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Ken Matthews (race Walker)
Kenneth Joseph Matthews, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (21 June 1934 – 2 June 2019) was a British race walker, who won the Olympic (1964) and European (1962) titles in the 20 km walk. From 1957 Matthews worked as an electrician at a local Hams Hall power stations, power plant at Hams Hall near Sutton Coldfield and had to take a paid leave for competitions. In 1959, 1961, 1963 and 1964 he won the British titles in all three walking events. He took part in the 1960 Olympics, but failed to finish the 20 km race. He won the same event at the 1964 Games in a new Olympic record of 1.29:34. He was the only one of the four gold medallists from Great Britain who was not appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) soon afterwards in recognition of his achievement. Following a public outcry, he belatedly received the honours, for services to race walking, in the 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours.Sam Knight (9 ...
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Ken Matthews (radio)
Ken Matthews is an American talk radio show host, professional speaker, and event host. He had been hosting a national show syndicated by Talk Media Network until his show was terminated in July 2022. His flagship station was WHP (AM) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was a regular rotating host for The Rush Limbaugh Show, and hosted the last two episodes of the program, after Limbaugh's passing. Matthews has repeatedly been named one of the 100 most important talk radio show hosts in America, the "Heavy Hundred", by Talkers Magazine, ''TALKERS Magazine''. Early Matthews was born in New Jersey in 1966, and grew up in Florida. He attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina and studied political science. Career During orientation at NC State in August 1980, Matthews visited the campus radio station, WKNC-FM. Within a month, he was hosting an overnight show "spinning classical hits from Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach to Claude Debussy, Debussy". He then did ...
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