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Jim Fagan (actor)
James Fagan (December 25, 1944 – January 19, 2017) was an American actor, and voice-over artist. Fagan attended West Virginia University, on a football scholarship. After breaking his leg freshman year, he returned to play in 1963. Fagan remembered playing against Navy and Roger Staubach. The following year, he got sick, and was told he couldn't play football anymore. He graduated with a fine arts bachelor's degree in 1967. Fagan spent his career doing voiceover work for the NFL, the NBA, the Olympics, NBC Sports, the WWE, World Wrestling Federation, the Mountaineer Sports Network and hundreds of commercials. He was also a member of the ''Order of Vandalia'', WVU's highest honor. Fagan worked as ring announcer for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 2010, taking over for Michael J. LaFave. He faced criticism for his mispronouncing ''Schipperke''. LaFave returned to the post the following year. In 1989, Fagan provided the voice over narration for NBC Sports's NBA on NB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windber, PA
Windber is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, which is located approximately south of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Johnstown. The population was 3,930 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A former manufacturing town, Windber is part of the Johnstown, PA MSA, Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Windber was established in 1897 as a company town for nearby coal mines in the vicinity of Johnstown. The establishment was overseen by coal barons Charles and Edward Julius Berwind, owners of the Berwind Corporation; the name "Windber" simply switches the order of the two syllables in the family name "Berwind". The Berwind-White Coal Mining Company imported workers from eastern and southern Europe and exploited ethnic divisions in the area (which had been settled by Germans and Irish in the 19th century). On Good Friday 1922 during the UMW General coal strike (1922), UMW General coal strike, coal miners walked out of the mines in W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |