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Richard Lane (MP)
Richard Lane may refer to: Sports *Night Train Lane (1927–2002), American football player *Dick Lane (baseball) (1927–2018), American baseball player *Richard Lane (cricketer) (1794–1870), English cricketer *Richard Lane (rugby union) (born 1993), British rugby player Others * Richard Lane (MP) (died 1438), MP for Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency) * Richard Lane (politician) (c. 1667–1756), British merchant and politician *Richard Lane (architect) (1795–1880), English architect * Richard Lane (barrister) (1584–1650), barrister and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England *Richard Lane (composer) (1933–2004), American music composer and arranger *Dick Lane (announcer) (1899–1982), American actor who was best known as an announcer on television *Richard Lane (writer) (1918–2008), Australian radio and television writer *Richard Douglas Lane (1936–2002), scholar, author, collector, and dealer of Japanese art (known as Dick Lane) *Richard James Lane Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train Lane
Richard Lane (April 16, 1928 – January 29, 2002), commonly known as Dick "Night Train" Lane, was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for 14 years in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Los Angeles Rams ( 1952–1953), Chicago Cardinals (1954–1959), and Detroit Lions (1960–1965). As a rookie in 1952, Lane had 14 interceptions, a mark that remains a NFL record 70 years later. He played in the Pro Bowl seven times and was selected as a first-team All-Pro player seven times between 1956 and 1963. His 68 career interceptions ranked second in NFL history at the time of his retirement and still ranks fourth in NFL history. He was also known as one of the most ferocious tacklers in NFL history and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974. He was named to the National Football League 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1969, named to the 75th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1994 and unanimously named to the National Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Lane (baseball)
Richard Harrison Lane (June 28, 1927 – September 5, 2018) was an American professional baseball player and a former Major League Baseball left fielder. He was born in Highland Park, Michigan. He appeared in 12 games for the Chicago White Sox during the middle of the season (June 20–July 8), making his major league debut against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium. He batted and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . In 42 at bats Lane hit just .119 (5-for-42...all singles) with four runs batted in and four runs scored. Five walks, however, pushed his on-base percentage up to .213. Lane handled 27 chances for a fielding percentage In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly handles a batted or thrown ball. It is calculated by the sum of putouts and assists, div ... of 1.000. Four of his five MLB hits, and three of his four RBIs, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lane (cricketer)
Richard Lane (2 January 1794 at Langham, Essex – 26 January 1870 at Hove, Sussex) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1820 to 1824. He was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), of which he was a member. He made 4 known appearances in first-class matches. Retrieved on 25 July 2009. References Bibliography *Arthur Haygarth
Arthur Haygarth (4 August 1825 – 1 May 1903) was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex between 1844 and 1861, as well as num ...
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Richard Lane (rugby Union)
Richard Lane (born 21 July 1993) is an English professional rugby union player. He plays at wing and fullback for Bristol Bears in Premiership Rugby. In 2019 he was named as the Bedford Blues' "Players' Player" of the year. He has dual-registration with Cornish Pirates. On 2 July 2015, Lane signed his first professional contract with Jersey Reds in the RFU Championship The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men’s English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when .... References External linksPremiership Rugby Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lane (MP)
Richard Lane may refer to: Sports *Night Train Lane (1927–2002), American football player *Dick Lane (baseball) (1927–2018), American baseball player *Richard Lane (cricketer) (1794–1870), English cricketer *Richard Lane (rugby union) (born 1993), British rugby player Others * Richard Lane (MP) (died 1438), MP for Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency) * Richard Lane (politician) (c. 1667–1756), British merchant and politician *Richard Lane (architect) (1795–1880), English architect * Richard Lane (barrister) (1584–1650), barrister and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England *Richard Lane (composer) (1933–2004), American music composer and arranger *Dick Lane (announcer) (1899–1982), American actor who was best known as an announcer on television *Richard Lane (writer) (1918–2008), Australian radio and television writer *Richard Douglas Lane (1936–2002), scholar, author, collector, and dealer of Japanese art (known as Dick Lane) *Richard James Lane Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffordshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Staffordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832. History Boundaries and franchise The constituency, which first returned members to Parliament in 1290, consisted of the historic county of Staffordshire, excluding the city of Lichfield which had the status of a county in itself after 1556. (Although Staffordshire also contained the boroughs of Stafford and Newcastle-under-Lyme, and part of the borough of Tamworth, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Staffordshire was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election. This was not the case, though, for Lichfield.) As in other county constituencies the franchise bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lane (politician)
