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Jack O'Brien (other)
Jack O'Brien may refer to: Sports * Jack O'Brien (American football) (born 1932), American football player * Jack O'Brien (catcher) (1860–1910), Major League Baseball player * Jack O'Brien (cricketer) (1886–1939), New Zealand cricketer * Jack O'Brien (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1959), Australian rules footballer for Essendon and Fitzroy * Jack O'Brien (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1934), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne * Jack O'Brien (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1966), Australian rules footballer for Essendon and Footscray * Jack O'Brien (footballer, born 1906) (1906–1970), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne and Hawthorn * Jack O'Brien (outfielder) (1873–1933), American baseball player * Jack O'Brien (wrestler) (1910–1982), American-born Mexican professional wrestler * Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1878–1942), American boxer, former light heavyweight boxing champion of the world * Young Jack O'Brien (1894–?), lightweight boxer fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Brien (American Football)
Jack Edward O'Brien (born October 21, 1932) is an American former college and professional football player who was an end in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the mid-1950s. O'Brien played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. Early years O'Brien was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania in 1932.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players Jack O'Brien Retrieved March 24, 2011. He attended Jeannette Senior High School,databaseFootball.com, Players. Retrieved March 24, 2011. and he played for the Jeannette Jayhawks high school football team. College career O'Brien attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Bob Woodruff's Florida Gators football team from 1951 to 1953. 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 123, 163, 184 (2011). Retrieved August 31, 2011. In an er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
Joseph Francis Hagan (better known as Philadelphia Jack O'Brien) (January 17, 1878 – November 12, 1942) was the world light heavyweight boxing champion in 1905 when he defeated Bob Fitzsimmons for the universal world title. Rather than defending his title, O'Brien instead abandoned it in order to fight at heavyweight. Nat Fleischer, founder and editor of '' The Ring'' Magazine'', ranked O'Brien as the No. 2 All-Time Light Heavyweight, and famed boxing promoter Charley Rose ranked him as the No. 3 All-Time Light Heavyweight. O'Brien was inducted into the Ring Magazine hall of fame in 1968, the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1987, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Hagan was the older brother to Young Jack O'Brien and the cousin of heavyweight boxer Jack Rowan. To mark his sixtieth birthday in early 1938 he was the subject of a 5000-word profile in The New Yorker by A J Liebling. O'Brien turned pro in the 1890s. He stood 5- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Brien (Artist)
Jack O'Brien may refer to: Sports * Jack O'Brien (American football) (born 1932), American football player * Jack O'Brien (catcher) (1860–1910), Major League Baseball player * Jack O'Brien (cricketer) (1886–1939), New Zealand cricketer * Jack O'Brien (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1959), Australian rules footballer for Essendon and Fitzroy * Jack O'Brien (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1934), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne * Jack O'Brien (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1966), Australian rules footballer for Essendon and Footscray * Jack O'Brien (footballer, born 1906) (1906–1970), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne and Hawthorn * Jack O'Brien (outfielder) (1873–1933), American baseball player * Jack O'Brien (wrestler) (1910–1982), American-born Mexican professional wrestler * Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1878–1942), American boxer, former light heavyweight boxing champion of the world * Young Jack O'Brien (1894–?), lightweight boxe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Brien (editor)
Cracked.com is a website based on the humorous ''Cracked'' magazine, which dates back to 1958. It was founded in 2005 by Jack O'Brien.Axon, SamuelStreamy Awards 2010: Here Are the Winners ''Mashable''. April 11, 2010. In 2007, Cracked had a couple of hundred thousand unique users per month and 3 or 4 million page views. In June 2011, it reached 27 million page views, according to comScore.Kung, MichelleCracked.com Grows Up ''Wall Street Journal''. August 1, 2011.Demand Media Wins Two People's Voice Webby Awards ''Reuters.''. May 1, 2012.Osburn, Paige [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John B
John Bryn Williams (born 1977), known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing and wild hair and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks. John B ranked number 76 in ''DJ Magazine''s 2010 Top 100 DJs annual poll, announced on 27 October 2010. Career Williams was born on 12 July 1977 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He started producing music around the age of 14, and now is the head of drum and bass record label Beta Recordings, together with its more specialist drum and bass sub-labels Nu Electro, Tangent, and Chihuahua. He also has releases on Formation Records, Metalheadz and Planet Mu. Williams was ranked 92nd drum and bass DJ on the 2009 ''DJ Magazine'' top 100. Style While his trademark sound has evolved through the years, it generally involves female vocals and trance-like synths (a style which has been dubbed "trance and bass", "trancestep" and "futurestep" by listeners). His m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Brien (jazz Pianist)
