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Blanchfield
Blanchfield may refer to : * Brian Blanchfield (born 1973), American writer * David Blanchfield (born 2000), Irish hurler * Dick Blanchfield (1939β2019), Irish hurler * Erin Blanchfield (born 1999), American mixed martial artist * Florence A. Blanchfield (1884β1971), United States Army Colonel and superintendent of the Army Nursing Corps * Liam Blanchfield (born 1996), Irish hurler * Michael R. Blanchfield (1950β1969), United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration * Paddy Blanchfield (1911β1980), Labour Member of Parliament for Westland and the West Coast * Peter Blanchfield (1910β1959), Irish hurler * Todd Blanchfield (born 1991), Australian basketball player {{surname Surnames of British Isles origin Surnames of English origin English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Blanchfield
Todd Blanchfield (born 7 November 1991) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of the NBL1 East. He is also contracted with the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL). He began his NBL career in 2009 with the Townsville Crocodiles, where he played six seasons. Between 2015 and 2023, he played for Melbourne United (2015β17), Sydney Kings (2017β18), Illawarra Hawks (2018β20) and Perth Wildcats (2020β23). He joined the Illawarra Hawks in 2023 for a second stint and helped the team win the NBL championship in 2025. In 2017, Blanchfield won a gold medal with Australia at the FIBA Asia Cup. Early life Born and raised in Mackay, Queensland, Blanchfield attended Mackay State High School and played for representative teams of Mackay Basketball Association. In January 2008, he travelled to the United States on an Australian schoolboys tour of North Carolina. Professional career NBL Townsville Crocodiles (2009β2015) In Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Blanchfield
Erin Blanchfield (born May 4, 1999) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is a former Eddie Bravo Invitational champion. As of May 13, 2025, she is #4 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings, and as of June 10, 2025, she is #8 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings. Background A native of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, Blanchfield started training jiu-jitsu at the age of seven. Two years later, she started competing in kickboxing and grappling tournaments. By the age of 12, she decided she wanted to be a professional fighter. Mixed martial arts career Early career Blanchfield fought under Fighting Championships and amassed a record of 1β0 prior to being signed by Invicta Fighting Championships. Invicta Fighting Championships Blanchfield made her Invicta debut on March 17, 2018, against Brittney Cloudy at Invicta FC 30. She won the fight by split decision. Her next fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Blanchfield
Liam Blanchfield (born 18 November 1996) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club Bennettsbridge and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left wing-forward. Playing career St. Kieran's College Blanchfield first came to prominence as a hurler with St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny. Having played in every grade as a hurler, he was eventually called up the college's senior team. On 9 March 2014, Blanchfield scored a point when St. Kieran's College suffered a 2β13 to 0β13 defeat by Kilkenny CBS in the Leinster final. On 5 April 2014, he was switched to centre-forward for the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny CBS and collected a winners' medal following the 2β16 to 0β13 victory. On 28 February 2015, Blanchfield won a Leinster Championship medal when St. Kieran's College defeated St. Peter's College by 1β14 to 1β06 in the final. He was selected at right wing-forward by spent much of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Blanchfield
Patrick Blanchfield (18 December 1911 β 20 June 1980) was a Labour Party member of the New Zealand Parliament for Westland and the West Coast. Biography Early life and career Blanchfield was born in 1911 in Greymouth where his father, Patrick, owned a bakery. He was educated at Marist Brothers' Primary School where he won the Seddon Medal for being the school districts top scholar. He received secondary schooling at St Bede's College, Christchurch. Despite receiving a formal education Blanchfield still stuck to the "self-taught tradition" of other West Coasters and educated himself further on his favourite subjects, those of literature and poetry. He was also to compose his own poetry which were compiled in the 1971 book ''The Ballads of a Coaster''. In 1938 he married Anne Jane Glen Faulkner. He joined his father in the baking business and remained attached to the business until his election to Parliament, where his son took over the shop. He had a lifetime interest in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Blanchfield
Peter Blanchfield (18 October 1910 β 11 November 1959) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club James Stephens and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1935 until 1945. Playing career Club Blanchfield played his club hurling with the famous James Stephens club in Kilkenny and enjoyed much success. He won his first senior county title in 1935. It was the club's first ever victory in a county final. Blanchfield added a second county medal to his collection in 1937. Inter-county Blanchfield first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with Kilkenny in 1935. That year he collected his first Leinster title following a victory over Laois. The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Blanchfield's take on Limerick for the second time in three years. Once again the match was a close one, however, Kilkenny clung on and won by a single point β 2-5 to 2-4. It was Blanchfield's first All-Ireland medal. In 1936 Blanchfield added a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Blanchfield
Brian Blanchfield is an American poet and essayist. Early life and education He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1973, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Warren Wilson College. He is the author of two books of poetry, ''Not Even Then'' (2004) and ''A Several World'' (2014), and a book of essays/autobiography, ''Proxies'' (2016). Writings ''A Several World'' was the 2014 recipient of the James Laughlin Award and was a longlist finalist for the National Book Award. The book takes its title from a 17th-century poem by Robert Herrick, and deals with questions about subjectivity and individuality versus the collective. ''Proxies'' is a collection of 24 single-subject essays that concludes with a 21-page rolling endnote, "Correction." In a starred review, ''Publishers Weekly'' noted that "in each entry Blanchfield picks a subjectβfoot washing, authorship, owlsβand examines it from several angles until the connection between metaphysica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Blanchfield
Richard Blanchfield (28 September 1939 β 20 July 2019) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Lisdowney and also lined out at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. Career Blanchfield first played hurling at club level with Lisdowney. He was part of the team that beat Knocktoper to win the Kilkenny JHC title in 1960 and gain senior status for the club. Blanchfield's performances at club level resulted in him joining the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He came on as a substitute for Eddie Keher when Kilkenny beat Tipperary in the 1967 All-Ireland final. Blanchfield was again introduced as a substitute when Kilkenny were beaten by Wexford in the following year's Leinster final. Death Blanchfield died on 29 July 2019, at the age of 79. Honours ;Lisdowney * Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship: 1969 ;Kilkenny *All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1967 *Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 1967 Events January * January 1 β C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blanchfield
David Blanchfield (born 24 April 2000) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club Bennettsbridge and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. Career Blanchfield first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with Bennettsbridge before eventually joining the club's senior team. He also played as a schoolboy with St. Kieran's College and won consecutive All-Ireland titles in 2018 and 2019. Blanchfield first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny under-20 hurling team that won the Leinster U20HC title in 2019. He was added to the senior team two years later and, after winning National League and Leinster Championship titles, lined out in the 2022 All-Ireland final defeat by Limerick. Honours ;St. Kieran's College * All-Ireland Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 2018, 2019 *Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 2019 ;Kilkenny *Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 2021, 2022, 2023 *Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence was a centre of Middle Ages, medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful House of Medici, Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The Florentine dialect forms the base of Italian language, standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
