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Dick Lane (boxer)
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Dick Lane may refer to: Sportspeople * Night Train Lane (1927–2002), American football player * Dick Lane (baseball) (1927–2018), American baseball player * Dick Lane (pool player), pocket billiards player Other people * Richard Douglas Lane (1936–2002), known as Dick Lane, scholar, author, collector and dealer in Japanese art * Dick Lane (announcer) (1899–1982), television announcer * Dick Lane (American politician) (1927–2015) See also * Dick Lane Velodrome, Atlanta * Richard Lane (other) Dick or Richard Lane may refer to: Artists and writers *Richard Lane (architect) (1795–1880), English co-founder of Manchester Architectural Society *Richard James Lane (1800–1872), English sculptor and lithographer *Richard Lane (writer) (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train Lane
Richard Lane (April 16, 1928 – January 29, 2002), commonly known as Dick "Night Train" Lane, was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for 14 years in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Los Angeles Rams ( 1952–1953), Chicago Cardinals (1954–1959), and Detroit Lions (1960–1965). As a rookie in 1952, Lane had 14 interceptions, a mark that remains a NFL record 70 years later. He played in the Pro Bowl seven times and was selected as a first-team All-Pro player seven times between 1956 and 1963. His 68 career interceptions ranked second in NFL history at the time of his retirement and still ranks fourth in NFL history. He was also known as one of the most ferocious tacklers in NFL history and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974. He was named to the National Football League 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1969, named to the 75th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1994 and unanimously named to the National Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Lane (baseball)
Richard Harrison Lane (June 28, 1927 – September 5, 2018) was an American professional baseball player and a former Major League Baseball left fielder. He was born in Highland Park, Michigan. He appeared in 12 games for the Chicago White Sox during the middle of the season (June 20–July 8), making his major league debut against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium. He batted and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . In 42 at bats Lane hit just .119 (5-for-42...all singles) with four runs batted in and four runs scored. Five walks, however, pushed his on-base percentage up to .213. Lane handled 27 chances for a fielding percentage In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly handles a batted or thrown ball. It is calculated by the sum of putouts and assists, div ... of 1.000. Four of his five MLB hits, and three of his four RBIs, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Lane (pool Player)
Dick Lane is a professional pocket billiards (pool) player from Dallas, Texas. In 1977, he reached the finals of the BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship but lost to Tom Jennings Thomas Daniel Jennings (born 1955) is a Los Angeles-based artist, known for his work on FidoNet and for his work at Phoenix Software on MS-DOS integration and interoperability. Work He is the creator of FidoNet, the first message and file ne ... despite leading 196–42 and being only four balls away from the championship. Lane was the subject of an extensive profile ''Texas Monthly'', which nicknamed him "the Shootist" and described him as Texas's greatest pool players, a two-time Southwest Player of the Year who has won many tournaments and has a run of 324 consecutive balls in straight pool and 9 straight racks in nine ball." Titles * 1989 Huebler Cup Open 9-Ball * 1990 Willard's Spring Classic 9-Ball * 1990 Houston Open 9-Ball References American pool players Living people Yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Douglas Lane
Richard Douglas Lane (1926–2002) was an American scholar, author, collector, and dealer of Japanese art. He lived in Japan for much of his life, and had a long association with the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaii, which now holds his vast art collection. Life Lane was born in Kissimmee, Florida. After graduating from high school in 1944, during World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. In the Marines he trained as a Japanese translator, and served in Japan during the war. He later received a bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii in Japanese and Chinese literature, and continued his studies at Columbia University, where he earned a master's degree and a PhD in 18th-century Japanese literature. In 1957, Lane moved to Japan, where he lived for the rest of his life. Lane was never on a university faculty, but supported himself as an author, dealer and consultant. He was a visiting research associate at the Honolulu Museum of Art from 1957 to 1971, durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Lane (announcer)
Richard Lane (May 28, 1899 – September 5, 1982) was an American actor and television announcer/presenter. In movies, he played assured, fast-talking slickers: usually press agents, policemen and detectives, sometimes swindlers and frauds. He is perhaps best known to movie fans as "Inspector Farraday" in the Boston Blackie mystery-comedies. Lane also played Faraday in the first radio version of ''Boston Blackie'', which ran on NBC from June 23, 1944 to September 15, 1944. Lane was an early arrival on television, first as a news reporter and then as a sports announcer, broadcasting wrestling and roller derby shows on KTLA-TV, mainly from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Biography Early years Lane was born in 1899 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to a farm family. Early in life he developed talents for reciting poetry and doing various song-and-dance acts. By his teenage years, Lane was doing an " iron jaw" routine in circuses around Europe and worked as a drummer touring w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Lane (American Politician)
Richard Gautier Lane (June 20, 1927 – October 31, 2015) was an American politician. He was born in Atlanta. Lane served in the United States Navy during World War II. He then received his bachelor's degree in psychology from University of Georgia in 1951 and his law degrees from John Marshall Law School. Lane also went to Auburn University. He was the superintendent of the East Point, Georgia Parks and Recreation Department. Lane served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1966 to 1984 and was a Republican. The Dick Lane Bridge over the Chattahoochee River The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ... on the Douglas– Fulton county line was named in his honor. The Dick Lane Velodrome, also named in his honor, was constructed in 1974 and inspired by a grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Lane Velodrome
Dick Lane Velodrome, constructed in 1974, is a bicycle racing facility inspired by a group of residents and City officials that visited the Munich Olympics. Located eight miles south of downtown Atlanta, the Velodrome is and 36° banked concrete track, set in Sumner park in a residential part of East Point. The City of East Point owns the facility and has a long-term partnership with East Point Velodrome Association, Inc. (EPVA) to manage it. It is one of 22 active velodromes in the United States. Dick Lane was the director of the East Point Recreation District and a member of the Georgia State Legislature. EPVA is a volunteer-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation, care, and growth of the Dick Lane Velodrome, located in East Point, Georgia. EPVA conducts Youth Service Activities at no cost to the city or state. These activities include a Youth Cycling League (for kids 8-12), Summer Camps (kids 13-16), and Bicycle Safety Clinics.https://www.dicklaneve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
