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Anderson High School (Anderson, Indiana)
Anderson High School is a public high school located in Anderson, Indiana. The school's students are known as "The Anderson Indians." Both the school and the city of Anderson, Indiana are named after Chief William Anderson, the leader of the Unalatchgo Lenape people from 1806 to 1831. It is a part of the Anderson Community School Corporation. The majority of Anderson is in the school district. The district also includes Country Club Heights, Indiana, Country Club Heights, Edgewood, Indiana, Edgewood, River Forest, Indiana, River Forest, Woodlawn Heights, Indiana, Woodlawn Heights, and the majority of Chesterfield, Indiana, Chesterfield. Athletics Anderson currently competes in and was a founding member of the North Central Conference (Indiana), North Central Conference. From 1961 until 2011 the basketball teams played in Anderson's historic Anderson High School Wigwam, Wigwam which had a seating capacity of 8,996. Notable alumni * Melvin E. Biddle, United States Army Medal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson, Indiana
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. The population was 54,788 at the 2020 census. It is named after Chief William Anderson. The city is the headquarters of the Church of God and its Anderson University. Highlights of the city include the historic Paramount Theatre and the Gruenewald House. History Prior to the organization of Madison County, William Conner entered the land upon which Anderson is located. Conner later sold the ground to John and Sarah Berry, who donated of their land to Madison County on the condition that the county seat be moved from Pendleton to Anderson. John Berry laid out the first plat of Anderson on November 7, 1827. In 1828 the seat of justice was moved from Pendleton to Anderson. The city is named for Chief William "Adam" Anderson, whose mother was Lenape and whose father was of Swedish descent. Chief Anderson's name in Lenape was ''Kikthawenund'', meaning "creaking boughs". The Lenape village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Campbell (golfer)
Joseph Edward Campbell (November 5, 1935 – November 27, 2024) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s and 1960s. Early life Campbell was born in Anderson, Indiana, where he attended Anderson High School – leading the Indians to IHSAA state titles in 1952 and 1953; winning the individual championships in both years. Amateur career Campbell attended Purdue University, where he was a member of the golf team as well as a co-captain of the basketball team. He won the 1955 NCAA Championship as Purdue finished 2nd in the team standings, he was also the 1956 and 1957 Big Ten Conference Champion and led Purdue to the 1955 and 1956 Big Ten Team Championships. During his amateur career, he won the Indiana Amateur three times, the Indiana Open twice, and the Sunnehanna Amateur in 1957. His best finish in a major championship, which came during his amateur career, was T-22 at the 1957 U.S. Open. He was also a member of the United States' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Johnson (basketball)
Terry Johnson is an American basketball coach and former player. He played college basketball at two schools, Lincoln Trail College and Lamar. He is currently an assistant coach at Purdue. He has previously been an assistant coach at Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech, Lincoln Trail College, Butler, and Ohio State. Playing career Johnson was a three-sport athlete at Anderson High School (IN), and a two-sport athlete in college. He played baseball and basketball in college, starting at Lincoln Trail College. He transferred to Lamar Cardinals men's basketball playing the two sports again. In a rare occurrence, Johnson transferred a second time, this time to Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. In 1997, playing baseball, he was named All-Conference, team MVP, and co-Male Athlete of the year. He earned his bachelor's degree from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in 1998. He earned his master's degree in sports administration from Western Kentucky in 2011. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Johnson (defensive End, Born 1947)
Ralph Kenneth Johnson (born February 12, 1947) is a former professional American football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college basketball at Indiana University. Early years Johnson had to repeat the fifth grade because of low grades and was cut from both his junior high school football and basketball teams. He would eventually develop into a top athlete at Anderson High School, where he received All-State and All-American honors in both sports as a senior (in football as an End). He accepted a basketball scholarship from Indiana University, to play under coach Lou Watson. As a sophomore, he was a backup, averaging 5.9 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. As a junior, he was named the starter at center, averaging 18.2 points and 12.2 rebounds per game, while being voted team MVP. As a senior, he began to experiment with alcohol and drugs, which although it was speculated on the media that it affected his play on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem Globetrotter
The Harlem Globetrotters is an American exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, entertainment, and comedy in their style of play. Over the years, they have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 countries and territories, mostly against deliberately ineffective opponents, such as the Washington Generals (1953–1995, since 2015) and the New York Nationals (1995–2015). The team's signature song is Brother Bones' whistled version of " Sweet Georgia Brown", and their mascot is an anthropomorphized globe named "Globie". The team is owned by Herschend Family Entertainment. History The Globetrotters originated in 1926, on the South Side of Chicago, where all the original players were raised. They began as the Savoy Big Five, one of the premier attractions of the Savoy Ballroom; starting in January 1928, a basketball team of Black American players played exhibitions before dances to prop up the ballroom's cratering attendance numbers. In 1928, seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jumping Johnny Wilson
