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Peter Gordon (playwright)
Peter Gordon may refer to: Sports * Peter Gordon (English footballer) (1932–1990), English association football player * Peter Gordon (South African footballer) (born 1963), South African football defender * Peter Gordon (sailor) (1882–1975), Canadian sailor and silver medalist in the 1932 Olympics *Peter Gordon (discus thrower), British athlete and champion at the 1981 UK Athletics Championships Others * Peter Gordon (chef) (born 1963), celebrity chef from New Zealand * Peter Gordon (composer) (born 1951), composer and musician based in New York City * Peter Gordon (historian), historian and professor at Harvard University * Peter Gordon (lawyer) (born 1957), Australian lawyer and former Western Bulldogs president * Peter Gordon (radio presenter), radio presenter in Surrey, England * Peter Gordon (politician) (1921–1991), New Zealand politician * Peter Gordon (playwright), British playwright See also * Peter and Gordon, musical duo from the United Kingdom * Peter Gordon M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gordon (English Footballer)
Peter John Gordon was an English association footballer. He played as both outside forward and inside forward in the Football League for Norwich City, Watford, Exeter City and Newport County. After retiring as a player, he coached at several Football League clubs. Career Born in Northampton, Gordon started his career at Northampton amateurs, before turning professional with Norwich City in December 1949. He spent much of his career at Norwich, who at the time were competing in the Football League Third Division South. After 160 league appearances and 34 goals, Gordon joined Watford for the start of the 1958–59 season. After failing to score in his first 11 Watford starts, Gordon's goalscoring rate improved, to the extent that he finished the 1958–59 season as the club's joint-top scorer with 13 goals. However, his place in the Watford first-team was taken by new arrival Dennis Uphill for the 1959–60 season; Gordon made only 5 appearances as Watford secured promotion f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gordon (South African Footballer)
Peter Gordon (born 13 December 1963) is a retired South African football (soccer) defender who played for Wits University during his entire 13-year professional career. He holds the record for most goals and matches for Wits. International career He played his only international match in a 4-0 loss against Nigeria in a Group D World Cup qualifier after coming in for Lucas Radebe Lucas Valeriu Ntuba Radebe OIS (born 12 April 1969) is a South African former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He began playing in South Africa with Kaizer Chiefs, before transferring to Leeds United, where he played 256 m ... in the 75th minute. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Peter 1963 births Living people South African people of British descent Association football defenders South African soccer players Bidvest Wits F.C. players White South African people South Africa international soccer players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gordon (sailor)
Peter Dawson Gordon (August 16, 1882 – June 26, 1975) was a Canadian sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. Born in Ontario he was a crew member of the Canadian boat ''Santa Maria'' which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class in 1932. He died in Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the .... External linksPeter Gordon's profile at databaseOlympics 1882 births 1975 deaths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gordon (discus Thrower)
Peter Gordon may refer to: Sports * Peter Gordon (English footballer) (1932–1990), English association football player * Peter Gordon (South African footballer) (born 1963), South African football defender * Peter Gordon (sailor) (1882–1975), Canadian sailor and silver medalist in the 1932 Olympics *Peter Gordon (discus thrower), British athlete and champion at the 1981 UK Athletics Championships Others * Peter Gordon (chef) (born 1963), celebrity chef from New Zealand * Peter Gordon (composer) (born 1951), composer and musician based in New York City * Peter Gordon (historian), historian and professor at Harvard University * Peter Gordon (lawyer) (born 1957), Australian lawyer and former Western Bulldogs president * Peter Gordon (radio presenter), radio presenter in Surrey, England * Peter Gordon (politician) (1921–1991), New Zealand politician * Peter Gordon (playwright), British playwright See also * Peter and Gordon, musical duo from the United Kingdom * Peter Gordon M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 UK Athletics Championships
The 1981 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Antrim Stadium, Antrim. It was the first time that a national track and field championship was held in Northern Ireland. It was the fifth edition of the competition limited to British athletes only, launched as an alternative to the AAA Championships, which was open to foreign competitors. However, due to the fact that the calibre of national competition remained greater at the AAA event, the UK Championships this year were not considered the principal national championship event by some statisticians, such as the National Union of Track Statisticians (NUTS). Many of the athletes below also competed at the 1981 AAA Championships.UK Championships GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gordon (chef)
Peter Gordon (born 1963) is a New Zealand chef, who has had restaurants in London, Auckland, New York, Istanbul and Wellington. Early life Gordon was born in Whanganui in the coastal Manawatū. His father is Bruce Gordon. Gordon is of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu descent. Education After moving to Melbourne in 1981, completing a four-year cookery apprenticeship and working as a chef in various restaurants, his spirit of adventure and culinary curiosity led him to travel through Asia for a year from Indonesia through to India. This experience was to become a major influence on his culinary style, which is now called fusion. Career Gordon set up the kitchen of the original "Sugar Club" restaurant in Wellington in 1986. After two years running the outlet, he moved to London. Working in several British restaurants, a private country home and event catering, Gordon set up the British kitchens of The Sugar Club in London's Notting Hill (1995) and West Soho (1998). In 1996, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gordon (composer)
Peter Gordon (born June 20, 1951, New York City) is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist and experimental composer, whose influences include jazz, disco, funk, rock, opera, classical and world music. He has released several albums and composed scores for film and theater, and he has also toured and re-interpreted the music of Arthur Russell, on whose compositions he played, as well as that of Robert Ashley. Early life and education Gordon was born in New York City, and grew up in Virginia, Munich, and Los Angeles. He began piano lessons at age 7 and learned the clarinet in early childhood. He started to play the saxophone, which would become his main instrument, at age 14. HIs earliest musical influences were jazz artists from New Orleans, as well as The Shadows, The Ventures, Albert Ayler, Igor Stravinsky, Sun Ra, The Animals and The Yardbirds. When he was a senior in high school, Gordon made friends with Captain Beefheart and spent time at Beefheart’s home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gordon (historian)
Peter Eli Gordon (born 1966) is a historian of philosophy, a critical theorist, and intellectual historian. The Amabel B. James Professor of History at Harvard University, Gordon focuses on continental philosophy and modern German and French thought, with particular emphasis on the German philosophers Theodor Adorno and Martin Heidegger, critical theory, continental philosophy during the interwar crisis, and most recently, secularization and social thought in the 20th century. Early life Born in Seattle, Washington, in 1966, Peter Gordon was the son of Sunnie and Milton Gordon. Milton Gordon (1930-2005) was a biochemist who attended University of Minnesota and the University of Illinois, earning his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at 23 and joining the faculty at the University of Washington in 1959, focusing on plant genetics. Peter Gordon received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College (1988) after a stint at the University of Chicago. He studied with Martin Jay at U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |