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Jack Brooks (other)
Jack Brooks may refer to: *Jack Brooks (cricketer) (born 1984), English cricketer *Jack Brooks (footballer) (1904–1973), English footballer *Jack Brooks (lyricist) (1912–1971), British-American lyricist *Jack Brooks (American politician) (1922–2012), former Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee *Jack Brooks (Welsh politician) (1927–2016), Baron Brooks of Tremorfa *'' Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer'', Canadian monster movie See also * Jack Brooks Federal Building, government office building in Beaumont, Texas, U.S. * Jack Brooks Regional Airport, public airport in Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. * John Brooks (other) John Brooks may refer to: Association football/soccer *John Brookes (footballer, born 1945), English footballer * John Brooks (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2018), English footballer *Johnny Brooks (1931–2016), former English footballer *John B ... * Brooks (surname) {{hndis, name=Brooks, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Brooks (cricketer)
Jack Alexander Brooks (born 4 June 1984) is an English professional cricket player, currently playing for Somerset after successful spells at Oxfordshire in the Minor Counties, and Northamptonshire and Yorkshire in first-class cricket. He is predominantly a right arm medium fast bowler who can also bat. Career Brooks played for Oxfordshire between 2004 and 2008. He played for Northamptonshire Second XI at the end of the 2008 season before signing a professional contract with the club for the 2009 season. He made his professional debut against the Australian tourist team taking the wickets of Andrew McDonald and Mitchell Johnson. He hoped that his performance against Australia would lead to more first-class matches. On his Northants debut, he took 4 wickets for 76 against Derbyshire. He signed a two-year contract extension on 2 September 2009, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2011 season. During the 2010 season, Brooks was a regular in the team opening the bowlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Brooks (footballer)
John Brooks (14 March 1904 – 30 March 1973) was an English professional footballer who played as a right-back. Born in Stockton-on-Tees, he started his career with Fulham in May 1924 and made six Football League appearances during two seasons with the club. He made his senior debut on 8 September 1924 in the 1–0 win away at Port Vale. While at Fulham, he was awarded a gold medal after giving blood to club trainer Elijah Morse at the scene of a crash. In June 1926, Brooks joined fellow Football League Second Division side Darlington and played six league matches during his first season at the club. Darlington was relegated to the Third Division North in 1927 and Brooks subsequently became a more frequent first-team player. Brooks moved to Nelson on a free transfer in March 1929 and made his debut for the club in the 2–1 win against Wigan Borough. He also played in the next four matches, before being dropped from the team following the 0–3 loss away at Stockport County on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Brooks (lyricist)
Jack Brooks (14 February 1912 – 8 November 1971) was an English- American lyricist. Brooks was born in Liverpool, England. His family was Jewish and originally from Russia, having changed their surname to Brooks from Bruch. He wrote lyrics of many popular songs, including " Ole Buttermilk Sky" (with Hoagy Carmichael) " That's Amore" (with Harry Warren) and "(Roll Along) Wagon Train" (with Sammy Fain) the second theme used on the television program, ''Wagon Train''. He joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1946. "Ole Buttermilk Sky" was written for the 1946 film '' Canyon Passage'', and was sung by Carmichael in the movie. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. It became a big hit for Kay Kyser that year. "That's Amore" first appeared in the 1953 film '' The Caddy'' where it was sung by Dean Martin. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1953. It was a signature song for Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Brooks (American Politician)
Jack Bascom Brooks (December 18, 1922December 4, 2012) was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Texas who served 42 years in the United States House of Representatives, initially representing from 1953 through 1967, and then, after district boundaries were redrawn in 1966, the from 1967 to 1995. He had strong political ties to prominent Texas Democrats including Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn and President Lyndon B. Johnson. For over fifteen years, he was the dean of the Texas congressional delegation. Early life Brooks was born in Crowley, Louisiana, on December 18, 1922, and moved to Beaumont, Texas, at age5 with his family. When he was 13 his father, a rice salesman, died and among the jobs young Brooks took on were as a carhop and a newspaper reporter. He enrolled in Lamar Junior College in 1939 after receiving a scholarship. After completing two years at Lamar, he transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, from which he earned a Bachelor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Brooks (Welsh Politician)
John Edward "Jack" Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa DL (12 April 1927 – 4 March 2016) was a Welsh politician and boxing functionary. Early life The son of Edward George Brooks and Rachel White, he was born in 1927 and educated at Coleg Harlech. Career Between 1966 and 1984, Brooks was Secretary of the Labour party for Cardiff South-East constituency. In the February 1974 and October 1974 general election, he contested Barry for Labour. Brooks was an elected Cardiff councillor for the Splott ward."Jack Brooks" '''', 25 February 2005. Retrieved 2013-05-04. He became leader of |
Monster Slayer
A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fear. Monsters usually resemble bizarre, deformed, otherworldly and/or mutated animals or entirely unique creatures of varying sizes, but may also take a human form, such as mutants, ghosts and spirits, zombies or cannibals, among other things. They may or may not have supernatural powers, but are usually capable of killing or causing some form of destruction, threatening the social or moral order of the human world in the process. Animal monsters are outside the moral order, but sometimes have their origin in some human violation of the moral law (e.g. in the Greek myth, Minos does not sacrifice to Poseidon the white bull which the god sent him, so as punishment Poseidon makes Minos' wife, Pasiphaë, fall in love with the bull. She copulate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Brooks Federal Building
The Jack Brooks Federal Building is a federal office building in Beaumont, Texas. Completed during the Great Depression in 1933, it was the United States Post Office and Federal Building. The building houses courtrooms and chambers of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, and an office of the United States Postal Service. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter came to Beaumont to officiate over the renaming of the building for Congressman Jack Brooks, who lived in and represented the area for many years. The building features many Corinthian columns and has many detailed features. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ... to the Beaumont Commercial District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Brooks Regional Airport
Jack Brooks Regional Airport , formerly Southeast Texas Regional Airport, is near Port Arthur, Texas, nine miles (14 km) southeast of Beaumont and northeast of Port Arthur. It was Jefferson County Airport, but its name was changed to honor former U.S. Representative Jack Brooks (D - Beaumont). The airport is southwest of the city of Nederland in unincorporated Jefferson County, and is used for general aviation. Southwest Airlines ended scheduled jet service in 1980 and several other airlines have started and ended service as well including American Eagle, Continental, Delta/Delta Connection and United Express. The latest chapter is the resumption of service by American Eagle for American Airlines to Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW). Facilities The Jack Brooks Regional airport covers and has two paved runways: 12/30 is 6,750 x 150 ft (2,057 x 46 m) and 16/34 is 5,070 x 150 ft (1,545 x 46 m). In the year ending January 31, 2007, the Jack Brooks Regional airport had 59,010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brooks (other)
John Brooks may refer to: Association football/soccer *John Brookes (footballer, born 1945), English footballer * John Brooks (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2018), English footballer *Johnny Brooks (1931–2016), former English footballer *John Brooks (footballer, born 1956), retired English soccer forward *John Brooks (soccer, born 1993), German-American soccer player *John Brooks (referee) (born 1990), English association football referee Other sportspeople * John Brooks (racing driver) (born 1959), American race car driver * John Brooks (rugby union) (born 1977), Harlequins rugby union player * John Brooks (athlete) (1910–1990), American long jumper Politicians * John Brooks (governor) (1752–1825), 11th Governor of Massachusetts * John Brooks (mayor) (1785–1869), 9th mayor of Columbus, Ohio * John Brooks (New York politician) (born 1949), Member of the New York Senate from the 8th District * John Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa (1927–2016), Welsh politician and bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