John E. Wilson (1927 – January 11, 2019), popularly known as Jumpin' Johnny Wilson, was an American basketball and baseball player. He gained his nickname for being the only player on his high school team able to dunk the basketball.Dick Denny, Glory Days Indiana: Legends of Indiana High School Basketball' Playing career As a high school student in Anderson, Indiana at Anderson High School, Anderson he captained the Indians basketball team and was named Indiana's Mr. Basketball. In the high school championship game in 1946, he scored 30 of his team's 67 points in its victory over Fort Wayne Central High School, a record. Wilson wished to attend Indiana University after he graduated in 1946, but was not recruited due to the Big Ten's unspoken policy of not recruiting African-American players. Instead, Wilson was recruited by Frank Pop Hedden and attended Anderson College, where he quickly became a star player. During his three-year career at Anderson, Wilson earned eleven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Erskine
Carl Daniel Erskine (December 13, 1926 – April 16, 2024), nicknamed "Oisk", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. He was a pitching mainstay on Dodger teams which won five National League pennants and the 1955 World Series. During the 1953 season, Erskine won 20 games and set a World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a single game. He was an All-Star the following season. Erskine pitched two of the NL's seven no-hitters during the 1950s. After his baseball career ended, he was active as a business executive and an author. In particular, he was involved deeply with the Special Olympics and charities which aimed at helping people with developmental difficulties such as his son Jimmy, who was born with Down syndrome. Erskine died in 2024, the last surviving member of the " Boys of Summer" Brooklyn teams of the 1950s. Early life Erskine was born in Anderson, Indiana, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Durbin Ellis
Marion Durbin Ellis (October 25, 1887December 16, 1972) was an American ichthyologist and entomologist. She is credited with conducting the most comprehensive study to date of the '' Hemigrammus'' genus of fish of which she named nineteen taxa. The taxon ''Corydoras ellisae'' and ''Hyphessobrycon ellisae'' (a.k.a. ''Hyphessobrycon sergipanus'') are named for her as are the species '' Bryconops durbinae'' and ''Bryconacidnus ellisi''. Early life Marion Lee Durbin was born in Los Angeles to David Henry and Cornelia (Fitch) Durbin. She graduated high school from Anderson High School in Indiana. She attended Earlham College from 1905 to 1906 and then earned her A.B. degree in 1909 from Indiana University where she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority, and Sigma Xi honorary society. She married Max Mapes Ellis in September of that year. She earned her A.M. degree from Indiana University in 1910. During her time at IU she studied under Carl H. Eigenmann and Charles Zeleny. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Herald Bulletin
''The Herald Bulletin'' is a daily newspaper serving Anderson, Indiana, and adjacent areas northeast of Indianapolis. It is owned by CNHI. History ''The Bulletin'' was established as a daily in 1883, adding a weekly edition on Saturday in 1885. ''The Herald'' was established as an independent Republican paper in 1868, by Stephen Metcalf. It was published weekly. Anderson's two separate newspapers began operating as one company in 1949, publishing the ''Anderson Herald'', founded as a weekly in 1868, in the morning, and the ''Anderson Daily Bulletin'' in the afternoon. Upon their sale to Ingersoll Publications, the two were combined into one morning edition, ''The Herald Bulletin'', starting April 5, 1987. Ingersoll sold the paper to Thomson Corporation in 1990; in 2000, Thomson sold it to CNHI CNHI, LLC (formerly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.) is an American publisher of newspapers and advertising-related publications throughout the United States. The company was for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas A&M Aggies Baseball
The Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The Aggies have competed in the Southeastern Conference since 2013. The Aggies play home games at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. The team was the 2024 runner-up in the Men's College World Series Final, losing in a closely contested three-game series to Tennessee Volunteers, Tennessee. History Texas A&M baseball has compiled an all-time record of 2,550–1,427–42 (.634 winning percentage) through the 2014 season. The Aggies have won 20 conference championships (15 in the Southwest Conference, four in the Big 12, and one in the SEC). Texas A&M has made 33 NCAA tournament appearances, advancing to the College World Series seven times, in 1951, 1964, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2017, and 2022. The Aggies have never won a national championship in baseball. Texas A&M's long, rich history and tradition in baseball began in 1894. After a decade break, the program returned in 1904 and has com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Earley
Michael Earley (born March 15, 1988) is an American college baseball coach who is currently the head baseball coach at Texas A&M University. Education and playing career Earley attended Indiana University and played for their baseball team for three seasons between 2008 and 2010. During his last year playing for the Hoosiers, Earley made the All-Big Ten Third Team. After his college career, Earley was selected in the 29th round by the Chicago White Sox. He played under the Chicago White Sox organization for six seasons between 2010 and 2015. Coaching career Arizona State (2017–2021) Earley began his career as an assistant head coach for the Arizona State Sun Devils, serving as their hitting coach for four of the five seasons that he was there. During his time at Arizona State, he coached under head coach Tracy Smith. Texas A&M assistant (2022–2024) In 2022, Earley accepted a position with the Texas A&M Aggies under head coach Jim Schlossnagle where he spent three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
