1980s - Sports figures

1980s - Sports figures: Encyclopedia II - 1980 in sports - Horse racing

1980 in sports - Thoroughbred Horse Racing. Australia - Melbourne Cup - Beldale Ball Canada - Queen's Plate - Driving Home France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Detroit Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Tyrnavos English Triple Crown Races: Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Known Fact Epsom Derby - Henbit St. Leger Stakes - Light Cavalry United States Triple Crown Races: Kentucky Derby - Genuine Risk Preakness Stakes - Codex Belm ...

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1980s - Sports figures: Encyclopedia - Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the United States of America. Massachusetts - Name. Massachusetts - Mass-adchu-et. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name can be segmented as mass-adchu-et, where mass is "great", adchu is "hill" and et is a locative suffix. It has been translated as "at the great hill," "at the place of large hills," or "at the range ...

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1980s - Sports figures: Encyclopedia - 1950s

1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950s - Events and trends. The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the baby boom from returning GIs who went to college under the G.I. Bill and settled in suburban America. Most of the internal conflicts that had developed in earlie ...

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1980s - Sports figures: Encyclopedia - Action Man

Action Man is an action figure originally produced and sold in the United Kingdom by Palitoy Ltd of Coalville, Leicestershire from 1966 until 1984. The figure was originally based on the United States G.I. Joe figure but with a British military theme. Military styled Action Man made a brief resurgance in the early 1990s but since 1996 Hasbro has used the name without any military theme as a modern adventurer complete with arch-enemy. Action Man - History. Action Man - OriginsIncluding:

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1980s - Sports figures: Encyclopedia - Christopher Dean

Christopher Colin Dean (born July 22, 1958 in Nottingham, Great Britain) was a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner Jayne Torvill. Dean comes from Calverton, Nottinghamshire. Christopher Dean began to skate at the age of 10. In 1972 he changed to ice dancing. When he was a junior, he skated with Sandra Elson. In 1975 he teamed up with Jayne Torvill. Torvill and Dean became Olympic Champions and four time World champions. Torvill/Dean were coached first by Janet Sawbrid ...

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1980s - Sports figures: Encyclopedia - Amateurism

Amateurism is the philosophy that elevates things done without self-interest above things done for pay, especially with regard to sports which require participants to be amateurs. A zealously guarded ideal in the 19th century, it faced steady decline throughout the 20th century and is now held to by few organisations, even if they maintain the word "Amateur" in their titles. The term shamateurism refers to the issues which sometimes arose at the elite level of such sports. In some cases it became possible for successful ...

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1980s - Sports figures: Encyclopedia - Wrestling

The sport of wrestling involves clinch and/or ground fighting, and has ancient roots. Participants compete for one or more of the following reasons: (1) as recreation or mere play, (2) as serious win-lose competition, (3) as a commercial, money-focused interest, or (4) to gain a higher moral and social status. These are weapon-free competitions between two individuals, though the human body is utilized as an armory of sundry weapons. Many forms or "styles" eliminate striking, beating, kicking, and/or choking—because of the he ...

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1980s - Sports figures: Encyclopedia - Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. They feature winter sports held on ice or snow, such as ice skating and skiing. The Winter Olympics are held every four years. Most recently, the 2002 Games were held in Salt Lake City, United States. The Italian city of Turin (Torino) will host the next Winter Olympics in 2006, and after that the games will be held in Vancouver, Canada in 2010. Including:

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1980s - Sports figures: Encyclopedia II - 1974 in sports - General sporting events

The 7th Asian Summer Games was held in Tehran with the participation of 2363 athletes and officials from 25 countries. British Commonwealth Games held in Christchurch, New Zealand Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion: Carl Huntington won with lead dog: Nugget International Olympic Committee choose to Moscow like the host city to 1980 Summer Olympics See also: 1973 in sports, other events ...

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