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Jim O'Brien
Jim O'Brien may refer to: Sports Basketball *Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1950), American coach for Emerson College, Ohio State and Boston College *Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1951), American player for the New York Nets and Memphis Sounds *Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1952), American coach for the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, and Indiana Pacers Football and rugby * Jim O'Brien (American football) (born 1947), professional football player * Jim O'Brien (Australian footballer) (1936–1996), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda * Jimmy O'Brien (footballer) (1885–1954), Australian rules footballer for Essendon *Jim O'Brien (footballer, born 1987), Scottish footballer * Jim O'Brien (rugby) (1897–1969), New Zealand dual-code rugby international * Jim O'Brien (rugby league) (1896–1988), New Zealand rugby league player * Jamie O'Brien (footballer) (born 1990), Irish association footballer Hurling * Jim O'Brien (Limerick hurler) (born 1945), Irish hurler for Limerick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Brien (basketball, Born 1950)
James J. O'Brien (born April 9, 1950) is an American college basketball coach who has served as coach of St. Bonaventure University (1982–1986), Boston College (1986–1997), Ohio State University (1997–2004) and Emerson College, a Division III school in Boston (2011–2014). O'Brien was hired as Ohio State head coach on April 7, 1997, after the firing of previous coach Randy Ayers. O'Brien guided the Buckeye program to the 1999 Final Four, 2000 and 2002 Big Ten regular-season co-championships, the 2002 Big Ten tournament Championship, four 20-win seasons and a school-record four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (1999–2002). Ohio State later had to vacate all wins from 1999 to 2002, remove all references to team accomplishments for those years, and pay back all tournament money due to rules violations during O'Brien's tenure. On June 8, 2004, then-Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger fired O'Brien for alleged NCAA rules violations. The Ohio Court of Claims det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Brien (Limerick Hurler)
James O'Brien (1945 – 19 August 2020) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played as a centre-back for Bruree and was the left corner-back on the Limerick senior hurling team that won the 1973 All-Ireland Championship. O'Brien's skill was recognised at an early age when he won a South Limerick school's medal with Bruree National School, before an unrewarding spell at Rathluirc CBS. His career at club level with Bruree spanned three decades. O'Brien won a Munster Championship medal with the Limerick minor hurling team in 1963, before being subsequently selected for the Limerick under-21 and junior teams. He made his first appearance for the Limerick senior hurling team during the 1966-67 National League and enjoyed his greatest successes as a defender over the following decade. In 1973 O'Brien became the first Bruree clubman to win an All-Ireland Championship medal, having earlier won Munster Championship and National Hurling League titles. Honours ;Limerick *All-Irel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The O'Brien's Group
O'Brien's Response Management is the largest oil spill management company in the United States Background Company founder Jim O'Brien fought his first oil spill in 1969 as an officer with the United States Coast Guard. In 1983 he retired to form his own company, O'Brien's Oil Pollution Service, known as "OOPS Inc.", in Slidell, Louisiana. O'Brien soon gained fame in the 1980s as the " Red Adair of oil spill cleanup". O'Brien also helped manage the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. Following that event the United States enacted the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, requiring ships to carry sufficient insurance and hire a management company to handle any oil spill. The company was bought by Seacor Holdings Inc. in 1997 and later renamed the O'Brien's Group, with O'Brien remaining as President. In 2004, the company helped clean 265,000 gallons of oil that spilled into the Delaware River from the Athos I. It oversaw recovery for the Murphy Oil Spill in Chalmette, Louisiana following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Brien (reporter)
James Franklin Oldham, better known as Jim O'Brien (November 20, 1939 – September 25, 1983), was an American newscaster. Biography He was born in Galveston in 1939. He married Sandra Jo Hauck in a small ceremony in Texas. They had two daughters: actress Peri Gilpin (born Peri Kay Oldham), who played the character Roz Doyle on the television program ''Frasier'', and Patti Jo Wynne (''née'' Oldham), who married Shannon Wynne. According to Peri, he wished to become a pastor and was a theologian who studied at Baylor University. After short stints at radio stations KHJ in Los Angeles and WOR-FM in New York City, he came to Philadelphia in 1970 to become a disc jockey at radio station WFIL. Around 1973, he joined the WPVI-TV ''Channel 6 Action News'' team as a sports anchor. He soon became the weatherman, and eventually co-anchored the 12:00PM and 5:00PM newscasts, the local edition of '' Dialing for Dollars'', and the weekend magazine show ''Primetime''. O'Brien was bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Brien (director)
Jim O'Brien (15 February 1947 – 13 February 2012) was a Scottish-born television and stage director. Born in Dundee, his mother worked as a jute weaver while his father was a building labourer with Communist sympathies, his family relocated to South London when O'Brien was two. Leaving Beaufoy’s Boys’ School in Lambeth at 15 without qualifications, he worked in casual jobs and became interested in acting. He trained as an actor at the Guildhall School and later as a film and television director at the National Film and Television School (NFTS), in the early 1970s. "I was interested in the scale of the arena, the scale of story telling", he said later. At the Nottingham Playhouse, his performance in Barry Reckord's ''Skivers'' resulted in a Critics’ Nomination for Most Promising Newcomer to the English stage. He also directed productions at the Nottingham theatre. O'Brien was best known for co-directing (with Christopher Morahan) the much acclaimed 14-part serial '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Brien (ice Hockey)
