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Jessie (surname)
Jessie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * DeWayne Jessie (born 1951), American actor * Ron Jessie (1948–2006), American football player * Tim Jessie (born 1963), American football player See also * Jesse (surname) {{surname, Jessie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
DeWayne Jessie
DeWayne Jessie (a.k.a. "Otis Day") is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of fictional frontman Otis Day of Otis Day and the Knights in '' National Lampoon's Animal House''. In the movie, the songs " Shama Lama Ding Dong" and " Shout" were sung by Lloyd G. Williams and lip-synched by Jessie. In the 1980s, Jessie purchased the rights to the band name Otis Day and The Knights from Universal Studios and formed a real-life version of the band with some members of his family and toured the country for years afterward, with Jessie assuming the identity of Otis Day. The group released a concert video, ''Otis My Man'', in 1987 and recorded an album, produced by George Clinton, that came out in 1989 titled ''Shout'' which flopped. It included updated versions of "Shout" and "Shama Lama Ding Dong" sung by Jessie. Jessie and the rest of the band members were initiated as honorary members of Tau Kappa Epsilon Tau Kappa Epsilon (), commonly known as or Teke, is a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ron Jessie
Ron Ray Jessie (February 4, 1948 – January 13, 2006) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks. Early years Jessie attended Yuma High School where he was a three-sport athlete: all-division in basketball, all-state in football and track & field. After high school, he initially enrolled at Arizona Western College, before transferring to Imperial Valley College, where he played as a wide receiver and was a part of the track & field squad. Jessie received a scholarship from the University of Kansas where he also practiced both sports. He was a part of the school's national championship track team in 1969, while winning the NCAA indoor long jump championship with a leap of 25–2.5 and receiving All-American honors. In other track meets, he high jumped 6–6 and was timed at 13.8 seconds in the 110 metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tim Jessie
Timothy LaWayne Jessie (born March 1, 1963) is a former gridiron football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He played college football at Auburn University and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the eleventh round of the 1987 NFL draft The 1987 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 28–29, 1987, at the Marriot Ma .... References 1963 births Living people People from Opp, Alabama American football running backs Auburn Tigers football players Players of American football from Alabama Washington Redskins players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players NFL replacement players 20th-century American sportsmen {{runningback-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |