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Tom Harris (curler)
Tom Harris may refer to: *Tom Harris (announcer) (born 1962), American announcer and sportscaster *Tom Harris (Australian politician) (born 1940), Northern Territory MLA * Tom Harris (botanist) (1903–1983), palaeobotanist and academic at the University of Reading in the UK *Tom Harris (British politician) (born 1964), Scottish former MP * Tom Harris (film producer), producer of ''The Cross and the Switchblade ''The Cross and the Switchblade'' is a biographical book written by the Rev. David Wilkerson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill, published by Bernard Geis Associates in 1963. Summary In 1958, Pentecostal pastor David Wilkerson of Assemblies of ...'' * Tom Harris (footballer) (1905–1985), English footballer * Tom Harris (football manager), manager of Notts County F.C. between 1893 and 1913 * Tom Harris (mechanical engineer) (born 1953), Canadian lobbyist *Tom Harris, bass player for Detroit rock band Frijid Pink *An alias of Whitey Bulger (1929–2018) See also * Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harris (announcer)
Tom Harris (born 11 May 1962) is an American announcer and Sports commentator, sportscaster specializing in Thoroughbred horse racing. His style of race announcing is often described as traditional with European and American influences that feature his signature phrase "runners away". Background Tom Harris was born in Dallas, Texas. He started calling horse races at the age of 19 as an apprentice while still attending college, studying broadcast journalism at Arizona State University. Harris was mentored by Bob Weems, who was the long time renowned voice of Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey and Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Arizona. Though he had announced Greyhound Races at Phoenix Greyhound Park in 1981, he landed his first Horse Race Track Announcer position in 1987 at La Mesa Park in Raton, New Mexico. In the early to mid-1990s Harris went on to call races at Playfair Race Course in Spokane, Washington and Yakima Meadows in Yakima, Washington. He also filled-in for a season a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harris (Australian Politician)
Tom Harris (born 1 January 1940) is a former Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Electoral division of Port Darwin, Port Darwin in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1990. He was a minister in the Paul Everingham, Everingham, Ian Tuxworth, Tuxworth, Stephen Hatton, Hatton and Marshall Perron, Perron governments, serving as Minister for Education (1983–1986), Minister for Health and Minister for Housing (1986–1987), Minister for Labour and Administrative Services (1987), Minister for Education and Minister Assisting the Chief Minister on Constitutional Development (1988–1989) and Minister for Education, the Arts and Cultural Affairs (1989–1990). References 1940 births Living people Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Country Liberal Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harris (botanist)
Professor Thomas Maxwell Harris FRS (8 January 1903 – 1 May 1983)HARRIS, Thomas Maxwell ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 was an English . Education and career He was educated at , York, Wyggeston School, Leicester, and |
Tom Harris (British Politician)
Thomas Harris (born 20 February 1964) is a British journalist and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency), Glasgow South, formerly Glasgow Cathcart (UK Parliament constituency), Glasgow Cathcart, from 2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001 to 2015 United Kingdom general election, 2015. A former member of Scottish Labour, he left the party in August 2018. Since 2021 he has been lead non-executive director of the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Advocate General for Scotland. Harris first British Government frontbench, entered government when he was made a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport in September 2006 by PM Tony Blair. When Gordon Brown#Prime Minister, Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister in June 2007, Harris kept his junior ministerial role but, in the 2006 British cabinet reshuffle, October 2008 reshuffle, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harris (film Producer)
Tom Harris may refer to: *Tom Harris (announcer) (born 1962), American announcer and sportscaster *Tom Harris (Australian politician) (born 1940), Northern Territory MLA * Tom Harris (botanist) (1903–1983), palaeobotanist and academic at the University of Reading in the UK *Tom Harris (British politician) (born 1964), Scottish former MP * Tom Harris (film producer), producer of ''The Cross and the Switchblade ''The Cross and the Switchblade'' is a biographical book written by the Rev. David Wilkerson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill, published by Bernard Geis Associates in 1963. Summary In 1958, Pentecostal pastor David Wilkerson of Assemblies of ...'' * Tom Harris (footballer) (1905–1985), English footballer * Tom Harris (football manager), manager of Notts County F.C. between 1893 and 1913 * Tom Harris (mechanical engineer) (born 1953), Canadian lobbyist *Tom Harris, bass player for Detroit rock band Frijid Pink *An alias of Whitey Bulger (1929–2018) See also * Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cross And The Switchblade (film)