Jack "Bones" O'Brien ''(né'' John Roger O'Brien; 16 October 1903 – 12 October 1982) was an American jazz pianist and songwriter from Allentown, Pennsylvania. Notably, O'Brien was pianist, composer, and arranger with the Ted Weems orchestra from 1925 through 1941. Growing up John Roger O'Brien was born October 16, 1903, in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, to the marriage of Charles William O'Brien (1879–1960) and Anna Lena Fetherolf (1878–1967). He was raised in nearby Allentown. In 1921, O'Brien graduated from Bethlehem Preparatory School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He went on to Muhlenberg College, where he was in a fraternity, and then to Columbia University, where he studied organ with David McK. Williams ''(né'' David McKinley Williams; 1887–1978). Career From 1925 to 1941, O'Brien was pianist and arranger with Ted Weems. He began songwriting, exclusively, in 1941. Before playing piano with Ted Weems, O'Brien got an early start with Art Mickley ''(né'' Arthur Hazar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Brien (director)
Jack O'Brien (born June 18, 1939) is an American director, producer, writer and lyricist. He served as the Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California from 1981 through the end of 2007. O'Brien has won three Tony Awards and been nominated for seven more, and won five Drama Desk Awards. He has directed and produced musicals, including ''The Full Monty'' and ''Hairspray'', contemporary dramas such as ''The Piano Lesson'', ''The Invention of Love'' and ''The Coast of Utopia'', Shakespeare classics, including ''Hamlet'' and ''Henry IV'' (a combination of '' Part 1'' and '' Part 2''), and operas, including ''Il trittico'' at the Metropolitan Opera''. He has also been associated with some notorious Broadway failures. In 1972, he wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the book for ''The Selling of the President'', which closed after five performances. The Old Globe also co-produced the stage adaptation of ''Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All'', which closed af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Jack O'Brien
Young Jack O'Brien, born John Thomas Augustine Hagan , was a lightweight and welterweight boxer from Pennsylvania. Biography Young Jack O'Brien was the brother of Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and the cousin of heavyweight boxer Jack Rowan. On September 18, 1912 he beat Young Brown at the St. Nicholas Arena in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L .... References Boxers from Pennsylvania Lightweight boxers 1894 births Year of death missing American male boxers External links * {{US-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Brien (wrestler)
Marcelo Andreani (February 18, 1910 – September 24, 1982) was a Mexican professional wrestler best known under the ring name "Roughouse" Jack O'Brien and worked mainly in Mexico for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) where he held the Mexican National Lightweight Championship, Mexican National Welterweight Championship and NWA World Welterweight Championship twice during his career that spanned from 1934 until 1956. O'Brien is credited with inventing the Abdominal Stretch, or ''Tirabuzón'' (Spanish for "Corkscrew"). Early life Marcelo Andreani was born on February 18, 1910, in Fossola, Carrara, Italy. Andreani moved to Mexico with his family to study dental surgery and played baseball in his free time. Andreani was also a talented pole vaulter and swimmer. In college, Andreani played American football for Pumas CU. A quarterback and safety, he was inducted into the Mexican Hall of Fame of American Football. Professional wrestling career By 1934 Andreani had obtained Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Brien (catcher) (Baseball BioProject)
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John K. O'Brien (born John K. Byrne, June 12, 1860 – November 20, 1910) was an American Major League Baseball player. He played primarily catcher and first base from 1882 to 1890 in the American Association. External links Baseball Almanac 1860 births 1910 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball catchers Major League Baseball first basemen Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players Brooklyn Grays players Baltimore Orioles (AA) players San Francisco Reno players Philadelphia Athletics (minor league) players St. Paul Apostles players Duluth Whalebacks players Baseball players from Philadelphia Jack O'Brienat SABR The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is a membership organization dedicated to fostering the research and dissemination of the history and record of baseball primarily through the use of statistics. Established in Cooperstown, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Brien (outfielder)
John Joseph O'Brien (February 5, 1873 – June 10, 1933) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. Between 1899 and , O'Brien played with the Washington Senators in the National League (1899), and for the Washington Senators (1901), Cleveland Blues (1901), and Boston Americans (1903) of the American League. A native of Watervliet, New York, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. O'Brien spent part of two seasons with the Washington teams and Cleveland before moving to Boston. His most productive season came in 1899 as a rookie, he posted hit .282 and reached career-highs in home runs (6), RBI (51), runs (68), stolen bases (17) and games played (127). But he is best remembered as the first player to pinch-hit in a World Series game, when he struck out for Boston catcher Lou Criger in the 9th inning of Game One of the 1903 series against Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Brien (footballer, Born 1906)
Nathaniel "Jack" O'Brien (9 June 1906 – 21 February 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1906 births 1970 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Hawthorn Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1906-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
