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Gary Kerkorian
Gary Ray Kerkorian (January 14, 1930 – May 22, 2000) was an Armenian-American American football, football quarterback who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL). College career Born into an Armenians, Armenian family, Kerkorian attended Inglewood High School (California), Inglewood High School in Los Angeles County, and then was a quarterback at Stanford University, where he was a three-year starter. At the end of his senior season of 1951, he held every Stanford passing record and was named a first-team All-American, leading the Indians to a 9-1 record, the Pacific-10 Conference, Pac-8 championship, and a Rose Bowl (game), Rose Bowl berth. He is a member of the Stanford Cardinal#Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame, Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. NFL career He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1952 NFL Draft, and saw duty as both a quarterback and placekicker. He was traded to the History of the Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Colts and emerged as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
