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Mark Scott (sportscaster)
Mark Scott may refer to: Entertainment * Mark Scott (actor) (1915–1960), American actor and host of the television series ''Home Run Derby'' *Mark Scott (radio host) (1936–2005), American talk show host *Mark Scott (singer), lead singer of The Miracles *Mark Scott, also known as SHY, part of the Scottish rapper and songwriter duo SHY & DRS Sports *Mark Scott (cricketer) (born 1959), English cricketer *Mark Scott (footballer) (born 1959), Australian rules footballer *Mark Scott (rower) (1923–2013), British rower Others * Mark Scott (businessman) (born 1962), vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney and former managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation *Mark Scott (police officer), Australian Federal police officer killed in the Garuda plane crash *Mark Scott, victim of serial killers Dean Corll and Elmer Wayne Henley Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. (born May 9, 1956) is a convicted American serial killer and painter incarcerated in the Texas Department of Cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Scott (actor)
Samuel Marks Solomon (February 21, 1915 – July 13, 1960), known professionally as Mark Scott, was an American actor and broadcaster. He is probably best known for hosting the '' Home Run Derby'' television show that originally aired in 1960. Biography Scott was a native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Illinois. As an actor, he had minor roles in television series such as '' Dragnet'' and ''Boston Blackie'' and in movies such as ''Hell's Horizon'' and ''-30-''. He was an announcer in 1956 for the Cincinnati Redlegs of Major League Baseball and in 1957 for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, which transferred out of the city after that season due to the arrival of the Los Angeles Dodgers. As host of the '' Home Run Derby'' show in 1960, Scott both announced the action and interviewed each batter while the batter's opponent was hitting. His most well known line from the show was, "It's a home run or nothing here on ''Home Run Derby''." He died of a heart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Scott (radio Host)
Mark Scott (1936 – April 26, 2005) was an American talk radio host. Biography Scott attended five colleges and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War before starting his career in broadcasting. He became a radio host on AM-1270 WXYZ (later WXYT after the station changed hands), starting in 1980 through the late 1990s. Politically, he referred to himself as a " Jeffersonian liberal" and strongly libertarian, and popularized many libertarian philosophical positions, especially those of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand, in the metropolitan Detroit area. His trademark sign-off was a single word: " Excelsior!" He also promoted his show with the phrase "deus ex machina" which he translated as "the God of the Machine" (in this case the machine being the radio). He also commonly mentioned John Locke as well as Thomas Jefferson. After WXYT changed format to an all Sports Talk station, Scott pioneered the use of the internet as a broadcast media by continuing his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Scott (singer)
Mark Scott is an American singer best known as a featured vocalist in the 1984 film '' Breakin II Electric Boogaloo'' and later as lead singer of The Miracles. A native of Flint, Michigan, Scott has spent nearly two decades as lead singer of the Miracles. He was selected by original member Bobby Rogers Robert Edward Rogers (February 19, 1940 – March 3, 2013) was an American musician and tenor singer, best known as a member of Motown vocal group the Miracles from 1956 until his death. He was inducted, in 2012, as a member of the Miracles to t ... to front the group.Recollections: The Motown Sound by the People Who Made It by Jack Ryan p. 88 Scott currently leads his own Miracles group. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Maek Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SHY & DRS
Mark James Scott and Darren Scott, better known by their stage name SHY & D.R.S, are twin Scottish "songwriters" who have achieved Scottish music history securing 4 x Official chart hits independently within the genre of hiphop/pop. Biography Beginnings Born in humble circumstances in Torry, Aberdeen the twin brothers Mark (SHY) and Darren (D.R.S) were discovered by Midge Ure and Virgin Records ex-head of A&R Ronnie Gurr in 2009, and pioneered Scottish Hip Hop. They gained recognition when Keenan Cahill lip-synched their track "Relapse" on the Internet in 2011. 2011–2012: Signing and ''The Love Is Gone'' SHY & D.R.S were signed to Record label Guardian Angels Records, a record label distributed by Fontana Universal and Sony ATV, a record label run by Sandi Thom and Nick Yeatman until 2013, when the label terminated. The debut single featuring Sandi Thom charted in the Official Chart at number 32. In an interview in October 2012, SHY & DRS revealed it was actually filmed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Scott (cricketer)
Mark Stephen Scott (born 10 March 1959 in Muswell Hill, Middlesex) is a former English first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Worcestershire in the early 1980s. Scott appeared on a number of occasions for the Second XIs of Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middlesex and Glamorgan County Cricket Club, Glamorgan between 1977 and 1980 before moving to Worcestershire, for whom he made his first-class debut in June 1981 against Surrey County Cricket Club, Surrey at The Oval. Opening the batting, Scott made 46 and 52, and retained his place for much of the rest of the season thanks to some solid scores including what was to prove his only first-class century, 109 against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire in mid-July. He finished the 1981 season with 968 first-class runs batting average (cricket), at 26.08, including that hundred and six further half-centuries though his one-day cricket, one-day form was less impressi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Scott (footballer)