The Cross and the Switchblade is a 1970 crime film starring Pat Boone as David Wilkerson and Erik Estrada as Nicky Cruz, the teen gang member whose life was transformed by Wilkerson's ministry. The film was based on a non-fiction book of the same name, ''The Cross and the Switchblade''. Summary In 1958, pentecostal pastor David Wilkerson's of Assemblies of God is touched by an article in ''Life Magazine'' about seven teenagers who are members of a criminal gang. Alone and with little money, he will go to Brooklyn, sometimes at the risk of his life, to talk about Jesus with members of street gang. A meeting will particularly mark him, that of Nicky Cruz, a member of a street gang, the "Mau maus". Plot The film is based on the true story of David Wilkerson (Pat Boone), a small-town preacher who gets caught in the shadows of a crime-ridden neighborhood in New York City. Guided by the streetwise Little Bo (Jo-Ann Robinson), David quickly learns about the neighborhood and how to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harris (footballer)
Thomas Harris (18 September 1905 - March 1985) was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He was born in Ince-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. He played for Skelmersdale United, Wigan Borough, and Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to .... External linksMUFCInfo.com profile 1905 births 1985 deaths English men's footballers Skelmersdale United F.C. players Manchester United F.C. players People from Ince-in-Makerfield Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan Footballers from Greater Manchester Men's association football forwards {{England-footy-forward-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harris (football Manager)
Tom Harris was a football manager who was Secretary/Manager of Notts County between 1893 and 1913. He was the manager when Notts won the FA Cup in 1894 beating Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ... 4-1 at Goodison Park. References English football managers Notts County F.C. managers Year of birth missing Year of death missing Date of birth missing Date of death missing {{England-footy-manager-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harris (mechanical Engineer)
Tom Harris (born 1953) is a Canadian mechanical engineer, executive director of the climate contrarian International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) and former executive director of the Natural Resources Stewardship Project. Harris has 30 years’ experience working as a mechanical engineer, project manager, and in science and technology communications. From May to September 2006, he was Ottawa operations director of the High Park Group, a public relations and lobbying firm active in creating debate over global warming. Work at the International Climate Science Coalition The ICSC calls itself "a non-partisan group of independent scientists", but has been described as having "less to do with science than with public relations". Geochemist and National Science Board member James Lawrence Powell contrasts the mission and principles of the ICSC with those of the American Geophysical Union. In Powell's opinion, the ICSC is a "denier organization" that "know the answers and see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frijid Pink
Frijid Pink is an American rock band, formed in Detroit in 1967, best known for their 1969 rendition of "House of the Rising Sun". The initial line-up of the band included drummer Richard Stevers, guitarist Gary Ray Thompson, bassist Tom Harris, lead singer Tom Beaudry (aka Kelly Green), and later added Larry Zelanka as off-staff keyboardist. On their album, ''All Pink Inside'', the line-up was Craig Webb, guitar, Larry Popolizio, bass, Rick Stevers, drums, and Jo Baker harp/vocal, with the addition of Rockin' Reggie Vincent, vocals, and David Ahlers, piano. Over 35 years would pass before the next album would be released. Career Frijid Pink formed when local Detroit-area cover band the Detroit Vibrations, which featured Stevers and Harris, were joined by guitarist Gary Ray Thompson and singer Tom Beaudry, who later took the stage name Kelly Green. Thompson convinced Vibrations' manager Clyde Stevers (Richard's father) that he was a better musician than the Vibrations' current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitey Bulger
James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. (; September 3, 1929 – October 30, 2018) was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, a city directly northwest of Boston. On December 23, 1994, Bulger fled the Boston area and went into hiding after his former FBI handler, John Connolly, tipped him off about a pending RICO indictment against him. Bulger remained at large for sixteen years. After his 2011 arrest, federal prosecutors tried Bulger for nineteen murders based on grand jury testimony from Kevin Weeks and other former criminal associates. Although Bulger adamantly denied it, the FBI revealed that he had served as an informant for several years starting in 1975. Bulger provided information about the inner workings of the Patriarca crime family, his Italian-American Mafia rivals based in Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. In return, Connolly, as Bulger's FBI handler, ensured that the Winter Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Harris (other)
Thomas Harris (born 1940) is an American author. Thomas Harris may also refer to: Politicians * Thomas Harris (Serjeant-at-Law) (1547–1610), English politician, MP for Truro, Callington, Portsmouth and Bossiney * Thomas Harris (died 1622), MP for Maldon * Thomas Harris (died 1628) (1550–1628), MP for Shrewsbury *Thomas K. Harris (died 1816), US congressman from Tennessee *Thomas L. Harris (1816–1858), U.S. Representative from Illinois * Thomas Harris (mayor) (1817–1884), Canadian mayor of Victoria, British Columbia *Thomas R. Harris (1836–1894), political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada *Thomas Alexander Harris (1826–1895), Confederate politician & Missouri State Guard (Confederate) general *Thomas Harris (Irish politician) (1895–1974), Irish politician Military *Thomas Alexander Harris (1826–1895), Missouri State Guard (Confederate) general and Confederate Congressman, American Civil War *Thomas James Harris (1892–1918), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