James Patrick O'Brien (born January 29, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the then Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing career O'Brien played junior hockey for the United States National Under-18 Team in the NAHL from 2004 until 2006. He then entered the University of Minnesota and played a season of hockey for the Golden Gophers as a 17-year-old. He had to receive an exception to play in university hockey; he was the youngest player in US college ice hockey. O'Brien was drafted 29th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. O'Brien played defense before switching in high-school to "play as a power-forward center-ice man" His final Central Scouting rank was 38th. He was picked by Ottawa general manager Bryan Murray because "size matters". O'Brien is a strong skater, he blocks shots and he is a penalty killer. It was the third year in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy O'Brien (hurler)
Jimmy O’Brien (born 1938 in New Ross, County Wexford) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Geraldine O’Hanrahans and with the Wexford senior inter-county team from 1957 until 1968. Playing career Club O’Brien played his club hurling with his local club Geraldine O’Hanrahans in New Ross. He had several successes with the club, including winning a Wexford Senior Hurling Championship title with the club in 1966. Inter-county O’Brien first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with the Wexford senior team in 1957. He made his debut in a National Hurling League game against Dublin in January of that year. In 1958, Wexford made it to the final of the National League. Limerick were the opponents on that occasion and O'Brien played as a substitute. Wexford won the game on a score-line of 5-7 to 4-8 giving O’Brien his first major title. Two years later in 1960, O'Brien was the regular left corner-forward on the team. That ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Brien (Tipperary Hurler)
Jim "Hawk" O'Brien was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Tipperary senior team. Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, O'Brien first arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Tipperary senior team. He made his senior debut during the 1904 championship. O'Brien went on to play a key role for the team over the next decade, and won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level O'Brien was a six-time championship medallist with Thurles. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1912 championship. Honours Team ;Thurles *Tipperary Senior Club Hurling Championship (6) 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911 ;Tipperary *All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1906, 1908 *Munster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1906, 1908, 1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie O'Brien (footballer)
James O'Brien (born 8 June 1990) is an Irish footballer who plays for Shelbourne. He made his debut in the Football League for Bradford City in August 2009. He has represented Ireland at all levels up to under-19. Early life O'Brien was born in Dublin and raised in the Ballyfermot district. His younger brother Mark and cousin Cliff Byrne are also professional footballers. Club career O'Brien began his football career with Ballyfermot club Cherry Orchard. In the summer of 2006 he moved to England to take up a scholarship with Birmingham City. After only one year with the club, during which he was part of the youth team which reached the quarter-final of the FA Youth Cup, he signed a two-year professional contract. He played regularly for Birmingham's reserve team and was an unused substitute as they won the Birmingham Senior Cup in 2008. O'Brien joined Conference North side Solihull Moors on a month's loan in January 2009, but the loan was interrupted when the player sustain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Brien (basketball, Born 1951)
James M. O'Brien (born November 7, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player. O'Brien played college basketball at the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland and at the time he left Maryland he was the team's 6th all-time leading scorer. O'Brien was selected in both the 1973 American Basketball Association Draft, ABA draft and 1973 NBA draft. The Indiana Pacers, then of the ABA, selected him in the third round, while the Cleveland Cavaliers chose him in NBA's third draft round as well. The New York Nets acquired O'Brien's ABA rights from Indiana in June 1973 and signed him to a one-year guaranteed contract for $100,000. He was cut by the Nets in training camp as Nets' coach Kevin Loughery felt he was too heavy and too slow. He played semi-pro ball for Trenton in the Eastern League for a few months while getting paid by and practicing with the Nets. He was brought back to the Nets in January 1974 while a few Nets' players were injured and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Brien (rugby League)
Jim O'Brien may refer to: Sports Basketball *Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1950), American coach for Emerson College, Ohio State and Boston College *Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1951), American player for the New York Nets and Memphis Sounds *Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1952), American coach for the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, and Indiana Pacers Football and rugby *Jim O'Brien (American football) (born 1947), professional football player *Jim O'Brien (Australian footballer) (1936–1996), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda *Jimmy O'Brien (footballer) (1885–1954), Australian rules footballer for Essendon *Jim O'Brien (footballer, born 1987), Scottish footballer * Jim O'Brien (rugby) (1897–1969), New Zealand dual-code rugby international * Jim O'Brien (rugby league) (1896–1988), New Zealand rugby league player *Jamie O'Brien (footballer) (born 1990), Irish association footballer Hurling * Jim O'Brien (Limerick hurler) (born 1945), Irish hurler for Limerick *Ji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Brien (rugby)
Jim O'Brien may refer to: Sports Basketball *Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1950), American coach for Emerson College, Ohio State and Boston College *Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1951), American player for the New York Nets and Memphis Sounds *Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1952), American coach for the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, and Indiana Pacers Football and rugby *Jim O'Brien (American football) (born 1947), professional football player *Jim O'Brien (Australian footballer) (1936–1996), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda *Jimmy O'Brien (footballer) (1885–1954), Australian rules footballer for Essendon *Jim O'Brien (footballer, born 1987), Scottish footballer * Jim O'Brien (rugby) (1897–1969), New Zealand dual-code rugby international *Jim O'Brien (rugby league) (1896–1988), New Zealand rugby league player *Jamie O'Brien (footballer) (born 1990), Irish association footballer Hurling *Jim O'Brien (Limerick hurler) (born 1945), Irish hurler for Limerick *Jim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |