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<mask> (September 8, 1927 – March 3, 2002) was an American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, <mask> wrote many popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists. Career
<mask> was born on September 8, 1927, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up on a farm in Michigan. As a child, he listened to the Grand Ole Opry radio show. In later years, <mask> recalled the personal formative influence of country music:

I was captured by the songs as much as the singer. They grabbed my heart. The reality of country music moved me.Even when I was a kid, I liked the sad songs… songs that talked about true life. I recognized this music as a simple plea. It beckoned me. <mask> completed only nine years of formal education, though he was an avid reader. When he was 12 years of age, he began writing songs, "an enthusiasm fueled by an appetite for books and an ear for a telling phrase." After serving as a paratrooper with the United States Army, he went to Los Angeles, California, hoping to sell his music. <mask> did manual labor while writing songs and pushing his finished material.Eventually, he sold some of his compositions and, after a few minor successes, his song, "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down", recorded by Charlie Walker, went to No. 2 on the country music charts in late 1958. A year later Ray Price had a major country hit with "Heartaches By The Number". Simultaneously, a pop version of the song performed by Guy Mitchell went to No. 1 on the pop chart. Buoyed by these two major hits, <mask> moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1960. Bringing along a large portfolio of compositions, he signed a contract with Acuff-Rose Music.<mask>'s songs were so immediately successful that, in 1961 alone, he had fifteen of his compositions on the country music charts, earning him ten BMI awards. Among his biggest hits was "I Fall to Pieces", co-written with Hank Cochran and recorded by Patsy Cline. Cline and Candi Staton recorded

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 his "He Called Me Baby", which was later a No. 1 C&W hit for Charlie Rich as "She Called Me Baby". Though not often thought of as a writer of rhythm and blues songs, <mask> wrote Joe Simon's No. 1 R&B chart hit "The Chokin' Kind", a million-selling record in 1969. <mask> also wrote the classic Kingston Trio song "Everglades", and the song "Busted", originally a hit for both Ray Charles and Johnny Cash and later a hit for John Conlee who used the song to create awareness for Feed the Children.The song "The Wall" also became a hit for Johnny Cash on his studio album Orange Blossom Special, as well as his Live at Folsom Prison album. <mask> coined the oft-quoted phrase defining a great country song as Three Chords and the Truth. <mask> was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame also in 1997. He died in Nashville in 2002, at the age of 74, and was buried in Nashville City Cemetery. Discography
1961: <mask> Sings <mask>
1965: All Time Favorite Country Songwriter
1967: Mr. Songwriter
1967: Down to Earth
1971: To the Silent Majority with Love
1981: Singer and Songwriter

Song list
Songs written or co-written by <mask>. See also
"Streets of Baltimore"
Waylon Sings Ol' <mask> Owens Sings <mask>

References

External links
Songwriters Hall of Fame
<mask> at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

1927 births
2002 deaths
Singer-songwriters from Tennessee
Singer-songwriters from California
American country singer-songwriters
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
Monument Records artists
Writers from Los Angeles
People from Nashville, Tennessee
Burials in Tennessee
20th-century American musicians
Singers from Detroit
20th-century American singers
Country musicians from California
Country musicians from Tennessee
Country musicians from Michigan
20th-century American male musicians
United States Army soldiers
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<mask> ( ; born 8 December 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Adanaspor of the TFF First League, the second tier of Turkish football. After coming up through the youth system of Wycombe Wanderers, for whom he made his debut in the Football League as a 15-year-old, <mask> joined Liverpool in 2012. He spent time on loan at Championship clubs Birmingham City in the 2013–14 season and Derby County in 2014–15. In 2016, he signed for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth for a then club record £15 million fee, and was released in 2020. He spent the 2020–21 season with Derby County, but played little, and joined Adanaspor in January 2022. He has represented England from under-18 to under-21 level. Club career

Early career
<mask> was born in Bermondsey, in the London Borough of Southwark, and attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell.He signed for the Wycombe Wanderers youth team in 2007 at the age of 12, following his release from the Charlton Athletic youth team. <mask> came up through the youth system at Wycombe, and made his first-team debut on 9 August 2011 in the League Cup victory against Colchester United at Adams Park, coming on as an extra-time substitute aged 15 years and 244 days. On 15 October, at the age of 15 years and 311 days, he came on in the 90th minute of the victory against Hartlepool United and became Wycombe's youngest-ever Football League player. He made his first senior start against Sheffield Wednesday 14 days later and scored in the 2–1 loss, becoming the youngest Wycombe goalscorer in the Football League. In all, <mask> made 11 appearances and scored once for Wanderers. Liverpool
On 20 December 2011, Premier League club Liverpool signed the 16-year-old <mask> for an undisclosed fee. He initially joined up with the club's under-18 squad.<mask> was called up to the bench for the Premier League game at Southampton on 16 March 2013; he remained unused. Two months later, <mask> made his Premier League debut in the final game of the season, starting the match and assisting Philippe Coutinho for the only

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 <mask> scored his first Premier League goal on the final day of the season in a 1–1 draw at West Bromwich Albion. AFC Bournemouth
On 14 July 2016, <mask> joined AFC Bournemouth on a four-year contract for a club record £15 million fee. A buy-back and sell-on clause was reported to have been included in the agreement. In the first three months of his first season, <mask> was a regular in the starting eleven, but according to manager Eddie Howe he lacked consistency and was dropped to the bench.He returned to the starting lineup as one of 11 changes in the team for an FA Cup tie with Millwall; they lost 3–0. Howe said afterwards that <mask> "hasn't been a regular in the team and that will be a disappointment for him and for us. I still feel there's a lot of potential in there, but obviously he's got to fulfil that when he gets chances like today." He finished the season with 26 appearances, including 13 league starts, and failed to score. <mask> scored his first goal for Bournemouth on 14 January 2018 in a 2–1 victory against Arsenal. <mask> was released by Bournemouth when his contract expired on 30 June 2020. Return to Derby County
On 22 September 2020, <mask> returned to Derby County, where he signed on a two-year contract.He made only one first-team appearance, and spoke in January about his suffering from depression. His contract with Derby County was cancelled by mutual consent at the end of the season. Adanaspor
In January 2022, <mask> signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Adanaspor of the TFF First League, the second tier of Turkish football. International career
On 24 October 2012, <mask> made his national team debut at under-18 level, playing 69 minutes in a 2–0 win against Italy. On 5 September 2013, he made his England under-19 debut in a 6–1 win against Estonia. <mask> scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 win against Montenegro U19 during elite qualification for the 2014 European championships. At the beginning of the 2014–15 season, <mask> made his first appearance for the England under-20 side, playing 90 minutes in a 6–0 win against Romania.In August

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 2015, he received his first call-up to the under-21 squad. Ibe is eligible for Nigeria through his father. The Nigeria Football Federation confirmed in February 2015 that they were monitoring Ibe and would attempt to get him to switch his international allegiance. In August, Nigeria manager Sunday Oliseh made a personal appeal to Ibe in an attempt to convince him to switch allegiance, but a few weeks later, he confirmed that his international future lay with England. Style of play
Former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has described Ibe as "a really talented player with a bright footballing brain" who has the versatility to play as a winger on either flank, as a playmaker or as a striker. Steve McClaren, who managed Ibe during his loan at Derby County, saw Ibe as an exciting player "like the old jinky wingers we used to get in the game". Andy Hunter of The Guardian described Ibe as an "individual of impressive pace, power and control", who produces threatening performances and stands out because of his good temperament, intelligence, creativity and directness.Personal life
In December 2019, <mask> was charged with failing to stop after an accident and careless driving after his Bentley Bentayga ran into a coffee shop in Bromley on 30 July 2019. In January 2021, <mask> revealed that he was suffering with depression, describing himself as being in a "dark place". Career statistics

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Derby County F.C.players
AFC Bournemouth players
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Premier League players
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<mask> (born 12 October 1979) is an English rugby union coach who played lock for Bath and Saracens. At International level, he represented the senior England rugby union team between 2001 and 2010 and captained them between 2008 and 2010. He was appointed the England forwards coach in December 2015; a role which he left in mid 2020 to become head coach of Leicester Tigers. Club career
Born in Carlisle, Cumbria, <mask> was captain of the Hutton Grammar School rugby team, with whom he went on a tour to Australia. Bath: 1998-2008
<mask> joined Bath in 1998 from Preston Grasshoppers, making his debut against Saracens in December 1998. During this time, he was balancing rugby commitments with study, and graduated from the University of Bath in 2003 with a degree in Economics with Politics. Borthwick had, arguably, his best season for Bath in 2003–04.A central figure in the absence of many senior players due to the 2003 Rugby World Cup, he set about making his mark on the Zurich Premiership. Bath made the League Final that season, losing to London Wasps. He was one of the three nominees for the Zurich Premiership Player of the Year award. In his final game with the club, <mask> captained Bath to victory in the 2007–08 European Challenge Cup. In January 2008, <mask> announced that he would be leaving Bath at the end of the 2007–08 season for Saracens F.C. Saracens: 2008-2014
Following his switch to Saracens, <mask> was named co-captain for the 2008–09 season alongside Andy Farrell. In the 2009–10 season he was named as the captain for Saracens F.C.Injury prevented him from playing for much of the season but he returned for the Guinness Premiership final but not as captain, as Saracens were defeated by the Leicester Tigers. However the following season he started as Saracens won their first Premiership title. On 28 November 2013, <mask> announced he would be retiring at the end of the 2013-2014 season. International career
He first emerged during England's tour of South Africa in 2000.

