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Charlie Walker (other)
Charles or Charlie Walker may refer to: Politics * Charles Walker (Fijian politician) (1928–2021), Fijian civil servant, politician and diplomat * Charles Walker (Georgia politician) (born 1947), American politician * Charles Walker (British politician) (born 1967), Conservative Party politician * Charls Walker (1923–2015), under secretary and deputy secretary of the US Treasury * Charles C. B. Walker (1824–1888), New York U.S. Representative * Charles Rumford Walker (physician) (1852–1922), New Hampshire State Legislature * Charles E. Walker (1860–1893), New York State Senate politician * Charles H. Walker (1828–1877), Wisconsin State Assembly * Charles Arthur Walker (c. 1790–1873), member of the UK parliament for Wexford Borough Religion * Charles L. Walker (1832–1904), Latter-day Saint hymn writer * Charles Curwen Walker (1856–1940), Christadelphian writer and editor * Charles Coates Walker (1920–2004), American Quaker activist * Charles Walker ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Walker (Fijian Politician)
Charles Walker (12 June 1928 – 11 March 2021) was a Fijian civil servant and Alliance Party (Fiji), Alliance Party politician and diplomat. Early life Walker was born in the village of Sawana in the Lomaloma district on Vanua Balavu island in the Lau Province, Lau Archipelago. He was registered under Luseane Wainiqolo, his maternal grandmother, in the rolls of the Native Land Register, ''Vola ni Kawa Bula'' (Native Land Register), the Fijian register of births and the only legal way to claim associated communal rights to native land, fishing rights (qoliqoli) and claim to hereditary chiefly titles. His father Ernest Fearon Walker was a Scottish settler and worked for the Hedstrom and Hennings families managing a local trade store. Walker was fortunate to have the choice and ability to move between two very different worlds: the traditional Fijian/Tongan way of life in the Sawana, village and as the son of a European settler in the Western world of rapidly modernising Suva City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Walker (footballer, Born 1911)
Charles Edward Walker (14 May 1911 – 7 May 1990) was an English footballer who played as a left-back in the Football League for West Ham United. Born in Nottingham, Walker started his career at Arsenal. He spent a period on loan to Arsenal's nursery club Margate, but never played a first-team game for Arsenal themselves, with opportunities limited by the presence of England captain Eddie Hapgood. Walker joined West Ham United in 1936, and went on to make 118 league and cup appearances for the east London club. After the outbreak of World War II, Walker's three Second Division appearances of 1939–40 were expunged from the records. He played in all but one of the Football League War Cup games of that season, leading to victory at Wembley in June 1940. He also played in 27 matches of the Football League South, which ended with West Ham finishing second in both A and C groups. The following season, he made nine League South appearances, and 1941–42 saw him make two appearanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Walker (murderer)
Charles Thomas Walker (April 28, 1940 – September 12, 1990) was an American convicted murderer who was executed in 1990 by the state of Illinois for the June 1983 murders of Kevin Paule, 21, and his fiancée Sharon Winker, 25, of Mascoutah. Looking for beer money, Walker robbed them of $40 and shot them to death while the couple fished in a St. Clair County creek. He was executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center at the age of 50, becoming the first person to be executed in Illinois since 1962. The execution was considered botched because the lethal injection machine was unable to make the drugs go through the kinked lines. Early life Walker was born on April 28, 1940, in Fayetteville, Illinois, to Jess and Lucille Walker, who divorced while Charles was still young. Both his father and stepfather were alcoholics. At age 8, Walker got drunk on moonshine after his father gave him some to try. By age 12, his stepfather was taking him out to drink in local taver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Walker (checkers Player)
Charles Clendell Walker (December 11, 1934 – August 12, 2024) was an American Mississippi state checkers (draughts) champion and Christian minister. He founded the International Checker Hall of Fame in Petal, Mississippi in 1979. Walker is also known in checkers history for his record-setting victories in simultaneous checkers matches. In a January 1992 match that lasted over eight hours, he played 229 checkers games simultaneously. He won 227 contests, lost one and tied one. In 1994, he set a Guinness World Record while playing 306 checkers games simultaneously and losing only one. Biography Walker started playing checkers at a young age: "At age 7, his family was flooded out of its home. To pass time in the emergency shelter, he played checkers. Later he discovered his father-in-law was shy. He broke the ice by playing checkers with him on the front porch, and getting beaten." The game became his lifelong passion that defined much of his life, both public and private. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Walker (musician)
Charles Levi Walker (November 2, 1926 – September 12, 2008) was an American country musician. His biggest success was with the song, " Pick Me Up on Your Way Down". He held membership in the Grand Ole Opry from 1967, and was inducted into the Country Radio DJ Hall of Fame in 1981. Career He was born in Copeville, Texas, United States in 1926. In 1943, Walker joined Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers, and during World War II, he served as a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio Network. Walker worked as a disc jockey from 1951 until 1961 at KMAC and then from 1961 up to 1963 at KENS in San Antonio, Texas, before signing with Decca Records. His first hit, "Only You, Only You" was co-written with Jack Newman and reached No. 9 on the country chart in January 1956. Walker later signed with Columbia Records and reached No. 2 with a Harlan Howard song, " Pick Me Up on Your Way Down". His other hits include "Who Will Buy the Wine", "Wild as a Wildcat", "Don't Squeeze My Shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Rumford Walker
