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Tony Burgess (racing Driver)
Tony Burgess may refer to: * Tony Burgess (author) (born 1959), Canadian author * Tony Burgess (footballer) Anthony "Tony" Burgess (born 13 February 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Playing ca ... (born 1961), Australian rules footballer See also * Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), English writer and composer {{Hndis, name=Burgess, Tony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Burgess (author)
Tony Burgess (born 1959) is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. His most notable works include the 1998 novel '' Pontypool Changes Everything'' and the screenplay for the film adaptation of that same novel, ''Pontypool''. Burgess' unique style of writing has been called literary horror fiction and described as "blended ultra-violent horror and absurdist humour, inflicting nightmarish narratives on the quirky citizens of small-town Ontario: think H. P. Lovecraft meets Stephen Leacock." Early life Burgess was born in Toronto and grew up in Mississauga. He graduated in 1978 from Applewood Heights Secondary School in Mississauga, despite having to use day passes from a medium security facility in order to finish high school. Burgess served three months in this security facility for robbing a convenience store with a friend while wearing one of his mother's blouses, inspired after watching '' A Clockwork Orange'' and '' Straight Time''. Burgess then moved back to Toronto where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Burgess (footballer)
Anthony "Tony" Burgess (born 13 February 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Playing career Burgess, who started his SANFL career in 1980, was a full-back in West Adelaide's 1983 premiership team. Going into the Grand Final battling a hamstring injury, coach Neil Kerley assigned Burgess had the task of playing on Sturt's champion full-forward Rick Davies who was sitting on 149 goals for the season. In West Adelaide's two minor round games against Sturt in 1983, Kerley had tried Peter Winter on the man the called the "Jumbo Prince", and he had kicked 15 goals. Burgess managed to restrict Davies to two goals in the Grand Final at Football Park. With Davies regarded as Sturt's main danger, Burgess' effort on him played a large role in the Bloods' 34 point win, though he largely credits West Adelaide's backline for restricting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |