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Groce is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cari Groce, American tennis player and coach *Cherry Groce, shot by London police, sparking the 1985 Brixton riot * Clif Groce (born 1972), American football player *DeJuan Groce (born 1980), American football player *John Groce (born 1971), American college basketball coach *Larry Groce (born 1948), American singer-songwriter and radio host * Michael Groce (born 1963), reformed English poet and community worker See also * Groce (Kakanj) is a village in the municipality of Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina *Gross (other) Gross may refer to: Finance *Gross Cash Registers, a defunct UK company with a high profile in the 1970s *Gross (economics), is the total income before deducting expenses Science and measurement * Gross (unit), a counting unit equal to 144 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Brixton Riot
The Brixton riot of 1985 started on 28 September in Lambeth in South London. It was the second major riot that the area had witnessed in the space of four years, the last in 1981. It was sparked by the shooting of Dorothy "Cherry" Groce by the Metropolitan Police, while they sought her 21-year-old son Michael Groce in relation to a robbery and suspected firearms offence; they believed Michael Groce was hiding in his mother's home. After two days of riots, photo-journalist David Hodge had died, 43 civilians and 10 police officers were hurt. Amongst a number of fires, one building had been destroyed, 55 cars had been burnt out, and 58 burglaries had been committed including acts of looting. In March 2014, the police apologised for the wrongful shooting of Mrs Groce. In July of the same year, an inquest jury concluded that eight separate police failures had contributed to Mrs Groce's death, for which the then Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Groce
John Gordon Groce (; born September 7, 1971) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach for the Akron Zips men's basketball team. Prior to coaching for Akron, he was the head coach at Illinois and Ohio. Coaching career Player and assistant coach Groce graduated from Taylor University, an NAIA Division II school in Upland, Indiana, in 1994 and played basketball for the school while he was there. Groce started his coaching career as an assistant with his alma mater, Taylor University, under Paul Patterson from 1993 to 1996. His next job was an assistant at North Carolina State under Herb Sendek from 1996 to 2000. He then moved on to Butler as an assistant to Thad Matta and was there just one season (2000–01). When Matta accepted the head coaching position at Xavier, Groce went with him and served as an assistant from 2001 to 2004, before moving again with Matta when he was named as the head coach of Ohio State. He served as an assistant from 2004 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeJuan Groce
DeJuan Anthony Groce (born February 17, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He earned first-team All-American honors in 2002, and set or tied four school records as well as an NCAA record. Groce was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the 2003 NFL draft. He was also a member of the New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, and Toronto Argonauts. Early life DeJuan Groce was born on February 17, 1980, to Debra and Warren Groce. Growing up, he was very involved in a wide variety of sports including football, basketball, and track. Groce attended St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio, and was a letterman in football and track athletics. In football, he was named to the PrepStar's Dream Team. In track, he ran a personal best of 10.7 seconds in the 100 meters and 21.9 seconds in the 200 meters. College career Following high school, Groce chose to at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Groce
Larry Groce (born April 22, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and radio host. From 1983 until 2021, Groce served as the host and artistic director of '' Mountain Stage'', a two-hour live music radio program produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and distributed by NPR. He first entered the national spotlight in 1976 when his novelty song " Junk Food Junkie" became a Top Ten hit. After that, Groce's voice became well known by children and parents alike as a result of his Platinum recordings of children's folk songs for Walt Disney Records ''Children's Favorites'' four-volume series: '' Volume 1'', '' Volume 2'', ''Volume 3'' and '' Volume 4'' (released from the late 70s-1990). Early life Groce was born in 1948 in Dallas, Texas, to H.T. and Bobbie Groce, the eldest of three children. He had a younger brother, Gary (born July 7, 1951), and a younger sister, Janna (born April 8, 1961). Groce became interested in music while in elementary school. The family resided in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Groce
Michael Groce is a poet and community worker. His mother, Cherry Groce, was shot and paralysed by police during a dawn raid on her home starting the 1985 Brixton riot in London, England. He is now a published poet, having won the Cheltenham Poetry Prize, and actively engages with young people to inform them of his own experiences. Early biography Michael Groce was brought up in Tinworth House, on a housing estate in Vauxhall, London. This area at the time showed high levels of deprivation. Much of his life from age six was spent in residential care. He was involved with street gangs, and had been exposed to guns during his childhood. He spent time in and out of prison; throughout his life, he accrued 50 convictions and 15 different spells in prison. Role in the riots A few days before the riots, Michael Groce was involved in a domestic dispute with his girlfriend during which he fired a gun. Shortly afterwards, he heard a knocking on the door, and went down to answer it, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cari Groce
Cari Groce is a former coach of Texas Tech's women's tennis team. Her time coaching the team ended before the 2008/09 season. Her record with the Lady Raiders stands at 58–44 with only a single winning season in the Big 12. Groce played tennis at the University of Nebraska A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ... where she became the first All-American in school history in 1986. Groce is the daughter of Ike Groce, who was inducted into the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame in 1982. References Living people Nebraska Cornhuskers women's tennis players Texas Tech Red Raiders women's tennis coaches Sportspeople from Stillwater, Oklahoma Year of birth missing (living people) American female tennis players American tennis coaches Sports coaches from Oklahoma {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clif Groce
Clifton Allen Groce (born July 30, 1972) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Indianapolis Colts from 1995 to 1997 and the Cincinnati Bengals from 1999 to 2000. He signed with the Houston Texans The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division. The team plays its home games at N ... in 2002, but he did not play. References 1972 births Living people People from College Station, Texas Players of American football from Texas American football running backs Texas A&M Aggies football players Indianapolis Colts players Cincinnati Bengals players New England Patriots players 20th-century American sportsmen {{runningback-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groce (Kakanj)
Groce is a village in the municipality of Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 295, all Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha .... References Populated places in Kakanj {{ZenicaDobojCanton-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