Sir Richard Lane (c.1667–1756), of Worcester was a British merchant, sugar-baker and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1721 and 1734. He became a prominent figure in the salt trade Biography Lane was the eldest son of Richard Lane of St. Augustine's, Bristol, sugar-baker, merchant and mayor of Bristol and his wife Susanna. He married by licence dated 3 January 1692, Sarah Davie of Salford, Lancashire. He moved to Worcester, where he was established as a merchant and sugar-baker by 1699. In 1705 he succeeded his father. He was Mayor of Worcester for the year 1709 to 1710. In July 1710, while mayor, he put a stop to the ‘insolent progress of Dr. Sacheverel and his deluded followers’. He was High Sheriff of Worcestershire for the year 1714 to 1715, the first year of King George the First, and raised 'the posse comitatus and (thro’ God’s blessing) defeated great numbers of' Jacobites 'who came in tumults there with arms'. He was knighted on 21 October 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lane (architect)
Richard Lane (3 April 1795 – 25 May 1880) was an English architect of the early and mid-19th century. Born in London and based in Manchester, he was known in great part for his restrained and austere Greek-inspired classicism. He also designed a few buildings – mainly churches – in the Gothic style. He was also known for masterplanning and designing many of the houses in the exclusive Victoria Park estate. Early life and education Not much is known about Lane's early life, but he was born and educated in London, was a Quaker and in 1817, he began studying at the famous École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and was a pupil of the French architect, Achille Leclère, who made a noted restoration of the Pantheon in 1813. Work and professional life After Paris, Lane moved to Manchester in 1821, set up practice and was appointed Land Surveyor to the Police Commissioners of Chorlton Row (as was). Much of Lane's work was civic and governmental in nature, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lane (barrister)
Sir Richard Lane (1584 – 12 May 1650), a.k.a. Edward Lane, was an English barrister who practised mostly in the Court of Exchequer. He acted as defence counsel to the Earl of Strafford when the Earl was impeached and attainted, and also represented Archbishop Williams and eleven other bishops who were imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1642. During the English Civil War, Lane took the side of the king, who made him Chief Baron of the Exchequer and a member of the Privy Council. From 1645 until his death he was also Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, although after 1646 the appointment was a nominal one, as the Great Seal had been destroyed on the orders of Parliament. He negotiated the terms of Charles I's surrender to Fairfax in 1646, went into exile with the future Charles II, and died on the island of Jersey in 1650. Early life Lane was the eldest son of another Richard Lane, who was a yeoman at Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, by his marriage to Elizabeth, the daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lane (composer)
Richard Lane may refer to: Sports *Night Train Lane (1927–2002), American football player *Dick Lane (baseball) (1927–2018), American baseball player *Richard Lane (cricketer) (1794–1870), English cricketer *Richard Lane (rugby union) (born 1993), British rugby player Others *Richard Lane (MP) (died 1438), MP for Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency) *Richard Lane (politician) (c. 1667–1756), British merchant and politician *Richard Lane (architect) (1795–1880), English architect *Richard Lane (barrister) (1584–1650), barrister and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England *Richard Lane (composer) (1933–2004), American music composer and arranger *Dick Lane (announcer) (1899–1982), American actor who was best known as an announcer on television *Richard Lane (writer) (1918–2008), Australian radio and television writer *Richard Douglas Lane (1936–2002), scholar, author, collector, and dealer of Japanese art (known as Dick Lane) *Richard James Lane Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Lane (announcer)
Richard Lane (May 28, 1899 – September 5, 1982) was an American actor and television announcer/presenter. In movies, he played assured, fast-talking slickers: usually press agents, policemen and detectives, sometimes swindlers and frauds. He is perhaps best known to movie fans as "Inspector Farraday" in the Boston Blackie mystery-comedies. Lane also played Faraday in the first radio version of ''Boston Blackie'', which ran on NBC from June 23, 1944 to September 15, 1944. Lane was an early arrival on television, first as a news reporter and then as a sports announcer, broadcasting wrestling and roller derby shows on KTLA-TV, mainly from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Biography Early years Lane was born in 1899 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to a farm family. Early in life he developed talents for reciting poetry and doing various song-and-dance acts. By his teenage years, Lane was doing an " iron jaw" routine in circuses around Europe and worked as a drummer touring w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lane (writer)
Richard Hamilton Lane ( OAM), (18 January 1918 – 20 February 2008) was an Australian writer (dramatist and playwright) known particularly for his skillful adaptation of plays and films for radio. He is often called the father of Australian radio drama. His career spanned over 60 years, and he is recognised not only for his writing achievements but for his contribution to the Australian Writers' Guild. He also wrote for television, and was described after his death as "luminary of the Australian radio and television industries". Life Richard Lane was born in the Sydney beach suburb of Coogee and went to school in Sydney's northern suburbs at Knox Grammar School in Wahroonga, where "he excelled as an athlete and edited the school magazine".Yeldham (2008) Lane married a few times, with his last wife being the Australian actor, Lynne Murphy. Writing career Lane's first short story was published while he was still at school, and more of his stories were published in magazines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