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 Despite his presence in the line-out, he was not considered heavy enough for international rugby, but later bulked out. A regular choice as the England A team captain, from his debut against Wales A at Wrexham in February 2001, he had already played on the full tour of South Africa the previous summer. Injury prevented him from being considered for the next trip the following year to Argentina.<mask> made his debut for England against France in the 2001 Six Nations. He came on as a blood replacement for Ben Kay in the 25–14 win over Australia in Melbourne in June 2003, his sixth cap. A member of England's wider 2003 World Cup squad, he narrowly missed selection to the final 30. He regained his place in the England squad after the 2003 World Cup and despite England's disappointing results, <mask> was given credit for his solid play. <mask> initially failed to make England's squad for the 2005 Autumn internationals, with Gloucester forward Alex Brown seemingly poised for a start instead, but injury ruled Brown out of contention and <mask> stepped in, playing a significant role against Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. <mask> was selected as a member of the England 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. He played in three Group matches, starting against Tonga.He did not participate in the knockout games. Captaincy
On Sunday 10 February 2008 <mask> was named captain for England's 2008 Six Nations match against Italy in Rome, and on 13 May 2008 he was chosen to captain the full England squad on their 2008 summer tour of New Zealand. And in October 2008 he was named as Martin Johnson's first England Captain for the 2008 Autumn Internationals. Borthwick came under a lot of criticism after England's disappointing 2008 Autumn Internationals in which they suffered heavy defeats to New Zealand and South Africa. However Martin Johnson kept faith in him. In the 2009 Six Nations, Borthwick came under more criticism as England's discipline cost them victories against Ireland and Wales. However, after

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 performing much better against France and Scotland in the last two weeks of the tournament, Borthwick's critics seemed to leave him alone.In January 2010, <mask> was confirmed as England captain for the 2010 Six Nations. After England's 15–15 draw Against Scotland in the 2010 Six Nations, <mask> aggravated an ongoing knee injury and sought medical advice. This meant he was unavailable for selection against France so Tom Palmer was bought in as cover and Lewis Moody was given the captaincy in <mask>'s absence. Due to injury, <mask> was not a member of the 2010 England rugby union tour of Australasia. Post Captaincy
On 1 July 2010, <mask> was dropped from the Elite Player Squad by Martin Johnson. Coaching career
<mask> trained as a coach, taking his initial position in-club from 2012 whilst playing with Saracens, and also attending the University of Hertfordshire. From 2012 he was forwards coach alongside Eddie Jones for  up to and including the 2015 Rugby World Cup, after which he was confirmed as forwards coach for Bristol Rugby under former Bath colleague Andy Robinson.On 15 December 2015 He was confirmed as England Forwards coach. In October 2019, it was reported by BBC Sport that <mask>'s next role would be with Leicester Tigers following the 2019 Rugby World Cup. It was later confirmed he would join the club as head coach for the 2020–21 Premiership Rugby season. References

External links
Saracens profile
Bath profile
Premiership profile
England profile
<mask> photo 1 by sportingheroes. net
<mask> photo 2 by sportingheroes. net

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Leicester Tigers coaches
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<mask> (born 1963) is an American artist and former environmental chemist. <mask> is best known for his African-American themed art and styles which blend elements of folk art, naturalism and impressionism. His personal rendition of Barack Obama in acrylic, Obama, the 44th President, was presented in honor of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. <mask>' art business has sold over 1.75 million fine art products, and he works with a number of prominent corporations. He is also known for his community work, especially advancing arts in children's education. Personal life and early career

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a professional musician-father and a housewife-mother, <mask>' earliest hints of artistic talent began to show at five-years-old. <mask>' first attempt at art was a third-grade freehand sketch of a dog from Archie Comics, which he drew so accurately that friends and family believed it had been traced.Growing up, one of his favorite characters to draw was Wile E. Coyote, and as an adult he continues to enjoy comic books as "refreshing". When he was old enough, <mask> would ride the bus alone to downtown New Orleans so as to be exposed to and spend time with the area artists. He and his friends would in their spare time compete with one another to see who could draw the best designs, and <mask> continued developing his art skills throughout primary school despite only receiving "satisfactory" marks in art class. In elementary school he attended a summer program at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, and later attended an after-school program at Lawless High School. <mask> says that he knew he wanted to be an artist in the seventh grade, and credits his teacher in that class for keeping him focused. <mask> worked for a time with charcoal and pastel before settling on oil and acrylic. He took art classes during high school and enrolled in four months of private art lessons, but is otherwise self-taught.<mask> followed advice from Anna Torregano, his mentor, friend and high school art teacher, and his parents, all of whom advised him to pursue an academic career so as not to

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 become a "starving artist". His mother especially stressed university and earning a professional degree. <mask> earned a B.Sc. in Chemistry at Dillard University on a United States Army ROTC scholarship as well as academic scholarship, and went on to be commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army's Field Artillery Branch. <mask> spent the next ten years working in the field of chemistry, eight years of which were as an environmental chemist at Rollins Engineering Services. <mask> has lived in Louisiana and California, and currently resides in Friendswood, Texas with his wife, Erania. They have a daughter, Chaney, and a son, Tanner.Chaney is an aspiring rap artist and has produced a positive, parent-friendly CD about school and drugs titled Off the Chain. Art career

<mask> maintained a passion for art that preceded his professional art career; he painted throughout his time in the Army and as an environmental chemist, generally working out of a studio in his garage. His first commissions were produced for two co-workers at Rollins. They had wanted to purchase the piece that he was then working on, but he refused and instead offered to paint them two similar pieces, which they purchased for $40. When he first got started, <mask> passed on an opportunity to do work for the J. C. Penney catalog because he was too busy, but ultimately found success in a similar publication. <mask> published his first prints through Market Arts' Dan Rose in Houston, but his art career took off when he noticed that his wife's Avon boutique magazine, targeted at African-Americans, lacked any art. He sent Avon a proposal which they accepted, and through the magazine he sold 42,610 signed prints of Thee Baptism.Since he was still working as an engineer at the time, he autographed the tens-of-thousands of prints during his lunch-break. After quitting his job as an engineer in 1996, <mask> competed against 500 others for, and won, a 1998 Walt Disney Studios commission for art in honor of Black History Month. The piece was used in the 1999 celebration at Epcot Center and appeared on T-shirts, souvenir-mugs, and

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An entrepreneurial-minded <mask> has marketed and sold his art throughout his career. He was already monetizing his creative talents in high school when his classmates and he sold their custom designed T-shirts, first to their school's juniors and seniors, and then throughout the school district. In building his art business over two decades, <mask> engaged in fact-finding missions in search of financial patrons and customers at art festivals, conventions, reunions and libraries, as well as local businesses. <mask> incorporated his business in 1991.He credits his time at Rollins for teaching him that "if you have a quality product and a good form of distribution, you'll succeed". When he first got started, <mask> quickly realized that talent was not alone enough after he had to approach 30–40 galleries until he was picked up by two, one of which closed down. He says that "it's a lot of marketing, planning, exhibiting and a lot of rejection". <mask>'s wife Erenia, a loan officer, manages his business, "T. Ellis Art, Incorporated", out of a League City, Texas studio. <mask> has sold more than 1.75 million fine art products across the country through direct sales, art galleries, catalog outlets, fine art dealers, and licensing, and has marketed community partnership opportunities meant to educate and empower communities by offering maximum returns on minimal investments. In 2005 he signed for representation with art licensing agency "Alaska Momma" with the intent of opening new merchandising avenues in home décor, furnishings, calendars, apparel and stationery. <mask> has affiliated with and had art commissioned by corporations like Walt Disney Studios, Minute Maid, Coca-Cola, Marathon Oil, ExxonMobil, State Farm Insurance, Merck Pharmaceutical, J. C. Penney, Southland Corporation, and Avon Products, Philip Morris USA and Integrity Music.<mask>' works have been sold  through Army and Air Force Exchange Service catalogs and were available exclusively both through Avon's African American Boutique as well as their core brochures. One of his first major sales was of an original depicting

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 a God-like surgeon in an operating-room, sold to the surgeon. <mask>' art has sold for prices ranging from $750 to $30,000. Despite his success, while <mask> initially had hoped to build his business up to Fortune 500 stature, he now finds satisfaction in "helping others through art". Hurricane Katrina