Charles Rumford Walker Jr. (July 31, 1894 – November 26, 1974) was an American historian, political scientist, and novelist. He specialized in the study of the history of the industrial worker. Biography Walker was born in Concord, New Hampshire. He was the son of Francis Sheafe and Charles Rumford Walker, a physician and politician. He graduated from Yale University in 1916 and served in the United States Army during World War I. He was associate editor of ''Atlantic Monthly'' from 1922 to 1923, ''The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...'' from 1924 to 1925, and '' The Bookman'' from 1928 to 1929. One of his most successful books was ''American City: A Rank and File View'' (1937). He also wrote ''Steel: The Diary of a Furnace Worker'' and ''Bread and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Howard Walker
Charles Howard Walker (January 9, 1857 – April 12, 1936) was an architect, designer and educator in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was associated with the architecture department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was affiliated with Boston's Society of Arts and Crafts. Biography Walker was born January 9, 1857, in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, to George S. Walker and Mary L. Damorell.WALKER, Charles Howard in '''' (1901-1902 edition); via In 1875 at the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Pyndar Beauchamp Walker
General Sir Charles Pyndar Beauchamp Walker, (7 October 1817 – 19 January 1894) was a senior officer in the British Army. Military career He was born in Redland, Bristol, the eldest son of industrialist and later Mayor of Bristol Charles Ludlow Walker . He was educated at Winchester College and commissioned as an ensign in the 33rd Foot on 27 February 1836. He was promoted lieutenant in 1839 and captain in 1846. He served with the regiment at Gibraltar, the West Indies and North America before transferring to the 7th Dragoon Guards in 1849. In 1854 he was in the Crimea as Aide-de-Camp to Lord Lucan, commander of the cavalry division. After being present at the battles of Alma, Balaclava, and Inkerman, he was transferred aboard ship as ADC to Lord George Paulet and was present aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'' for the naval attack on Sebastopol. He was awarded the Crimea Medal with four clasps, the Turkish medal, and the Order of the Medjidie (fifth class). In 1854, he was pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Vincent Walker
Charles Vincent Walker FRS (20 March 1812 – 24 December 1882) was an English electrical engineer and publisher, a major influence on the development of railway telecommunications, he was also the first person to send a submarine telegraph signal. Life Born Marylebone, Middlesex son to Vincent and Ann ''née'' Blake, Walker's elementary education and engineering training are uncertain. However, by 1838 he had acquired some knowledge of electricity and had helped to found the London Electrical Society. Walker was secretary and treasurer of the Society in its early days and edited its ''Proceedings'' from 1841 to 1843. He also founded the '' Electrical Magazine'', though only two volumes appeared in 1841–3.McConnell (2004) Also in 1841, Walker worked on the ''Manual of Electricity, Magnetism and Meteorology'' which formed part of Dionysius Lardner's ''Cabinet Cyclopedia''. Walker also published his own book on ''Electrotype Manipulation'', followed by his ''Electric Telegraph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio State Buckeyes Track And Field
The Ohio State Buckeyes track and field team is the track and field program that represents Ohio State University. The Buckeyes compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team is based in Columbus, Ohio at the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The program is coached by Rosalind Joseph. The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports. Ohio State won their only track and field national team title at the 1929 NCAA Track and Field Championships. Jesse Owens has been called the most accomplished athlete to run for the OSU track team, with a combined eight NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships titles across the 100 meters, 200 meters, 220 yards hurdles, and long jump. Postseason AIAW The Buckeyes have had 4 AIAW All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships. NCAA , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Walker (long Jumper)
Charles or Charlie Walker may refer to: Politics * Charles Walker (Fijian politician) (1928–2021), Fijian civil servant, politician and diplomat * Charles Walker (Georgia politician) (born 1947), American politician * Charles Walker (British politician) (born 1967), Conservative Party politician * Charls Walker (1923–2015), under secretary and deputy secretary of the US Treasury * Charles C. B. Walker (1824–1888), New York U.S. Representative * Charles Rumford Walker (physician) (1852–1922), New Hampshire State Legislature * Charles E. Walker (1860–1893), New York State Senate politician * Charles H. Walker (1828–1877), Wisconsin State Assembly * Charles Arthur Walker (c. 1790–1873), member of the UK parliament for Wexford Borough Religion * Charles L. Walker (1832–1904), Latter-day Saint hymn writer * Charles Curwen Walker (1856–1940), Christadelphian writer and editor * Charles Coates Walker (1920–2004), American Quaker activist * Charles Walker ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Walker (boxer)
Chuck Walker (born May 10, 1957) is an American boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal .... At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he lost to Jerzy Rybicki of Poland. References External links * 1957 births Living people Light-middleweight boxers American male boxers Olympic boxers for the United States Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics People from Marion, Arkansas Sportspeople from the Memphis metropolitan area Boxers from Arkansas Boxers at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in boxing 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
