Ron Jacobs (author)
Ron Jacobs is the name of: *Ron Jacobs (rugby union) (1928–2002), England rugby union player * Ron Jacobs (broadcaster) (1937–2016), American broadcaster *Ron Jacobs (basketball) Ronald Jacobs (December 27, 1942 – December 24, 2015) was an American basketball coach. Jacobs was head coach of the men's basketball team of Loyola Marymount University. After turning the program around in just one season, he was invited by ...

Ron Jacobs (rugby Union)
Charles Ronald Jacobs (28 October 1928 – 10 November 2002) was an English Rugby Union player. He played at prop for Northampton and . He went to Oakham School in Rutland, where he captained the first XV in 1945. He studied agriculture at the University of Nottingham. Jacobs played a club record 470 games for Northampton over a 17-year period and appeared 29 times for England - captaining them for his final two games in 1964. After retiring from playing, Jacobs remained involved in Rugby and became president of the Rugby Football Union in 1983 and was tour manager during the controversial 1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa The 1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the England national rugby union team in South Africa in May and June 1984. England played seven games, including two test matches against the South Africa .... References External linksIndependent obituary
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Ron Jacobs (broadcaster)
Ron Jacobs (September 3, 1937 – March 8, 2016) was an American broadcaster, author of books and magazines, record producer and concert promoter. He is best known as the program director of KHJ (AM), KHJ radio in Los Angeles during its ground-breaking "Boss Radio" period (1965–1969), and as co-creator of the countdown show ''American Top 40'', and the seminal radio program ''The History of Rock and Roll'' (1969). Early career in Hawaii Jacobs was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on September 3, 1937. His parents, Ray (a merchant) and Shirley (a homemaker) moved to the Islands from New York and New Jersey in April 1937. Jacobs was born in The Queens Hospital in Honolulu. Jacobs first attended Punahou school and dropped out of President Theodore Roosevelt High School, Roosevelt High School and began his radio career in 1953, upon receiving his FCC license. His first job was as the all-night DJ at Honolulu's KHON-TV, KHON. He then went to KGU (AM), KGU Radio, the NBC affi ...
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