Mark Scott (born 24 March 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn, St Kilda and Fitzroy in the VFL 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 ... during the 1980s. Although Scott, a full-forward, had a career in the VFL which spanned over a decade, he is probably best known for his performances in the reserves. In 168 reserve games, he kicked 655 goals, only showing similar goalkicking skills in the seniors at St Kilda. He topped the Saints' goalkicking twice, with 48 goals in 1980 and 45 goals in 1982. He had started the 1980 season with Hawthorn, but during the season he was traded to St Kilda for Russell Greene. References *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Scott (rower)
Mark Bodley Scott (17 April 1923 – 11 February 2013) was a British rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Scott was born into a medical family based in Dorset. He was the son of Maitland Bodley Scott (1878–1942) and the youngest of six sons. As a child, he lived in Shiplake on the River Thames. Scott was educated at Bryanston School. Aged 18, he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II. While on active service in Sicily, he was wounded in a mortar bomb explosion, during which he lost one eye and his other eye was damaged by shrapnel. He was in hospital recuperating for almost a year in North Africa. In 1946 when he was demobilised, he joined North London Polytechnic, studying architecture. He also joined the Thames Rowing Club. He rowed in the 1948 Henley Regatta and then for Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the coxed pairs event, with Bakie James. Mark Bodley Scott was involved in local government, including Sonning Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Scott (businessman)
Mark Walter Scott (born 9 October 1962) is a public servant and university administrator who serves as the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney. He was the managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 2006 to 2016. Prior to commencing at the ABC, Scott had previously held a senior role at Fairfax Media, responsible for the editorial content of the group's major newspapers including ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', ''The Age'', ''The Sun-Herald'' and ''The Sunday Age''. In June 2016, Scott was appointed Secretary of the New South Wales Department of Education. In March 2021, Scott was announced as being appointed the 27th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney, commencing in July 2021. Career and background Scott was born in 1962 in Los Angeles. He holds dual Australian and United States citizenship. Educated at Knox Grammar School, Scott worked for the New South Wales Greiner Liberal government, as chief of staff to the Education M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Scott (police Officer)
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (GA200/GIA 200) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight of a Boeing 737-400 operated by Garuda Indonesia between Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The aircraft overran the runway, crashed into a rice field and burst into flames while landing at Adisucipto International Airport on 7 March 2007. Twenty passengers and one flight attendant were killed. Both the captain and first officer survived, and were fired shortly after the accident occurred. It was the fifth hull-loss of a Boeing 737 in Indonesia within less than six months. Background Aircraft The aircraft was a Boeing 737-400,The aircraft was a Boeing 737-400 model; Boeing assigns a unique customer code for each company that buys one of its aircraft, which is applied as an infix in the model number at the time the aircraft is built, hence "737-497" registered as PK-GZC, which had been operated by other airlines before being acquired by Garuda Indonesia. The aircraft had accumulated over 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Corll
Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and pederast who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of 28 teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. He was aided by two teenaged accomplices, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. The crimes, which became known as the Houston Mass Murders, came to light after Henley fatally shot Corll. Upon discovery, it was considered the worst example of serial murder in U.S. history. Corll's victims were typically lured with an offer of a party or a lift to one of the various addresses in which he resided between 1970 and 1973. They would then be restrained either by force or deception, and each was killed either by strangulation or shooting with a .22 caliber pistol. Corll and his accomplices buried 17 of their victims in a rented boat shed; four other victims were buried in woodland near Lake Sam Rayburn; one victim was buried on a beach in Jeffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Wayne Henley
Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. (born May 9, 1956) is a convicted American serial killer and painter incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) system. Henley was convicted in 1974 for his role as a participant in a series of murders known colloquially as the Houston Mass Murders in which a minimum of 28 teenage boys and young men were abducted, tortured, raped and murdered by Dean Corll between 1970 and 1973. Henley and David Owen Brooks (Corll's other teenage accomplice), together and individually, lured many of the victims to Corll's home. Henley, then 17 years old, shot Corll dead on August 8, 1973. Henley is serving six consecutive terms of 99 years for his involvement in the Houston Mass Murders, which at the time were characterized as "the deadliest case of serial murders in American history". As a result of Henley killing Corll and Brooks dying in prison in 2020 from COVID-19, Henley is the only one of the trio still alive. Early life Henley was born May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