<mask> and his wife are both natives of New Orleans, and much of his art along with his passion for art are inspired by the vibrant city. As a young man, he would search the colorful French Quarter for subjects to paint. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation of parts of the city, the city's role in his art drastically changed so as to reflect the story of hope and rebirth that he saw in the disaster.On the night before the storm hit Louisiana, the <mask> home in Texas was a refuge for 10 New Orleans families, 50 people in all. After the storm, <mask> helped fly home friends stranded outside New Orleans, and he organized colleagues in the art community behind the relief effort. <mask> was allowed to enter the city two weeks after the flood waters subsided in order to survey the damage to his mother's home in the Lower Ninth Ward and salvage her possessions. While travelling among the destroyed houses and deserted city, <mask> witnessed a lone man repairing his home's roof. The contrast resonated with <mask>, and he memorialized the hope he saw in the man's actions through his piece Surviving Katrina. The scene is of rising floodwater that traps a family on their house's roof while the father holds up the Flag of the United States, a flag that to <mask> symbolizes the need for the nation to come together to aid those affected by the storm. In Life Begins Anew, a father holds a baby above floodwaters while another man reaches out to take the child.<mask> describes the scene as symbolizing the promise of a new beginning for those who survived Katrina and its aftermath. As its title indicates, the Katrina: The Hope, Healing and Rebirth of New Orleans collection was for <mask> about showing the power of art to assist the healing process: "The largest piece I did is about how life begins

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 anew and how a person can find hope even after such devastation. I want this work to be uplifting, to be a fresh breath of life for the community." Obama Portrait

One of <mask>' more famous works is an abstract depiction of Barack Obama's signature 'hope' pose. <mask> painted the portrait in honor of Obama's 2008 Presidential inauguration. In Obama, the 44th President, <mask> uses red, blue, yellow, and green acrylic paint to portray Obama as someone who unites people across lines of color, ethnicity, and religion. The piece was presented at a January 19, 2009 gala held by the National Black Chamber of Commerce and the National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.The proceeds from the autographed prints sold at the event supported NNPA Foundation and the Howard University School of Communications Building Fund (NNPA Media Wing). African-American history

In 2009, <mask> produced an exhibit focusing on the theme of African-American history in light of slavery and emancipation. The exhibit, American Slavery: The Reason Why We're Here, tied into the Juneteenth commemoration of slavery's abolition in the State of Texas. It was located at and included tours of the historic residence of horticulturist Henry Stringfellow, an innovator in organic gardening who was enlightened in how he employed of freedmen. <mask> began the series of works at a 2006 exhibition at the same house. The exhibit's more than 20 paintings were painted with brush and fingers, and <mask> sometimes added a collage of documents. The exhibit included images of the transportation of slaves, the industry of slavery in crop production, and the abolition of slavery.The painting Free At Last includes depictions of Buffalo soldiers, Harriet Tubman, the year "1865", a mighty oak, and in the background, their heads bowed in prayer, the figures of the current owner and restorer of the house, Sam Collins III, and his wife and children. The exhibit also displayed <mask>' famous depiction of Barack Obama, Obama, the 44th President. <mask>' art was featured at a 2011 exhibition at the Rosa Parks

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 Library and Museum. The Museum, at Troy University in Montgomery, Alabama, hosted the exhibit, called Our History, Heritage, and Culture: An American Story, the Art of <mask>, as part of its celebration of Black History Month. T. <mask> has been pictorially documenting African-American lifestyle, history and culture for thirty years. <mask> paintings are in the permanent collection of the DuSable museum, Charles Wright museum, the McKenna museum, Free People of Color Museum, and the Amistad Research Center. The City of Selma, Alabama, commissioned T<mask> as the official artist for the 50th anniversary for the civil rights march, known as "Bloody Sunday".The City and County of Galveston, Texas, recognized T<mask> for the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth. The Juneteenth Freedom Project was exhibited at the State Capitol in Washington, DC at the U.S. Senate Rotunda and House of Representatives Rayburn Building. President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama of the White House has thanked T<mask> for his art and giving. T.<mask> painting of the Tuskegee airmen, "The Lonely Angels" was signed by all the Tuskegge Airmen who were in attendance to receive their Congressional Medal of Honor from the President. President George W. Bush and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi stand amidst 300 Tuskegee Airmen during a photo opportunity Thursday, March 29, 2007, in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. White House. Educational work
<mask> views education as one of his primary missions, and he is involved with several educational initiatives.He has a run a number of art workshops with children, including drawing and touching up the school mural which local sixth-graders paint every year, and joining with his wife Erania to illustrate while she reads aloud to children from books about topics like the Buffalo Soldiers. When working with children with autism, he employs a strategy of engaging the children's creativity in a non-judgemental setting where there is no wrong way for them to express themselves; he hopes to put their art on display at the Houston Children's Museum. He has partnered

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 with the Tom Joyner Foundation to fund-raise for students, while "Art with a Purpose", his own nonprofit program, was awarded a federal grant to help disadvantaged students. <mask> serves together with Gregory Michael Carter as an artist-in-residence for an arts enrichment program at a Galveston, Texas charter school, "Ambassadors Preparatory Academy". The program, called "Ambassadors for Art", is led by school administrators and members of the community through the Gulf Coast Apollo Chapter of nonprofit volunteer service organization The Links, Incorporated. Ambassadors for Art also took part in painting a bust of US President Barack Obama. The bust was one of 45 painted by artists nationwide which were displayed in Detroit's Museum of African American History, part of a project supported by the Smithsonian Institution.He has also worked with other arts education programs like the Peoria Public Schools' "Artreach", in the framework of which he donated five original pieces to the schools and District 150 Foundation. Style

<mask> has over his career created art in a number of styles and has incorporated several primary influences. African American history and African American culture play central roles in <mask>' art, which regularly feature themes like Buffalo Soldiers, cotton fields, and Jazz music; his Jazz works especially lean towards the impressionistic. Other common themes range from fisherman to religious scenes as in Thee Baptism, My Father's Baptism, and Deacon's Door, to African ethnic scenes like Afrimage and Ashanti. The Church-related themes in his art he attributes to formative experiences with his mother at their local house of worship, "Beulah Land Church". While he is best known for his ethnic art, many of <mask>' pieces are landscapes, seascapes, and portraits. <mask> is a self-taught artist.He has describes his style at times as "conventional realism", as a bold blend of realism and impressionism, and as impressionist and naturalist, an old masters' style that is sometimes figurative and sometimes folk art. "I try to capture the essence in one stroke" he said. <mask> has also coined

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 the term "Tedism" to describe his style. "Tedism" blends impressionism, soul, and folk stories to create representational pieces. <mask> considers himself to be a social, political and spiritual artist as well as educator and "creative historian". "I paint subjects that are representative of the many facets of American life as I know it" says <mask>. "I like to think of myself as a creative historian.I was put here to record history...all aspects of American culture and heritage. My sole purpose has always been to educate through my art". He draws inspiration from people's memories of family or from history, and says that he's "a history buff at heart. I read a lot, and I have more books than paint." As an artist who focuses on African American history, <mask> intentionally does not approach its difficult chapters from a position of pain: "I have to be careful what I do [...] there's a power to art. I don't want to be from an angry position. That's out there, and maybe they do that to shake you up and make you think.I want to be one step ahead. When you're talking about healing, you're in the right zone." As such, his images of slavery and historical Southern life focus on positive values such as family, character, and church. <mask> attributes a love for and influence in his art to New Orleans and its rich culture of creativity. He compared the city to an incubator for young talent. The city offered <mask> art clubs and opportunities to design murals for school and create signs for special events. New Orleans gave him access to art classes, summer art programs, and the vibrant Jackson Square, somewhere he could talk with and get to know many artists.<mask>' favorite artists include Henry Ossawa Tanner, Edward Bannister, Jacob Lawrence, Samella Lewis, and John T. Scott, while among his work the favorite painting is Sunday Worship. Achievements

<mask> and his artwork have been widely recognized and honored in many venues. <mask>'s art was featured in 1992 and 1993 for Black History Month at the Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas, near Dallas. The 1993 exhibit, Realism, Symbolism, and Abstraction:

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 Images from the African American Experience, jointly featured artist Albert M. Shaw. <mask> was selected to creation of Walt Disney World 1998 commemorative Black History Poster. Other than that, he was official artist for the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday for the city of Selma, Alabama. <mask> was Art ambassador for the City and County of Galveston, TX celebrating 150th anniversary of Juneteenth showcasing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC.The Ivory Coast II was featured on children's television show Barney & Friends. In 1997 his African-Americans in Law was unveiled and displayed in New Orleans City Hall. He was named Black Heritage Artist of the Year 1998 at Baltimore's Black Heritage Visual Arts Expo and painted the presentation poster for event sponsor PepsiCola. <mask> was the Heritage Arts Festival's winner of the Pallette Award for Impressionism in 2002

In 2005, he was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the National Black Chamber of Commerce. Amistad Research Center at Tulane University in 2005 recognized <mask> as a historical artist and mounted a week-long exhibition of his paintings in the Audubon Zoo's Tropical Bird House. The exhibit, Reflections of African American Culture: Paintings by <mask>, was co-hosted by the Audubon Nature Institute. A reception held in Uptown New Orleans' Audubon Tea Room included an exhibition of <mask>' works entitled A Celebration of African American Art and Culture: Paintings by <mask>.<mask> donated two of the exhibition's pieces to the Center: We Are Americans (2002) and The Struggle Continues (2003). He also chose the Center to be the repository for his papers including the yearly donation of a piece of art to his collection there. <mask> featured in a Houston City Council meeting chaired by mayor Bill White where council member Sue Lovell declared May 23, 2006 "Ted Ellis Day", citing <mask>' contributions as a leading African American contemporary artist who in his art captures American culture. The Austin, Texas-based George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center in 2006 hosted <mask>' exhibition, Say My Name. In 2007, <mask>' work was

