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Joe Carpe
Joseph A. Carpe (January 23, 1903 – November 3, 1977) was a professional football player in the early National Football League (NFL). A native of Westville, Illinois, Carpe attended Millikin University. He made his NFL debut in 1926 with the Frankford Yellow Jackets. That year, he was a member of the Yellow Jackets NFL Championship team. He also played for the Pottsville Maroons The Pottsville Maroons were an American football team based in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in the northeastern part of the state. Founded in 1920, they played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1925 to 1928. In 1929 they relocated to Boston ..., Boston Bulldogs, and was an original member of the Philadelphia Eagles. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Carpe, Joe 1903 births 1977 deaths American football halfbacks Boston Bulldogs (NFL) players Frankford Yellow Jackets players Millikin Big Blue football players Philadelphia Eagles players Pottsville Maroons players People from Vermilion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westville, Illinois
Westville is a village in Georgetown Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,202 at the 2010 census, and 2,990 in 2018. History The town was laid out in May 1873 by William P. and Elizabeth A. West, although it started out as a station on the Danville and Southwestern Railroad, and there had been settlements in this area prior to the platting. The first known settler was Moses Scott, who purchased land and built a structure in 1827. The post office was established on January 12, 1874. Telephone lines were first installed in 1900, and electricity arrived in 1901. During its early days, Westville had many immigrants who lived separately in their own neighborhoods that evoked the tastes, smells, and sounds of different cultures in each neighborhood; the town was known as a "Little Chicago" as it mirrored the different cultures there. Today, many people still carry on the Easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 Births
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People From Vermilion County, Illinois
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Pottsville Maroons Players
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Philadelphia Eagles Players
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Millikin Big Blue Football Players
Millikin may refer to: People Surname *Anna Millikin (1764 – ), teacher and author *Earl Millikin (1890–1970), the Mayor of Seattle, Washington 1941–1942 *Eric Millikin, American contemporary artist and activist based in Detroit, Michigan *Eugene Millikin (1891–1958), United States Senator from Colorado *Hugh Millikin (born 1957), Australian curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario *James Millikin (1827–1909), the founder of Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois *John M. Millikin (1804–1884), Republican politician in the state of Ohio *John Millikin (1888–1970), senior United States Army officer during World War II Given name *James Millikin Bevans, Major General in the United States Air Force *Charlotte Millikin Hoak (1874–1967), teacher, horticulturist, botanist, garden columnist in Southern California Other *Millikin University, American co-educational comprehensive private university in Decatur, Illinois, United States *Millikin Big Blue, the intercollegiate a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankford Yellow Jackets Players (1890–1983), Australian politician
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Frankford may refer to: * Frankford, Tasmania, Australia * Frankford, Ontario, Canada United States * Frankford, Delaware *Frankford, Baltimore, Maryland * Frankford Township, Mower County, Minnesota ** Frankford Village, Minnesota, a ghost town which was in this township * Frankford, Missouri * Frankford Township, New Jersey * Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Frankford, West Virginia See also * * Frankfort (other) * Frankfurt (other) * Frank Forde Francis Michael Forde (18 July 189028 January 1983) was an Australian politician who served as prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945. He was the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1932 to 1946. He served as pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Bulldogs (NFL) Players
The Boston Bulldogs can refer to the following sports teams: *Boston Bulldogs (AFL), a professional American football team that was a member of the first American Football League in 1926 *Boston Bulldogs (NFL), a professional American football team that was originally the Pottsville Maroons, playing in Boston in 1929 *Boston Bulldogs (soccer), a professional football (soccer) team that started as the Worcester Wildfire in 1997 and competed in the A-League and the USL Pro Soccer League * Boston Bulldogs (ice hockey), a former American Tier III Junior A ice hockey team that competed in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League * Boston Bulldogs (WBCBL), a professional women's basketball team and member of the Women's Blue Chip Basketball League whose name was changed from Boston Bombers after the Boston Marathon bombing The Boston Marathon bombing was a domestic terrorist attack that took place during the annual Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Two terrorists, brothers Dzhokhar Tsarn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football Halfbacks
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1977 Deaths
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy, Massachusetts
Quincy ( ) is a coastal U.S. city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county and a part of Greater Boston, Metropolitan Boston as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 101,636, making it the seventh-largest city in the U.S. state, state. Known as the "City of Presidents", Quincy is the birthplace of two President of the United States, U.S. presidents—John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams—as well as John Hancock (a President of the Continental Congress and the first signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence) and the first and third Governor of Massachusetts. First settled in 1625, Quincy was briefly part of Dorchester, Boston, Dorchester before becoming the north precinct of Braintree, Massachusetts, Braintree in 1640. In 1792, Quincy was split off from Braintree; the new town was named after Colonel John Quincy, maternal grandfather of Abigail Adams and af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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