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Geof
Geof is a male given name. Notable people with this name include: * Geof Courtenay (1921–1980), English cricket player * Geof Darrow (born 1955), American comic book artist * Geof Gleeson (1927–1994), British judoka * Geof Isherwood (born 1960), American illustrator * Geof Kotila, American basketball coach * Geof Manthorne, American chef * Geof Motley (born 1935), Australian rules football player and coach See also * Geoff (other) * Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales, Argentina {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geof Darrow
Geofrey "Geof" Darrow (born October 21, 1955) is an American comic book artist, best known for his work on comic series ''Shaolin Cowboy'', '' Hard Boiled'' and ''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'', which was adapted into an animated television series of the same name, as well as his contributions to ''The Matrix'' series of films. Darrow's approach to comics and art has been cited as an influence by a multitude of artists including Peter Chung, Frank Quitely, Seth Fisher, Eric Powell, Frank Cho, Juan José Ryp, James Stokoe, Chris Burnham, Aaron Kuder, Nick Pitarra, and others. Early life Geofrey Darrow was born on October 21, 1955,Geof Darrow at Lambiek in Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff (other)
Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the major figures in the development of British history * Geoffrey I of Anjou (died 987) * Geoffrey II of Anjou (died 1060) * Geoffrey III of Anjou (died 1096) * Geoffrey IV of Anjou (died 1106) * Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (1113–1151), father of King Henry II of England * Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158–1186), one of Henry II's sons * Geoffrey, Archbishop of York (c. 1152–1212) * Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois, 12th century French chronicler * Geoffroy de Charney (died 1314), Preceptor of the Knights Templar * Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry (c. 1320–1391), French nobleman and writer * Geoffrey the Baker (died c. 1360), English historian and chronicler * Geoffroy (musician) (born 1987), Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geof Isherwood
Geof Isherwood (born December 4, 1960) is an American painter, sculptor and comic book illustrator. Career Much of Isherwood's early work was done for Marvel Comics, including such titles as ''Silver Surfer'', ''Conan the Barbarian'', '' Daredevil'', and ''Doctor Strange''. Since then, he has been involved in movies as a storyboard artist and a concepts/production illustrator, working with the likes of Bryan Singer, Richard Donner and Darren Aronofsky. He has also painted and designed covers for Canadian publishers, including Ann Diamond's ''Dead White Males'' (2000) and ''Sand for Snow'' (2003) by Robert Edison Sandiford. In 2011, Isherwood illustrated and prepared the cover for the American novel '' Antiquitas Lost'', by author Robert Louis Smith. A selection of his paintings based on the Greek gods were featured in Issue 59 of the publication ''Matrix''. In 1997, he created ''LINCOLN-16'' ( Skarwood Productions), a science fiction saga whose first two issues he wrote, drew, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geof Motley
Geof Motley OAM (born 3 January 1935) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played for South Australian National Football League (SANFL) side Port Adelaide. Motley was born near Alberton Oval, the home ground of the Port Adelaide Football Club, and grew up supporting Port Adelaide. Phelan, J"Mots Joins The Greats"afl.com.au, 8 May 2008, accessed 7 June 2008 Port Adelaide (1954-1966) For eight seasons (1959–1966) Motley captained the then dominating team of the League, including a stint as captain-coach from 1959 to 1961. He was the only man to appear in all nine of the Magpies premiership teams between 1954 and 1965. Motley played a total of 258 games for Port between 1953 and 1966 and also represented South Australia on 28 occasions. fullpointsfooty.net.au During his career, Motley was never dropped from the league team and was ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geof Kotila
Geof Kotila is an American basketball coach. He played college basketball for Michigan Tech before going into coaching. Playing career Kotila played high school basketball at Glen Lake School in Maple City, Michigan, before enrolling at Michigan Technological University. He was a four-year starter for the Huskies, earning the team's outstanding newcomer honors in 1978-79, garnering the team’s most improved player award in 1980-81 as well as team MVP honors and the Raymond L. Smith Award as the university's outstanding senior male student-athlete in the 1981-82 campaign. Kotila scored 1,394 points in 102 games for MTU. He ranked third all-time in career points, when his playing career at Michigan Tech came to an end in 1982. Coaching career In 1985-86, Kotila served as head men's cross country coach at Michigan Tech and was an assistant men's basketball coach between 1985 and 1987, before being appointed as MTU head men's basketball coach. He stayed on the job until 1994 and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geof Gleeson
Geoffrey Robert Gleeson (1927–1994) was a British judoka. Teacher: Trevor Leggett. He went to Japan 1952-55 where he and Charles Palmer were the first westerners to serve as a special research students at the Kodokan Judo Institute. He studied most martial arts: Judo, Kendo, Aikido, Bōjutsu, Jujitsu, Karate, and also studied Zen Buddhism. First kenshusei post World War II. Posthumously awarded 9th Dan Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoi .... He won two silver medals at the 1951 European Judo Championships in the 3rd dan and open classes. He was captain of the first British team to win the European championships and was appointed national coach in 1960.Jack Murray, "British Coach Analyzes U.S. Judo", Black Belt magazine, February 1973, pp 24-25. Selected publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geof Courtenay
Geofry William List Courtenay (16 December 1921 – 17 October 1980) played first-class cricket for Somerset in four matches in the 1947 season. In 1953 he played a single first-class match for a Minor Counties representative side, and between 1955 and 1957 he played for Scotland in three first-class matches. He was born at Castle Cary in Somerset and died at Edinburgh, Scotland. His older brother Peter also played for Somerset. Courtenay was educated at Sherborne School. As a cricketer, he was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He appeared for Somerset Colts in both 1938 and 1939 and then played one game for Somerset's second eleven in 1939 as an opening batsman. In 1947, he played four times for Somerset's first team, scoring 34 against Sussex in his first first-class innings. He was not successful in his other matches, however, and did not appear for the county again. From 1952, he played Minor Counties cricket for Dorset regularly for six seasons, and in 1953 made a furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geof Manthorne
Geoffrey Manthorne (born April 25, 1974), more commonly known as Geof, is an American chef known for his skill in cake building, as well as decorating. He stars on the Food Network's reality-TV show ''Ace of Cakes'' and works as executive sous chef at Duff Goldman's bakery Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, Maryland. Manthorne also competed with Goldman in the Halloween Haunted House ''Food Network Challenge'' and judged the Extreme Cakes competition with Goldman and Mary Alice Fallon-Yeskey. He met Duff by being in the same music social group and through Mary Alice's brother, Neil Fallon, the lead singer of the band Clutch A clutch is a mechanical device that engages and disengages power transmission, especially from a drive shaft to a driven shaft. In the simplest application, clutches connect and disconnect two rotating shafts (drive shafts or line shafts). .... References 1974 births Living people University of Maryland, Baltimore County alumni American televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