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 exhibition Pride, Dignity and Courage: celebrating African-American History and Culture". Charity Work
<mask> is involved with various causes and charitable organizations including United Way, ICLS, African American Visual Arts Association, Jack and Jill of America Inc., the United Negro College Fund, Heritage Christian Academy, and various public school districts. He was the featured artist of Big Brothers Big Sisters 2012 "Houston's Big Black Tie Ball" fundraiser gala and is a partner of the Houston Child Protective Services Black History Program.Views on African American art
In a column published in Images Magazine, <mask> calls on the younger generations of black artists to recognize the hardship faced by and the effort put in by the previous generation of black artists in order to pave the way for the newer generation to be able to succeed, and to do so with far less difficulty. He says African-American are still not within the mainstream, and despite being the most financially minded black artists yet, that the current generation still earns less than it should. <mask> further assigns partial responsibility on an academic world that he sees as not paying sufficient attention to the genre. He believes strongly that African-Americans should value their art on their terms, looking past aesthetics, and that only thus will the genre grow and be better appreciated. Featured as Cover Art
Go Down Old Hannah: the Living History of African American Texans Naomi Mitchell Carrier
They Dance Alone Christine LeVeaux (2005)
Harlem Renaissance by Ella O. Williams
National Medical Association journal covers
Summer 2007, Volume 99, Number 12
December 2008, Volume 100, Number 12
January 2010, Volume 102, Number 1
National Directory of African American Organizations 2001–2003 Philip Morris Co. (Keep the Dream Alive)
Worship in the House was commissioned by Integrity Music to be used as a CD cover. Beyond the Blues: Reflections of African America in the Fine Arts Collection of the Amistad Research Center (The Struggle Continues)
2006 South Central Region Jack and Jill of America cookbook
The Ensemble Theatre's 2008

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<mask>na <mask>a (;  – 22 March 1959) was a Russian and Soviet stage actress. She was married to Anton Chekhov. <mask> was among the 39 original members of the Moscow Art Theatre when it was formed by Konstantin Stanislavski in 1898. She played Arkadina in The Seagull (1898), played Elena in the Moscow premiere of Uncle Vanya (1899), and was the first to play Masha in Three Sisters (1901) and Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard (1904). She married Anton Chekhov, the author of these plays, in 1901. She played Ranevskaya again in 1943, when the theatre marked the 300th performance of The Cherry Orchard. Early life
<mask> was born on  in Glazov to Austrian <mask> and Russian Anna Ivanovna von Saltza of Baltic German descent.Though both of her parents were of German origin, her father claimed Russia as their family heritage. Around the time of <mask>'s birth, her father, Leonard, was in charge of a factory in Glazov, a small town northeast of European Russia. Two years after she was born, her family moved to Moscow, where they became accustomed to an upper-middle-class lifestyle. Growing up in between her two brothers, Konstantin and Vladimir, <mask> was pampered. She attended a private school for girls, was fluent in French, German and English, and took music and singing lessons after rigorous school days. She showed considerable promise as a painter and was her own accompanist on the piano when she entertained friends and family at dinner parties. Her father, however, who was anxious to conform to the social conventions of his adopted country, made it clear that <mask>'s aspirations should be confined to marrying well and

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 becoming a housewife.Her mother, a talented a singer and pianist, had been forced to give up any hopes of a career in the arts, and felt that <mask> should do the same. In 1894, <mask>'s father died unexpectedly, leaving the 25-year-old and her mother with debts he left behind from living well beyond their means. They began giving music and singing lessons to make ends meet, dismissed four of their five servants, and moved to a smaller flat. <mask>'s hopes of becoming a successful stage actress had not yet diminished. Proceeding with her intentions without her mother's approval, and giving up her social circle relations, were sacrifices she was willing to make: "Whenever in my life I really wanted something, and really believed in the possibility of achieving what I wanted and acted energetically, I always succeeded and never regretted going my own way", she wrote. Career
She enrolled briefly into the Maly Theatre's drama school, although she dropped out one month later. With the help of her reluctant mother, <mask> enrolled at the Philharmonic School, where she was taught by the future co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko.Nemirovich introduced <mask> and fellow student Vsevolod Meyerhold (who would later become one of the most prominent figures of Russian theatre after the Revolution) to Constantin Stanislavski. Told in strict confidence, Nemirovich confessed to <mask> and Meierhold that he and Stanislavski were planning the creation of a new theatre company. Nemirovich assured the two actors that they would be invited to join this company and to help lead it to greatness. After many weeks,

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 enough capital was finally secured to found the new company. The company gathered in Pushkino, where Stanislavski addressed <mask> and the other members, telling them that he hoped they had all come to dedicate their lives to creating the "first rational, moral, and universally accessible theatre in Russia." Chekhov

While rehearsing for The Seagull on 9 September, <mask>'s 30th birthday, she met Russia's most eligible literary bachelor and playwright of The Seagull, Anton Chekhov, then 38. <mask> and Chekhov exchanged telegrams and letters for the next few years, while <mask> became more familiar with Chekhov's younger sister, Masha.Random letters of teasing and playfulness became letters of love and deep remorse that they lived so far apart from each other. <mask>'s true colors shone throughout her letters of correspondence. Her ill-moods, volatile tempers, combined with her sporadic high spirits, kept Chekhov on his toes. In the winter of 1900, Chekhov returned from Yalta and headed to Moscow, with a new play that he had written with a 'dear actress' in mind. "What a part I’ve got for you in Three Sisters. Give me ten rubles and you can have it, otherwise I’ll give it to another actress", Chekhov wrote to <mask>. Many similarities existed between <mask> and the character Chekhov wrote for her in Three Sisters, Masha.<mask> was to play the middle of three sisters and one brother. The only married sibling of the foursome and "the most original and talented of the three sisters. To portray a young woman of culture and refinement, who speaks French, German and English, and is a first-class pianist" was no problem for <mask> who

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 already acquired those skills. <mask> received much praise for her portrayal as Masha, much to Chekhov's amusement. Anton Chekhov and <mask> eventually married on 25 May 1901 at the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross. It was a spur of the moment, small wedding about which hardly anyone knew, including Chekhov's mother and sister, and <mask>'s mother. Many close friends and family were hurt by the secrecy.Their marriage ended when Chekhov died of tuberculosis in 1904. It has been claimed in 1902 she had an operation to abort an ectopic pregnancy. The conception must have taken place at a time when she and Chekhov were temporarily living apart and he could not have been the father; as Chekhov was a doctor he would have realised this. Death
<mask>na <mask>-Chekhova worked with the Moscow Art Theatre for the remainder of her life. On 22 March 1959, she died in Moscow, USSR,at age 90

References

External links
Pitcher, Harvey. Chekhov's Leading Lady: a Portrait of the Actress <mask>. New York and London: Franklin Watts, 1980.1868 births
1959 deaths
People from Glazov
People from Glazovsky Uyezd
Russian people of German descent
Soviet actresses
Actresses of the Russian Empire
People's Artists of the USSR
Burials at Novodevichy

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<mask> (1 January 1924 – 16 August 1996) was an Italian guitarist active in orchestral settings and in film soundtracks. Biographical notes and musical career

Early life
Rucher started playing the guitar when his father came back from the United States in 1933 and presented him with a guitar. His parents decided that he should take private music lessons. After a few years’ study, he started playing in public in his hometown and in Naples and Bari. American influence
The presence of American troops in the province of Foggia (and particularly in the area of Manfredonia, Rucher's hometown), between 1943 and 1946 led to Rucher joining several Allied Army's orchestras, where he came into contact with American musical atmosphere and jazz. In 1946, Rucher entered the Carlo Vitale orchestra after coming first in a competition for the position of guitarist at Radio Bari. After the dissolution of the Vitale orchestra, Rucher went to work for Radio Milano as a member of the Carlo Zeme orchestra.In the 1950s and the early 1960s he also worked with two forerunners of Italian "swing", Pippo Barzizza and Cinico Angelini. Angelini Orchestra
Angelini selected Rucher as a member of his orchestra, with which Rucher worked for about ten years. He participated in events including the First International Song Festival in Venice in 1955 and several San Remo Music Festivals, among which the 1957 Festival, where Claudio Villa came first with Corde della mia chitarra. <mask> Rucher

