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Jim Turner (American Football Coach)
Jim Turner may refer to: Entertainment * Jim Turner (editor) (1945–1999), editor at Arkham House * Jim Turner (comedian) (born 1952), American comedian and actor * Jim Turner (singer) (born 1946), American country singer and songwriter on ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' Sports American football * Jim Turner (center) (1912–1995), American football player * Jim Turner (placekicker) (1941–2023), American football player * Jim Turner (wide receiver) (born 1975), signed by Carolina Panthers in 1998 NFL Draft Other sports * Jim Turner (baseball) (1903–1998), Major League Baseball pitcher * Jim Turner (sailor) (born 1975), New Zealand Olympic sailor Others * Jim Turner (criminal) (fl. 1854–1866), American criminal figure, pugilist, and enforcer for Tammany Hall * Jim Turner (politician) (born 1946), U.S. Congressman from Texas * James Harvey Turner (1930–1991), Mississippi state legislator See also * Jimmy Turner (other) * James Turner (other) * Turner ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Turner (editor)
Jim Turner (March 19, 1945 – March 28, 1999) was an American editor and publisher. Turner was editor for Arkham House after the death of August Derleth. After leaving Arkham House, he founded Golden Gryphon Press. Biography James Allen Turner was born on March 19, 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Collinsville High School in 1963. He received a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and began graduate school but became the editor at Arkham House in 1973 before he received his degree. As well as overseeing editorial operations at Arkham House generally, Turner himself edited an anthology of Lovecraftian horror for them - ''Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology'' (1995; reprinted by Del Rey Books). In 1996 he left Arkham House over creative differences with Arkham co-owner April Derleth. He immediately started his own company, Golden Gryphon Press, and continued to publish similar books as he had at Arkham House. Here he edited a second Lovecraftian antholog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Turner (comedian)
Jim Turner (born October 28, 1952) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for his supporting roles as Kirby Carlisle in '' Arli$$'' (1996–2002) and as Larry in ''Bewitched'' (2005). Life and career Turner was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His father, George Turner, was in the Air Force and moved his family around often during Jim's youth to several locations, including Quebec, Arizona, and Iowa. Turner married Lynn Freer in 1992 and they have a son, Otto. He is a longtime member of the comedy troupe Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre. He co-starred for seven seasons in HBO's comedy series '' Arliss'' as Kirby Carlisle, an ex-football-star-turned-agent and an old buddy of sports agent Arliss Michaels (Robert Wuhl). Turner has appeared in 22 feature films and shorts, 28 TV series and appearances, 18 stage plays, one-man-shows, and comedy tours. He has created characters ranging from pinheads to Pinocchio. He has worked with Joel Schumacher, Robert Wuhl, Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Turner (singer)
James Louis Turner (born September 6, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, who has national credits from Broadway, television, and radio. Well-known from ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' as the country/pop bass baritone from 1979 until its eponymous host retired in 1982, he was earlier cast on Broadway for the original '' Jesus Christ Superstar'', while he was in New York City on a Nashville folk rock tour. He was nominated in 2008 for a Dove Award as a country and gospel singer for his first radio release in the Christian music genre. He is the founder of The Sounds of Purpose and remains on the board of directors of this music-charged charity. Life and career Born and reared in Knoxville, Tennessee, Turner got his early experience in a local band performing on the southeastern college concert and club circuit. He toured Europe as a youth soloist and classical guitarist for the University of Tennessee choir. After graduating with honors, majoring in Engineering Management and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Turner (center)
James Kay Turner (January 14, 1912 – June 22, 1995) was an American football center who played one season with the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma State University and attended Wichita Falls High School in Wichita Falls, Texas Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the seat of government of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties. Accord .... References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Jim 1912 births 1995 deaths Players of American football from Oklahoma American football centers Oklahoma State Cowboys football players Cleveland Rams players People from Pontotoc County, Oklahoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Turner (placekicker)
James Bayard Turner (born March 28, 1941) is a former American football player. A quarterback and placekicker, he played college football for Utah State University and was signed as a free agent in 1964 by the American Football League's New York Jets head coach Weeb Ewbank. "Tank" kicked a then record 145 points in the 1968 regular season, with a professional football record 34 field goals. Turner kicked for nine points in the AFL Championship game win over the Oakland Raiders, and ten points in the Jets's 16-7 defeat of the Baltimore Colts in the Third World Championship of Professional Football, Super Bowl III. The last of Turner's three field goals in Super Bowl III was for 9 yards, the shortest in Super Bowl history (which Mike Clark of the Dallas Cowboys tied in Super Bowl VI): at that time, the goal posts were located at the front of the end zones. As the goal posts were moved to the back of the end zones in 1974, it is currently impossible to equal or beat thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Turner (wide Receiver)
