election, serving as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees from 1980 until 1981, and as Minister for National Parks, Lands, Aged Persons and Community Welfare from 1981 until 1982. Since being elected to the federal parliament, Adams played an ...
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Dick Adams (baseball)
Richard Leroy Adams (April 8, 1920 – September 14, 2016) was a former American first baseman in Major League Baseball, playing briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. Born in Tuolumne County, California, he batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Coming from a baseball family, Adams was the older brother of second baseman Bobby Adams and uncle of outfielder Mike Adams. He started his professional career in 1939 with the Cincinnati Reds affiliate Ogden Reds of the Pioneer League, spending three seasons in the minor leagues seasons before enlisting in the US Army Air Force in 1941. Discharged from the service at the end of 1945, he played and managed the Santa Ana, California Army Air Base team, for which Joe DiMaggio played. Philadelphia Athletics (1947) In 1946, Adams hit .330 with 155 RBI for the Wenatchee Chiefs of the Western International League, and was drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics. He remained with the Athletics for the 1947 season, ...
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Dick Adams (Canadian Football)
Richard Adams (born February 13, 1948), known as Dick or Dickie, was a gridiron football defensive back who was drafted and tried out for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL), and later played for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Adams was released at the end of the first week of the Oilers' 1971 training camp before the first preseason game. After being signed by the Rough Riders, Adams played in 63 regular season games from 1972 to 1976. He was named an All-Canadian player from 1972 to 1975. Adams became a Grey Cup champion in 1973 after the Rough Riders defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 22–18 in the 61st Grey Cup. He also won another Grey Cup with Ottawa in 1976. College career Dick Adams was a three-year letterwinner (1968–70) at Miami. He was selected first-team all-MAC defensive back and kick returner in 1969 and 1970, where he also punted and occasionally lined up as a receiver on offense. He still owns a part of three ...
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Rick Adams (other)
Rick Adams may refer to: * Rick Adams (baseball) (1878–1955), American baseball player *Rick Adams (Internet pioneer), American founder of UUNET *Rick Adams (television presenter) (born 1972), English television presenter and online radio DJ See also *Ricky Adams (1959–2011), Major League Baseball player * Ricky G. Adams, American police officer and soldier * Richard Adams (other) * Dick Adams (other) *Adams (surname) Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, meaning "son of the soil (Adama)". Variations include Addams, McAdam and MacAdam. People with the surname Politics and law * A. A. Adams (1900–1985), American politician *Abigail Ad ...

Richard Adams (other)
Richard Adams (1920–2016) was an English novelist, author of ''Watership Down'' and ''The Plague Dogs''. Richard Adams may also refer to: *Richard Adams (activist) (1947–2012), Filipino-American gay rights activist * Richard Adams (architect) (1791–1835), Scottish painter and architect * Richard Adams (British politician) (1912–1978), British politician *Richard Adams (cricketer) (1838–1897), English cricketer *Richard Adams (inventor) (born 1954), inventor of various electronic devices *Richard Adams (poet) (1619–1661), collector of verse *Richard Adams (religious writer) (c. 1626–1698), English minister and writer *Richard Adams (businessman) (born 1946), British fair-trade organisation founder * Richard Adams (Ohio politician) (born 1939), member of the Ohio House of Representatives *Richard Adams (violinist) (born 1957), New Zealand jazz violinist and artist *Richard C. Adams (1864–1921), Lenape poet and writer * Richard D. Adams (1909–1987), United States Navy ...
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Dick (other)
Dick, Dicks, or Dick's may refer to: Media * ''Dicks'' (album), a 2004 album by Fila Brazillia * Dicks (band), a musical group * ''Dick'' (film), a 1999 American comedy film * "Dick" (song), a 2019 song by Starboi3 featuring Doja Cat Names * Dick (nickname), an index of people nicknamed Dick * Dick (surname) * Dicks (surname) * Dick, a diminutive for Richard * Dicks (writer) (1823–1891), a pen name of Edmond de la Fontaine of Luxembourg * Dicks., botanical author abbreviation for James Dickson (1738–1822) Places * Dicks Butte, a mountain in California * Dick's Drive-In, a Seattle, Washington-based fast food chain * Dick's Sporting Goods, a major sporting goods retailer in the United States * Dick's Sporting Goods Park, a soccer stadium in Denver, Colorado Other uses * Dick (slang), a dysphemism for the penis as well as a pejorative epithet * Detective, in early 20th century or 19th century English * Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran), or DIC(K), a political party ...
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