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 Capitanata: 1900-2008, Foggia, Edizioni Agorà, 2009, pp. 252–3
 Fernando , Pino Rucher, in Raro!. Mensile di collezionismo, cultura musicale e cinema (Roma), XXI (2010), n° 217 (January), pp. 42–45
 a.m.v., Il ricordo del chitarrista Pino Rucher, in La Gazzetta di Capitanata - La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, 8 January 2010, p. 10
 Adriano , Il jazz in Italia: dallo swing agli anni sessanta, vol. II, Torino, EDT, 2010, [Pino Rucher mentioned on pp.321, 348, 458]
 Anna Lucia , La musica rende omaggio alla chitarra dei «western», in La Gazzetta di Capitanata - La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, 11 October 2010, p. 1
 Anna Lucia , L'omaggio alla chitarra dei «western», in La Gazzetta di Capitanata - La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, 11 October 2010, p. 11
 Dario , Ciao Pregadio, maestro di musica e di vita, in Il Tempo (Roma) - Edizione Abruzzo e Molise, 16 November 2010, p. 54
 Lucia , Manfredonia ingrata dimentica Pino Rucher, il chitarrista di Sergio Leone, in l'Attacco (Foggia), 27 September 2011, p. 16
 Mario , Le Bon, la Brute et le Truand - Coups de feu dans la Sierra Leone (2 partie) in Séquences. La revue de cinéma (Haute-Ville, Québec, Canada), LIX (2014), n° 291 (January–August), pp. 26–27 [<mask> Rucher mentioned on p. 27]
 Federico , Cicognini, Rota, Lavagnino, Savina, Trovajoli: tecniche di post-produzione a confronto in Musica/Tecnologia (Firenze), n° 8-9 (2014-2015), pp. 39–55 [<mask> Rucher mentioned on p. 46]
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 <mask>'s painting of the "Madonna and Child with 2 Angels" is found at the Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables, Florida. Biography

Early life (1439–1470)
Born sometime in 1439 in Siena to a poultry dealer, <mask> <mask> <mask> was baptized on September 23, 1439. Not much is known about his youth, except that he is assumed to have been a student of Vecchietta due to similarities in style between <mask>'s early paintings and those of the master.The first record of his work as an artist is from 1464, when at age 25 he was paid 12 lire for a statue of John the Baptist. He was married two times in quick succession when his first wife, Cristofana, died shortly after they were married in 1467. On January 26, 1469 he married Agnese, the daughter of <mask> Benedetto <mask>, and possibly a relative of Neroccio <mask> de<mask>, with whom <mask> shared a studio and an artistic partnership during these years. Early work in Siena (1471–1475)
<mask>'s early years as a professional artist, architect, and engineer were full of a variety of projects. On top of various artistic commissions that he completed during this time, he and another engineer were given a contract by Siena to work on its aqueduct and fountain system, with the goal of adding about a third more water to the city's water supply. They were able to enlarge the fountain in the Piazza del Campo and make other improvements around the city, successfully fulfilling their contract in 1473. During this period, <mask> was also working with assistants on The Coronation of the Virgin for the Santa Maria della Scala (Siena), a large painted altarpiece.Sienese records from 1471 describe an episode in which the artist and nine others broke into the Monastery of the Holy Saviour outside Siena and "behaved dishonorably" once inside. They were sentenced to be banished from the city for three months, or to pay a 25 lire fine,

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 which <mask> paid. Urbino (1475–1484)

During the mid-1470s, <mask> came into the employ of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. He created multiple artistic works for the Duke, including the bronze relief Deposition from the Cross and served as an architect and engineer for the duke during the Pazzi conspiracy. In the fighting between Italian city-states which followed, <mask> constructed a series of great fortifications for his patron. This source of employment for <mask> continued after da Montefeltro's death with his son the new duke. Architectural work also came to <mask> through his employment with the Duke, including what is probably his most famous building, Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio in Cortona.The church was challenging to design due to the steep incline of its location, but <mask>'s skill with engineering and architecture allowed him to design a solid building which still stands. Return to Siena and Later Career (1485–1500)

Letters from 1485 reveal that the Sienese government wrote to <mask> <mask> to request that he return to his native city and embark on the design and construction of public buildings. He did return to the city in 1486 and began receiving an annual salary of 800 florins for his position as official city engineer in which he would inspect all engineering projects throughout Siena. <mask> also completed artistic projects for the city, such as the candle-holding angel sculptures which he contributed to the altar at the Opera del Duomo. This time was one of prosperity and popularity for <mask>, whose presence and expertise were fought over by the rulers of several city-states, particularly Siena and Urbino. His tax documents from 1488 show material wealth as well as familial wealth in the form of six children. In 1490 he was commissioned by the government of Milan to produce a model for dome of the Milan

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 Cathedral.This project led him to journey to the site of the cathedral, where he met Leonardo da Vinci who had also been hired to consult on the building. <mask> apparently provided useful advice to the constructors of the cathedral, and was paid 100 florins for his trouble. His expertise as a war engineer came into play again during the Italian War of 1494–98, when he was in the employ of <mask> II of Naples. He used tunnels and explosives in what is considered the pioneering use of mining technology for warfare. In 1499 <mask> was elected the capomaestro of the Opera del Duomo. Death (1501)
<mask> <mask> died at the age of 62 outside Siena in 1501 or early 1502, having retired to the countryside mid-1501. His widow spent most of the rest of her life embroiled in legal battles related to the late architect's estate.See also
 Taccola, Sienese Renaissance engineer

Notes

Further reading
 Bertrand Gille, 1978. Les Ingénieurs de la Renaissance, Thèse Histoire, Paris, 1960. Seuil, in series Points Sciences)
 Marc van den Broek, 2018. Leonardo da Vincis Erfindungsgeister, Eine Spurensuche NA-Verlag Mainz, 2018. External links

 Browsable online archive of digitized images at Biblioteca Leonardiana (e-Leo)
 Palladio's Literary Predecessors
 Web Gallery of Art Biography on <mask> <mask>i
 The Gubbio Studiolo and its conservation, volumes 1 & 2, from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on <mask> <mask> (see index)

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15th-century Italian architects
15th-century Italian painters
15th-century Italian writers
16th-century Italian painters
16th-century Italian writers
16th-century male writers
Italian architecture writers
Italian Renaissance architects
Italian Renaissance painters
Italian male painters
Italian male non-fiction writers
Quattrocento painters
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<mask> (born March 26, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently a free agent. <mask> was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the fifth round, 150th overall, of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He signed a three-year entry level contract with the Canucks after a successful training camp. <mask> would spend 4 years within the Canucks organization before being claimed by the Toronto Maple Leafs in October, 2015. Playing career

<mask> played with the Vaughan Kings minor midget AAA team in the GTHL during the 2008–09 season where he scored 15 goals and added 33 assists in 62 games. He was selected by the Sudbury Wolves in the second round, 25th overall, in the OHL Priority Draft. In his rookie season in the Ontario Hockey League, <mask> played in 63 games, scoring 1 goal.He followed that up by playing 67 of 68 regular season games in the following season. His offensive output more than tripled as he registered 4 goals and 30 points. He then added another goal and four assists in eight playoff games. <mask> was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the fifth round, 150th overall, in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. After a successful first NHL training camp with the Canucks, <mask> signed his 3-year entry level contract with the Canucks on September 23, 2011 before being returned to Sudbury. <mask> made his professional hockey debut on April 7, 2012 with the Chicago Wolves after Sudbury was eliminated from the OHL playoffs. <mask> appeared in four regular season games, registering one assist.He also played in two playoff games before Chicago was eliminated from the playoffs by San Antonio. On January 8, 2013, <mask> was traded from the Sudbury Wolves to the Kitchener

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 Rangers. On April 15, 2013, <mask> was assigned to the Chicago Wolves. Professional

Vancouver Canucks
On April 22, 2013, <mask> made his NHL debut against the Chicago Blackhawks. He logged 17:20 of ice time and had three hits. The Canucks kept <mask> for their opening round playoff sweep by the San Jose Sharks, thus eating the first year of his Entry Level Contract. He scored his first career NHL goal on April 14, 2014 on a wrist shot against goaltender Karri Rämö of the Calgary Flames.Toronto Maple Leafs
On October 5, 2015, the Canucks placed <mask> on waivers. He was claimed by the Toronto Maple Leafs the following day. When commenting on the matter, <mask> said it was a "dream come true" to play for his hometown team. <mask> would however remain a healthy scratch for 10 weeks, finally making his Toronto debut on December 15, 2015, in a 5–4 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning (<mask> had spent two weeks with the Marlies as part of a conditioning stint during this near 3-month span). This prolonged wait is likely attributed to the Maple Leafs' desire for <mask> to improve his strength in the gym, as well as an overabundance of defencemen on the roster. On July 25, 2016, <mask> signed a 1-year, $600 000 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 2016–17 campaign again saw <mask> a frequent healthy scratch, though this time he saw even less playing time.<mask> had played just one game by the new year, admitting he was frustrated with his role as the team's "bench warmer." In mid December, <mask> made controversial comments stating that he wasn't playing because head coach Mike Babcock wasn't fond of him, though general manager Lou Lamoriello did comfort him on the situation. The

