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Peter Cochran
Peter Cochran may refer to: * Peter Cochran (soccer) (born 1971), American soccer defender * Peter Cochran (politician) (born 1945), Australian politician See also * Peter Cochrane (other) {{hndis, Cochran, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cochran (soccer)
Peter Cochran (born January 12, 1971) was a U.S. soccer defender who played one season in the Western Soccer Alliance. He was a member of the U.S. National Team at the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship. Following a career ending knee injury, he entered the business world and is currently a technology investment manager at Vulcan Capital. Youth Cochran was born in Lake Oswego, Oregon and attended Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego where he was a three time high school All-American. In 1988, he spent the summer playing with the semi-professional F.C. Portland of the Western Soccer Alliance. While UCLA, Indiana and Santa Clara University all offered Cochrane a soccer athletic scholarship, he elected to enter Harvard where he was named the 1989 Ivy League Rookie of the Year. After his sophomore season at Harvard, Cochran transferred to Santa Clara University where he had an immediate impact, scoring five game winning goals for the Broncos. In 1992 Cochrane was selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cochran (politician)
Peter Lachlan Cochran (born 28 January 1945) is a former Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Monaro in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1998. In recent years he has been known for his ongoing lobbying to keep feral horses (known as brumbies in Australia) within the Kosciusko National Park. Cochran was born in Albury in New South Wales. He enlisted in the Army in 1965 and was sent to Vietnam in 1969, returning in 1970. He left the main force in 1972, and was a reservist from 1977 to 1979. Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace, he farmed near Adaminaby after leaving the armed forces and became involved in the National Party. In 1987 he stood unsuccessfully as the National candidate for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro, but came third after Labor MP Jim Snow and Liberal candidate David Evans, obtaining 16.4% of the vote. Nevertheless, this was a large increase from the 1984 result of 3.9%. In 1988, Cochran was selected as the Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |