Rucker Tournament Hall Of Fame
Rucker may refer to: People * Rucker (surname) Places United States * Rucker Park, street basketball court in Manhattan, New York City, New York * Rucker, California, an historic district in unincorporated Santa Clara County, California * Rucker, Missouri * Rucker, Texas See also * * * Ruckers, Flemish family of harpsichord makers * Ruck (other) Ruck may refer to: * Ruck (rugby union), a contesting for the ball in Rugby Union from a grounded player * Ruck (Australian rules football), an aerial contest in Australian rules football between rival ruckmen * Ruck (rugby league), the area surr ...

Rucker (surname)
Rucker or Rücker is a surname, and may refer to: * Sir Arthur William Rucker (1848–1915), British physicist * Atterson Rucker (1847-1924), American politician * Benjamin Rucker (1889–1934), African American stage magician * Darius Rucker (born 1966), American musician (Hootie and the Blowfish and a country solo act) * Edgar P. Rucker (1861–1908), West Virginia Attorney General and brother of William W. Rucker * Edmund Rucker (1835–1924), Confederate officer during the American Civil War * Foster Purcell Rucker (1905/1905-1989), birth name of American broadcaster Galen Drake * Frostee Rucker (born 1983), American football defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals * Gerta Rücker (born 1955), German statistician * Henry A. Rucker (1852–1924), African American entrepreneur and politician * Jane Rucker (1830–1907), American pioneer and real estate investor * Jennie Mae Rucker, American educator and librarian * Joseph T. Rucker (1887–1957), Academy Award–winning cinemat ...
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Rucker Park
Greg Marius Court at Holcombe Rucker Park is a basketball court in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, at 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, just east of the former Polo Grounds site. It is geographically at the base of a large cliff named Coogan's Bluff.History in the Making at Rucker's Park
Many who have played at the park in the (also known as the Rucker Tournament) achieved a level of fame for their abilities, and several have gone on to play in the

Rucker, California
Rucker is a former unincorporated community in Santa Clara County, California, located halfway along the five miles of Monterey Highway between Gilroy and San Martin. The name is official, but not in common use among locals today. Its elevation is listed as 235 feet above mean sea level (AMSL) and NAD27 coordinates are given as . Supporting the name are local geographic features, ''Rucker Avenue'', ''Rucker School'' (K-6), and ''Rucker Creek''. The community was part of the Mexican land grant Rancho San Francisco de las Llagas. References corroborate use of the name in 1933 to describe a siding on what is now the Union Pacific Railroad, Coast Subdivision. It still appears on modern maps.Map: "Gilroy, California 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, 1985" U.S. Geological Survey. The community is inside area codes 408 and 669 and default wired telephone service is provided by the Verizon Gilroy exchange. The district is in ZIP code 95020. At the southern edge of the San Jose metropolit ...
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Rucker, Missouri
Rucker is an unincorporated community in the northwest corner of Boone County, Missouri, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes T and F about 6.5 miles north of Harrisburg. The site lies between Perche Creek and Sugar Creek. History A post office called Rucker was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1908. The community was named for Maj. John F. Rucker. References Unincorporated communities in Boone County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{BooneCountyMO-geo-stub ...
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Rucker, Texas
Rucker is an unincorporated community located in Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Texas. History The community was named for Calvin Rucker, who established a gin there in 1890. The first mail carrier was Ira Harvey, while the first postmaster was Bob Lewis. The community's population was 25 in 1940. A filling station named Lightfoot that opened in 1930 was the only business in Rucker in 1976. It continued to be listed on county maps in 1990. Geography Rucker is located on Texas State Highway 6 on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, northwest of De Leon in northern Comanche County. Education Rucker had its own school at one time and sat on land donated by a man named Pat Johnson. Today, the community is served by the Gorman Independent School District Gorman Independent School District is a public school district based in Gorman, Texas, Gorman, Texas (United States, USA). The district is located in Eastland County, Texas, Eastland County and a small portion of the ...
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Ruckers
The Ruckers family (variants: Ruckaert, Ruckaerts, Rucqueer, Rueckers, Ruekaerts, Ruijkers, Rukkers, Rycardt) were harpsichord and virginal makers from the Southern Netherlands based in Antwerp in the 16th and 17th century. Their influence stretched well into the 18th century, and to the harpsichord revival of the 20th. The Ruckers family contributed immeasurably to the harpsichord's technical development, pioneering the addition of a second manual; the quality of their instruments is such that the name of Ruckers is as important to early keyboard instruments as that of Stradivarius is to the violin family. In the 18th century, Ruckers instruments were often modified by French makers in a process known as ''ravalement'', to allow for an extended range and other additions. The Ruckers family The family probably originated in Germany. The earliest known member, Hans Ruckers, was from Weissenburg, according to documents from 1530 in the Antwerp city archives, and the similarly name ...
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