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 comments brought return remarks from Babcock and significant fan and media attention to <mask>'s situation, sparking a "Free Corrado" social media campaign. In an effort to receive more playing time, he was loaned to the Marlies for a seven-game conditioning stint. <mask> would play one more game on January 19 (due to an injury to Morgan Rielly), but a poor performance resulted in him being a further healthy scratch. On February 4, following the acquisition of fellow right handed defenceman Alexei Marchenko via waivers, the Maple Leafs placed <mask> on waivers for the purpose of sending him to the AHL. General manager Lou Lamoriello stated he hoped <mask> was selected off waivers, saying he deserved an opportunity to play in the NHL.However, he cleared the following day. Pittsburgh Penguins
<mask> played with the Marlies until the March 1 NHL Trade Deadline, where he was sent to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Eric Fehr, Steven Oleksy and a 2017 fourth round pick. He was directly assigned to AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. On December 7, 2017, he was recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to replace Justin Schultz who was placed on Injured Reserve. <mask>'s tenure in Pittsburgh was characterized by injury issues. Return to AHL
At the conclusion of his contract with the Penguins, <mask> was not tendered a contract resulting in unrestricted free agent status. <mask> was un-signed over the summer and leading into the 2018–19 season, before opting to sign a standard AHL one-year playing contract in a return to the Toronto Marlies on October 22, 2018.As an unsigned free agent the following off-season, <mask> continued his professional career in

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 the AHL for the 2019–20 season, agreeing to a professional tryout contract with the Belleville Senators, affiliate of the Ottawa Senators, on October 26, 2019. He was later signed to a one-year AHL deal with the Senators, appearing in 36 games for 10 assists before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. Europe
As an impending free agent, <mask> opted to pursue a career abroad, agreeing to a one-year contract with Swedish club, Modo Hockey of the second tier HockeyAllsvenskan on June 1, 2020. In the following 2020–21 season, <mask> re-established his offensive acumen from the blueline, registering 4 goals and 17 points through 34 regular season games with Modo. On May 10, 2021, <mask> left Sweden as a free agent, signing a contract with Latvian based club, Dinamo Riga of the KHL. After seven games with Riga, <mask> and the team mutually agreed to contract termination after <mask> discovered an injury. Personal life
<mask> is of Italian descent.Growing up, he was a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs. In a November 2021 interview, <mask> stated that he still cheered for the team despite his mixed tenure with the club, and watches Maple Leafs games on television when he is able to. Career statistics

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1993 births
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Belleville Senators players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Canadian people of Italian descent
Chicago Wolves players
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Kitchener Rangers players
Modo Hockey players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Pittsburgh Penguins players
Sudbury Wolves players
Toronto Maple Leafs players
Toronto Marlies players
Utica Comets players
Vancouver Canucks draft picks
Vancouver Canucks players
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

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title: Hamish Blake

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<mask> (born 11 December 1981) is an Australian comedian, actor, and author from Melbourne, Victoria. Since 2003, he has worked with Andy Lee as part of the comedy duo <mask> and Andy. The pair have performed live and on television and radio, most notably with their drive-time radio program Hamish & Andy. As a solo performer, <mask> has appeared on various Australian television programs, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's televised 2008 Great Debate, and has been a regular guest on Spicks and Specks, Rove and Thank God You're Here. In April 2012, <mask> and Lee won a Logie Award for their television program Hamish and Andy's Gap Year. Individually, <mask> also won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. Early life
<mask> grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley.He is a middle child; his older brother, Lachlan, is a solicitor, and his sister, Sophie, has completed an arts degree. His parents, Noel and Kerry, separated when <mask> was 17, with his father eventually remarrying. As a child, <mask> says he was a fan of British comedy such as Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and Blackadder; as a teenager he "worshipped" comedians Tony Martin and Mick Molloy. <mask> was a member of the National Boys Choir of Australia during the late 1980s. He attended primary school at Glen Waverley South Primary, high school at Caulfield Grammar School and later at St Leonard's College, graduating in 1999. After a gap year, <mask> enrolled at the University of Melbourne in a Science/Commerce double degree. "I'm interested in artificial intelligence and computer science.That stuff still fascinates me," he says. However, a few weeks into the semester, he met Andy Lee: "That was the turning point. The wheels quickly fell off my academic career." <mask> eventually dropped out of university to pursue a career in comedy alongside Lee. <mask>'s first experience with comedy was when he entered a competition at university. He was broke at the time, and hoped to win the $500 first prize. His

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 stand-up performance earned him third place and qualified him for a statewide universities' final, which he did win.Career

<mask> and Andy

<mask> <mask> has collaborated with fellow comedian Andy Lee as the duo <mask> and Andy since 2003, when they performed their breakout show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, a stage production about a trip they had taken to North Queensland in <mask>'s old car. Soon after, they trained with SYN Radio, gaining a drive-time shift, and created a show called Radio Karate for RMITV on community-access television station Channel 31, which they created in collaboration with Ryan Shelton and several other school friends. Radio Karate won an Antenna Award for best comedy program at the inaugural National Community Television Awards in February 2004, and one month later were offered a national comedy program on Australia's Seven Network. The Hamish and Andy Show premiered on the Seven Network in March 2005, but failed to achieve ratings success and was cancelled after two weeks. Reviewers acknowledged the duo's talent, but criticised the show as "poorly executed". <mask> says that while working on the show was a fun experience, they had little control over what happened and the way it went forward. Following the cancellation of The Hamish and Andy Show, they created a short mockumentary titled The Greystone 2800 about a couple who accidentally bought an open display home after failing to read the fine print on a housing purchase.The film won the Melbourne Comedy Festival Short Film competition and attracted the attention of comedian Rove McManus. This led to some small spots on McManus' Network Ten show Rove Live. McManus's company, Roving Enterprises, also helped the duo develop Real Stories, a mock current affairs show that aired on Network Ten in 2006. <mask> says that the experience of creating Real Stories was much more enjoyable than The Hamish and Andy Show because they had greater control over the series. <mask> and Lee wrote, acted, directed, filmed, and produced the show

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 with input from Ryan Shelton and Tim Bartley. In 2006, <mask> and Lee debuted a national drive-time radio show titled Hamish & Andy on the Today Network. The show quickly gained popularity, finishing 2006 with almost one million Melbourne listeners, ahead of 3AW's popular radio host Derryn Hinch.As of August 2008, <mask> and Lee's show was rating number one in four out of Australia's five major capital cities. As of the beginning of 2009, the show is broadcast in all capital cities as well as many regional centres across the country. In September 2008, it was announced that they would make a guest appearance on Ten's Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?, which is hosted by Rove McManus. In the same year they also made a guest appearance on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. On Wednesday 19 November at 7.30 pm, 2008, <mask> and Andy aired their own one-time episode, brought to you by Rove: Hamish & Andy Re-Gifted: A Very Early Christmas Special. This was to re-present everything they had accomplished in 2008 on Rove. <mask> and Andy have also appeared on Channel Ten's Good News Week and The 7PM Project several times.He is a founding member of Rock-Insult band, Coolboys and the Frontman, along with Andy Lee and Jack Post. Solo work
<mask> has appeared on various Australian television series, including Spicks and Specks, Thank God You're Here, Twentysomething, Australia's Brainiest Comedian, The Librarians, The Panel, Rove, Talkin' 'bout your Generation and The Footy Show. He has also featured in the British version of Thank God You're Here. In 2008 he was a speaker for the negative team in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's annual televised Great Debate. He has a monthly column in the Australian women's magazine Cosmopolitan. He was also the winner of the TV Fugly Award for Spunkiest Male TV Personality in 2008. <mask> <mask> was voted the comedian of the year in 2007 by the Eather corporation.His compatriot Andy Lee was placed 14th for 2007. <mask> also came first in 'Television's most powerful celebrity' for

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 2009, Lee came 19th. On 20 January 2010, it was announced <mask> would be writing a column for the Herald Sun. <mask>, along with Zoe Foster, has written a book on dating called "Textbook Romance". After retiring from his daily radio show, <mask> has taken on several side projects. In 2011, <mask> made an appearance in the ABC comedy, Twentysomething, starring real-life best friends Jess Harris and Josh Schmidt. He also co-starred in his first feature film with Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords, Two Little Boys, shot in New Zealand
Hamish jokes: "I don't feel comfortable about cheating on Andy but now it's all out there.We've always had an open comedic relationship, but it was for one-night stands only, with no exchange of phone numbers. I've heard them [Andy and Jemaine Clement, Bret's comedic partner] whispering on the phone, plotting to do their own movie to release on the same day to sink ours." Personal life

<mask> is married to Zoe Foster. They have two children. Filmography

Actor

As himself

Writer

EJ Whitten Legends match
In 2008 and 2009, <mask> and working partner Lee played in the EJ Whittens Legends Game. Lee played for Victoria and <mask> played for the All Stars. <mask> scored the winning goal for the All Stars in 2008, and two goals in 2009.Mr. New York State 2011
As part of a stunt for the TV series <mask> and Andy's Gap Year, Andy entered <mask> into the Mr. New York State bodybuilding competition in the Heavyweight division. Due to a technicality in which <mask> was the only contestant over 200 pounds (the minimum requirement for a Heavyweight contender), he was awarded the title of Mr. New York State 2011 in the Heavyweight division. Awards and nominations