Jim Turner may refer to: Entertainment * Jim Turner (editor) (1945–1999), editor at Arkham House * Jim Turner (comedian) (born 1952), American comedian and actor * Jim Turner (singer) (born 1946), American country singer and songwriter on ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' Sports American football * Jim Turner (center) (1912–1995), American football player * Jim Turner (placekicker) (1941–2023), American football player * Jim Turner (wide receiver) (born 1975), signed by Carolina Panthers in 1998 NFL Draft Other sports * Jim Turner (baseball) (1903–1998), Major League Baseball pitcher * Jim Turner (sailor) (born 1975), New Zealand Olympic sailor Others * Jim Turner (criminal) (fl. 1854–1866), American criminal figure, pugilist, and enforcer for Tammany Hall * Jim Turner (politician) (born 1946), U.S. Congressman from Texas * James Harvey Turner (1930–1991), Mississippi state legislator See also * Jimmy Turner (other) * James Turner (other) * Turner (su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 NFL Draft
The 1998 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 18–19, 1998, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season. Before the draft, there was much debate in the media on if the Indianapolis Colts would select Peyton Manning or Ryan Leaf with the first overall pick. Both were considered excellent prospects and future franchise quarterbacks: Leaf was considered to have more upside and a stronger throwing arm, whereas Manning was considered a polished prospect who was NFL ready and more mature. On the day of the draft, the Colts selected Manning due to Leaf's disdain for Indianapolis, with Leaf being selected second overall by the San Diego Chargers. Manning went on to be a five-time Most Valuable Player Award winne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Turner (baseball)
James Riley Turner (August 6, 1903 – November 29, 1998) was a pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. As a member of the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees, he was a member of nine World Series Championship teams between 1940 and 1959, two as a player and seven as a coach. Most notably, he was pitching coach for the Yankees under Casey Stengel from 1949 to 1959, during which time they won seven titles. Apart from his baseball career, Turner was a lifelong resident of Nashville, Tennessee. Career From 1937 through 1945, he played for the Boston Bees (1937–39), Cincinnati Reds (1940–42) and New York Yankees (1942–45). Turner's Major League career got off to a late start, as he did not reach the big leagues until he was 33 years old, after 14 seasons of minor league ball. He led the National League in earned run average and won 20 games in 1937 as a rookie with Boston. He surrendered a league-high 21 home runs in 1938. Because he worked for his family's dairy farm in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Turner (sailor)
Jim Turner (born 4 December 1975) is a New Zealand sailor. He was born in Bridport, England in 1975. Turner was born in Bridport, Dorset, Great Britain in 1975. He sailed with GBR Challenge in the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup and Areva Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup. Since moving to New Zealand, Turner is a member of the Wakatere Boating Club who has now switched to Murrays Bay Sailing Club. He competed and placed 5th overall at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, in the Star Class together with Hamish Pepper Hamish Pepper (born 13 May 1971) is a New Zealand sailor. He competed at the 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Pepper was born in Auckland and attended Westlake Boys High School. Sailing in a Laser, Pepper finished 10th at the 1996 Oly .... Together they finished seventh in the 2012 Star World Championships. They retired following the removal of the Star from future Olympic games. References External links * New Zealand male sailors (sport) 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Turner (criminal)
James Turner ( fl. 1854–1866) was an American criminal figure, pugilist and "slugger" for Tammany Hall. Turner was one of several men under Captain Isaac Rynders who committed voter intimidation Electoral fraud, sometimes referred to as election manipulation, voter fraud or vote rigging, involves illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of a favored candidate, depressing the vote share of ... and election fraud for Tammany Hall during the 1850s. He and Paudeen McLaughlin were bodyguards to Lew Baker and were present with him when Baker fatally shot William Poole, William "Bill the Butcher" Poole in the back in 1855. Biography A Californian-born thug and pugilist, Turner was forced to leave the state by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee in 1854. He eventually surfaced in New York City where he found employment with Captain Isaac Rynders and his ''Empire Club''. In a short time, he became one of the Rynders' most feared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Turner (politician)
James William Turner, known as Jim Turner (born February 6, 1946), is an American lawyer and politician who was the Democratic U.S. Representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district from 1997 until 2005. Early life, education, and early career Turner was born in Fort Lewis, Washington, but reared in Crockett in Houston County in East Texas. He received a bachelor's degree in business, and simultaneously earned an MBA and a J.D., all from the University of Texas at Austin. Following graduation, he was commissioned in the United States Army and served eight years (active and reserve), attaining the rank of captain. His legal career in Texas included his own law practice in his hometown of Crockett, his partnership in the Austin office of Hughes & Luce, LLP and serving Of Counsel with Hance Scarborough, LLP. State politics Prior to being elected to Congress, Turner held several state and local offices. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1981 to 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Harvey Turner
James "Slick" Harvey Turner (August 21, 1930 - April 30, 1991) was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi Legislature from 1968 to 1980. He represented Leake County and Neshoba County, the 26th District. He was born in Conway, Mississippi. He served as president of the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association. His address was documented as Route 6 in Carthage, Mississippi Carthage is a city in Leake County, Mississippi, Leake County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,075 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Leake County. The largest chicken processing plant in the world is located in Carthage .... In 1973, he and governor Bill Waller were photographed with a 9th grade civics class from Thomastown, Mississippi on the capitol steps. References External linksFindagrave entry 1930 births 1991 deaths {{improve categories, date=November 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
