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Craig Harrison (other)
Craig Harrison may refer to: *Craig Harrison (British Army soldier) (born 1975), British Army sniper *Craig Harrison (footballer) (born 1977), English football defender *Craig Harrison (writer) Craig Harrison (born 1942 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British-New Zealand author, playwright, scriptwriter, and retired university lecturer, probably best known for his novel '' The Quiet Earth'', which was published in 1982. Harrison's output ... (born 1942), lecturer, author, playwright and scriptwriter * Craig Harrison (Neighbours), fictional character on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' {{hndis, Harrison, Craig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Harrison (British Army Soldier)
Craig Harrison (born November 1974) is a former Corporal of Horse (CoH) in the Blues and Royals, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, who from 2009 to 2017 held the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat, at a range of . Craig Harrison is most famous for his military service in Afghanistan as a sniper but he also served in the British army in Iraq and the Balkans. Discovering sniping The first time Harrison used a sniper rifle was when firing a Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD) on a firing range near a British military base in Split, Croatia. In his autobiography ''The Longest Kill'', Harrison described the rifle as looking like "an elongated AK" and after firing at a tree he says it "practically split the tree in half". Record details In November 2009, Harrison consecutively struck two Taliban machine gunners south of Musa Qala in Helmand Province in Afghanistan at a range of using a L115A3 Long Range Rifle. In a BBC interview, Harrison reported it took about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Harrison (footballer)
Craig Harrison (born 10 November 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player who is currently manager of Cymru Premier side The New Saints. In his seven-year playing career, in which he played in defence, he played for Middlesbrough, Preston North End and Crystal Palace. From 2008, until his departure in 2011, he was the manager of Airbus UK Broughton. He then joined The New Saints as their new manager that same year. In June 2017, Harrison was appointed as the manager of Hartlepool United. Early life Harrison was born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Playing career He is a product of the youth system at Middlesbrough, where he made a number of appearances during the 1997-98 promotion season under Bryan Robson. He was unfortunate not to play in the 1998 League Cup final, having been Boro's left-back in the three league games immediately before the final. However, he did play the full match as the club sealed promotion with a 4–1 final day win over Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Harrison (writer)
Craig Harrison (born 1942 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British-New Zealand author, playwright, scriptwriter, and retired university lecturer, probably best known for his novel '' The Quiet Earth'', which was published in 1982. Harrison's output has ranged widely, from science fiction to junior fiction, to comedies parodying academia. All of his books were published first in his adopted home of New Zealand. Bibliography Novels * ''How To Be A Pom'' (1975) * ''Broken October: New Zealand, 1985'' (1976 A.H. and A.W. Reed Ltd) – Novelisation of the play 'Tomorrow Will Be A Lovely Day' * '' The Quiet Earth'' (1981 - Coronet Books) * ''Ground Level'' (1981) – Novelization of earlier play 'Ground Level' * ''Days of Starlight'' (1988), * ''Grievous Bodily'' (1991) * ''The Dumpster Saga'' (2007) Plays * ''Tomorrow Will Be a Lovely Day'' (1974) * ''Ground Level'' (1981) * ''The Whites of Their Eyes'' (1975) * ''Perfect Strangers'' (1976) * ''Hearts of Gold'' (1983) * ''Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