See also
 List of Caulfield Grammar School people

References

External links

1981 births
Living people
<mask> & Andy
Australian radio personalities
Australian men podcasters
Australian podcasters
Australian male comedians
People educated at Caulfield Grammar School
Comedians from Melbourne
Gold Logie winners
Australian game show

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title: Kal David

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"<mask>" <mask> (born June 15, 1943) is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, whose 50-year musical career in Illinois, New York and California extended through various phases, including a highly regarded stint with Columbia Records in the early 1970s. Early years (1960s and 1970s)
Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, <mask> began using the performing name "<mask>" in his late teens as the frontman of his neighborhood band, <mask> and the Exceptions, formed in 1962. Its other members were Peter Cetera (bass, vocals), Denny Ebert (drums, vocals), and Marty Grebb (saxophone, keyboards, guitar, vocals). Cetera later joined the Big Thing, which became Chicago, and Grebb joined the Buckinghams. Around this time <mask> and the Exceptions were regular performers at the Interlude Club on Pulaski in Chicago. <mask> left the group to sign a recording contract with King Records and, later, with Vee-Jay Records. In 1965, during his stint at Vee-Jay, he formed a new duo, The Rovin' Kind, with guitarist Paul Cotton, and the two transferred to Dunwich Records.Following a name change to Illinois Speed Press and a move to Los Angeles in 1968, the duo recorded two albums for Columbia, the self-titled Illinois Speed Press and Duet. In the early 1970s, as Cotton joined the band Poco as its lead guitarist, <mask> decided to leave the West Coast for the East and moved to Woodstock, the small-town/rural New York area, in the vicinity of previous year's iconic Festival. His new group, The Fabulous Rhinestones featuring ex-Electric Flag bassist

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 Harvey Brooks and ex-Buckinghams' keyboard player Marty Grebb, recorded three albums: Fabulous Rhinestones, Freewheelin'  (on Paramount Records) and Rhinestones (on 20th Century Records). Friends advised him to visit a club in Woodstock and it was there that he met his future wife, vocalist Lauri Bono, who subsequently accompanied him back to Los Angeles for the next phase of their career, doing sidework for Etta James and Johnny Rivers. Later phase (1980s through 2000s)
In the early 1980s, <mask> played lead guitar for John Mayall on an album which would be released a decade later. Two albums for SoulCoast Records, Never a Dull Moment and Double Tuff each met with critical acclaim and worldwide record sales coupled with numerous television appearances, including a one-hour special featuring <mask> in Germany. At Hollywood's China Club, the Kal David Band headed up the weekly Pro-Jam which drew celebrity performers such as Stevie Wonder, Bobby Brown, John Entwistle, Larry Carlton, Brian Wilson, Stephen Stills, Joe Walsh and Paul Young, as well as blues musicians Sam Taylor and Floyd Dixon.The early 1990s saw <mask> and Bono move to Palm Springs, California and form yet another band, <mask> <mask> and the Real Deal. This group featured both <mask> and Bono on vocals, along with former Chaka Khan musical director Tony Patler on Hammond B-3 organ and drummer Alan Diaz, formerly with Sérgio Mendes. <mask> tried local radio, hosting the late night "Blue Monday" blues show on Palm Springs soft rock station KEZN. On July 14, 1998, the couple

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 opened the Blue Guitar blues club above the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs, which lasted six years, closing in 2004. <mask> and Bono continued to tour and frequently played at B.B. King's Blues Club in Los Angeles and the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Connecticut. <mask> is the voice of 'Sonny Eclipse', a singing alien audio-animatronic, who resides at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World.He did another performance for Disney World at Epcot, where he performed the "Unhealthy Living Blues" for the Goofy About Health exhibit at the Wonders of Life pavilion. <mask> now performs every Monday and Thursday evening at Oscars in Palm Springs, California. Honors
In 2004, a Golden Palm Star on the Walk of Stars was dedicated to <mask> <mask> and Lauri Bono. Discography
 Paragon - <mask> <mask> and Lauri Bono (2018) Take That Task Records
 Living the Dream  - <mask> <mask> and Lauri Bono (2015) Crytone/CD Baby
 Kal <mask> Band LIVE! Gibson Firebird III Custom
 1998 Fender Vibroverb
 2000 Mesa Maverick Combo
 1955 Vintage Gibson Echoplex

References

External links

 <mask> <mask> official website, tour schedule and discography
 Exceptions to the rules: The pre-Chicago bands
 WDW Radio Interview
<mask> <mask> Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2016)

1943 births
Living people
American blues guitarists
American male guitarists
American male singers
Singers from Chicago
Songwriters from Illinois
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers members
People from Woodstock, New York
Guitarists from Chicago
20th-century American

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title: Leopold Kessler (Zionist)

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<mask> (1864–1944) was an engineer, newspaper publisher and Zionist. He was instrumental in building many of the institutions that supported the establishment of Israel as a Jewish state. Early life
<mask> was born on February 4, 1864, into a family that had been settled for some 250 years in Gliwice, Upper Silesia: then part of Prussia, now part of Poland. He was the youngest of five children of <mask> and Johanna Feig. His maternal grandfather was Jacob Feig, one of the first Jews permitted to settle in nearby Tarnowitz. <mask> studied at the Mining Academy in Freiberg and joined the German Student Corps' Teutonia chapter. However, he left because of anti-Semitism and because he did not agree with his fellow members' drinking and brawling.He spent a year at the Royal School of Mines in Berlin before returning to Freiberg to complete his studies. Afterward, he left Germany, because he no longer wanted to live in a country where Jews were treated as second-class citizens. <mask> became a mining engineer in Rhodesia before going in 1896 to the Transvaal to become general manager of a mine. Introduction to Zionism
<mask> wrote in his unfinished autobiography that when he read the booklet "The Jewish State" by Theodor Herzl, he felt he had discovered the solution to the problems that had troubled him in his student days. From then on, he declared himself to be a Zionist and became one of the earliest Zionist pioneers in South Africa. In 1899, he became president of the Transvaal Zionist Association and went to Basel, Switzerland, for the first time. He caused a stir at the Third Zionist Congress, where Jews from all over the world had rallied to Herzl’s call.<mask> was "greeted with enthusiastic applause" after presenting practical ideas for the Congress's Finance Commission, and was elected a member of the Greater Actions Committee. In 1900, he made an exploratory trip to Palestine, where he stayed for several months, looking at the

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 geographical, agricultural, and political conditions of the area. He prepared a detailed report for Herzl on the prospects of discovering natural resources such as coal and oil. He suggested publishing an Arabic newspaper and argued that Herzl should petition the Turks to remove the obstacles preventing Jewish immigration to Palestine. <mask> declared that "optimism, Jewish energy, endurance and intellect, combined with a steady immigration into the country, would lead to the factual recognition of the historical claims of the Jews to Palestine". Herzl, however, was of the opinion that mass migration should only occur once a charter had been agreed upon. <mask> settled in London and attended the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901.There, he was appointed secretary and became a member of the Colonization Commission. By this time, Herzl regarded <mask> as a friend and counsellor. When Herzl outlined his plan for obtaining a charter from the Turkish sultan, which required the financial and moral support of Cecil Rhodes of South Africa, <mask> offered to secure that support. However, Rhodes died soon afterward, in March 1902. El Arish proposal

In October 1902, Herzl met with the British colonial secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, and England tentatively offered El Arish in the Sinai Peninsula for Jewish colonisation. This would lead, years later, to the Balfour Declaration. During the negotiations, Herzl had <mask> in mind to participate in the expedition.Oskar Marmorek, an Austro-Hungarian Zionist, appealed to <mask>: "I know of no-one who could equal you and your knowledge for our expedition. It is therefore your duty, as a loyal comrade, to make the almost impossible, possible." Herzl received a document about El Arish from the British foreign secretary, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, and noted in his diary that it suggested Marmorek, an architect; <mask>, an engineer; and Otto Warburg, an agricultural expert, for the expedition.

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 Petty-Fitzmaurice wrote that in <mask>, he saw a "coolness and calmness" he admired, and that "because of his composure, I like <mask> very well as the leader" of the expedition. Herzl instructed <mask> to return with a report on the feasibility of settling El Arish. With that report, he hoped to obtain the charter. In a letter dated January 28, 1902, Herzl authorised <mask>’s leadership of the expedition and laid out his role and responsibilities.Other members of the expedition included Selig Soskin, an agricultural expert, and Hillel Yaffe, a physician to the Jewish colonies in Palestine. <mask> had become friendly with these men during his visit to Palestine in 1900. Also on the team were Marmorek; Albert Goldsmid, a colonel who had taken over Baron Maurice de Hirsch’s Jewish colonies in Argentina in 1892–93; Emile Laurent, a professor at the Agricultural Institute at Gembloux; H. Stephens, an engineer, to investigate water problems; and a representative of the Egyptian government. <mask> himself was chief of the expedition, treasurer, and geological expert. The team toured the area from February 11 to March 25, 1903. The report signed by <mask> and the other members concluded that the project depended on water supply and, therefore, that the Egyptian government should give permission to divert some water from the Nile. The Egyptian government, calculating that the plan would require five times the amount of water Stephens had estimated, turned down the proposal.<mask>, in a supplementary report, stressed that colonisation could be carried out without Nile waters (by damming wadis, sinking wells, etc. ), and Stephens reiterated his calculations with fresh evidence, but permission was once more refused. <mask> and Goldsmid then pursued futile political discussions with Egypt. Uganda proposal

After the El Arish plan failed, the British government offered Uganda for Jewish colonisation. There was enthusiasm for the proposal at

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 the Sixth Zionist Congress, which voted by a large margin to set up a commission to investigate the possibilities of the territory. <mask> led the nine elected members of the commission, including Warburg, Joseph Cowen, L.J. Greenberg, and Chaim Weizmann.On September 27, 1903, he wrote to Herzl that he considered it almost "hopeless to attempt to establish a purely European colony in the heart of Africa". <mask>’s correspondence with Herzl and Warburg shows that <mask> was convinced that without Jewish enthusiasm, it would be impossible to establish a Jewish state in East Africa. For that reason, he argued that the project should be handed over to the Jewish Colonisation Association (founded by Maurice de Hirsch), whilst the Zionist Organisation should concentrate only on Palestine. Herzl’s death and the heated debate about Uganda delayed the departure of the expedition until December 1904. As <mask> had predicted, the report was discouraging, and the 7th Zionist Congress in 1905 turned down any colonisation site but Palestine. English Zionist Federation
At the Ninth Zionist Congress in 1909, Weizmann and others attempted to depose David Wolffsohn as president of the Zionist Organization. <mask> thanked Wolffsohn for his dedication and proposed a vote of confidence in him.The opposition promptly brought forward a motion of censure, but <mask>’s proposal was accepted by an overwhelming majority. In 1910, the English Zionist Federation (EZF) was leaderless and on the verge of disintegration. In February 1912, <mask> became its president because he was not personally involved in the controversies surrounding its leadership. He opened the EZF's conference on June 1, 1913, by welcoming the appointment of a new chief rabbi, Joseph Hertz, an old friend of <mask>'s from South Africa. At the request of <mask> and other delegates, Cowen accepted the presidency. <mask> remained on the executive committee. On February 11, 1917, Weizmann was

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 elected president of the EZF, and Cowen joined <mask> on the executive committee.In 1918, the EZF published a 20-page brochure, "History and Development of Jewish Colonisation in Palestine", written by <mask>. He wrote that a Jewish Palestine with a population drawn from all countries would be "the ideal which all nations profess to have made their own". Other activities
When L.J. Greenberg decided, with some friends, to acquire The Jewish Chronicle, <mask> provided most of the funding. The acquisition changed the direction of the newspaper, which had been anti-Zionist but became very supportive of the cause. <mask> became director and later chairman of the board. The newspaper's support for Zionism was helpful in the 1917 battle to obtain the Balfour Declaration.<mask> was present at the birth of the Jewish National Fund and became its chairman. He was elected to the board of the Jewish Colonial Trust, which became Bank Leumi, as early as 1903, and remained a member of its directorate for almost 20 years. Final years and legacy
At the end of his life, <mask> lived in New York City. He died on January 3, 1944, without seeing the realisation of his life's work; Israel was established a little over four years after his death. Despite the influence <mask> had on the creation of the modern state of Israel, no street in Israel bears his name. However, a girls' school built in 1969 in Lod was named in his honour. References

Bibliography

Sources
Zionist Central Archives, Jerusalem

Bibliography

External links
AJR Information, Volume XXIV, Volume 12, December 1969
The Herzl Museum
Leopold Kessler Collection
Center for Jewish History • 15 West 16th Street New York

1864 births
1944 deaths
19th-century journalists
Male journalists
Jewish journalists
Mining engineers
People from Tarnowskie Góry
People from Gliwice
19th-century German Jews
Zionist activists
German Zionists
British Zionists
South African Zionists
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<mask> (born 24 October 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He has previously played professionally for Tranmere Rovers, Wrexham, Chester City, Grimsby Town and Fleetwood Town. Career

Tranmere Rovers
Born in Birkenhead, <mask> was educated in Wirral at Hilbre High School. <mask> was with hometown club Tranmere Rovers from 2002 to 2006, having been a trainee previously. He made his first-team debut in an EFL Trophy tie at Blackpool in October 2003, with his Football League debut following a few days later in a 2–1 win over Oldham Athletic. <mask> spent the start of the 2005–2006 season on loan to Wrexham, before enjoying a short spell back in the Tranmere first-team. Chester City
In the summer of 2006 he opted to join neighbours Chester City, with a £15,000 transfer fee set at tribunal.He made his Chester debut as the Blues beat Accrington Stanley on 5 August 2006, the club he would score his first league goal for Chester against later in the season. He also found the net in a Football League Trophy tie at Chesterfield during the campaign. As he became an established figure at the Deva Stadium, he was voted the Chester City's player of the season for 2007–08. He was named the official captain after a contract dispute involving fellow defender <mask>, a role he maintained during the 2008–09 campaign. The season saw him score twice in 43 league matches as the club suffered relegation from The Football League. Grimsby Town
On 3 July 2009, <mask> signed a three-year contract at League Two side Grimsby Town. Grimsby manager Mike Newell had been impressed with <mask>'s performances

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 for his former club Chester whilst playing against Grimsby in the previous season.Despite a glowing reference from his new boss, <mask> found himself playing second fiddle to the preferred centre half pairing of Ryan Bennett and Robert Atkinson, this was until Bennett was sold which allowed <mask> an extended run in the first team, until the club opted to sign Olly Lancashire on loan. On 12 May 2010, <mask> was one of seven players placed on the transfer list by manager Neil Woods after their relegation from the Football League. Fleetwood Town
On 29 June 2010 <mask> signed a 3-year deal with newly promoted Conference Premier side Fleetwood Town. He was released by the club in May 2012. Chester
On 30 May 2012 he returned to the city of Chester to play for newly promoted Conference North side Chester. <mask> previously played for Chester City before their demise in 2010. <mask> scored his first goal for the club in the 2–0 home win over Oxford City.Salford City
In the summer of 2014 he moved to Salford City. He made his club debut in the opening league match of the season on 16 August as Salford beat Scarborough 4–1. Trafford
In 2017 he moved to Trafford. Podcast controversy
In May 2019, <mask> appeared on the 'I Had Trials Once' podcast on Spotify, in the interview he spoke about his time at Grimsby Town during the 2009–10 season. <mask> went on to explain that he and other players never took to living in Grimsby and that the team was full of alcoholics. He claimed that the clubs biggest mistake was sacking Mike Newell who had joined in with the drinking, and that the players had never taken to his replacement Neil Woods.

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 Speaking of Newell and Woods, <mask> said "We had loads of days and nights out, and we were turning it round.He had a falling out upstairs after one of the games, and he got the sack. The Youth Team manager took over. Now the Youth Team manager saw the older-ish lads there, and he just hated it. We all had a drink anyway, and Newelly used to join us – he was always with us, him and his assistant. He used to ring on a Tuesday and go "where are you?”

"Nowhere gaffer, we’re just in Costa". "I know you’re in the pub, I’m coming!” It was good under Newelly, and the Youth Team manager came in and just hated all that. But it’s the worst thing he could have done because the players just rebelled against him, and there were a lot of big characters in that dressing room he couldn’t handle."Linwood added that "You’d finish training, Adam Proudlock on the Whatsapp group would say "lads, I’m just having a pint at the Laceby Arms", and the whole squad would be in there. 15 pints, easy. It was the only pub we could get away with it. It was in a tiny little village, and we were dead inconspicuous – we used to go in our kits! Even I turned round one day and said "this has gone too far". We’d had a Monday session – straight after training, we finished boozing about five that morning, and then we were in for training at nine the next day. Adam Proudlock and Peter Sweeney came to pick us up, and both were just the most unbelievable players who had just tossed it off at this point.Those two came to pick me up after a session, and we were drinking cans of Fosters on the way to training, which is out of order because I f***ing hate Fosters!"


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 Grimsby Town would go on to finish 23rd in League Two and were relegated from the Football League for the first time in their 122 year history. When the podcast went viral in January 2020, fans of Grimsby Town reacted with anger and contempt and began abusing <mask> on his social media accounts. <mask> on a follow up podcast refused to apologise to Grimsby supporters saying "F***ing not one of them because they abused me for f***ing months after it, so they can f*** off, all of them". Honours
Chester City
 Player of the Season: 2007–08

Chester FC
 Peter Swales Shield Winners 2012
 Conference North Winners 2012–13
 Cheshire Senior Cup Winners 2012–13

Salford City
 Northern Premier League Division One North Winners 2014–15

References

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1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Birkenhead
English footballers
Association football defenders
Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
Wrexham A.F.C. players
Chester City F.C.players
Grimsby Town F.C. players
Fleetwood Town F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Chester F.C. players
Salford City F.C. players
Northern Premier League players
Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. players
Ramsbottom United F.C. players
Trafford

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