John Anderton (other)
John Anderton may refer to: * John Anderton (footballer) (born 1933), English footballer * John Anderton (athlete) (1929–1991), South African sprinter * Jack Anderton (John Anderton), English rugby union and rugby league player *John C. Anderton, author of '' Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide'' *John Anderton, the fictional lead character in the film '' Minority Report'' See also *John Anderson (other) John Anderson may refer to: Business *John Anderson (Scottish businessman) (1747–1820), Scottish merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland *John Byers Anderson (1817–1897), American educator, military officer and railroad executive, mentor of A ...

John Anderton (footballer)
John Anderton (born 7 February 1933) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Torquay United in the 1950s. Anderton was born in Skelmersdale. He began his career as a junior with Everton, turning professional in March 1951. Over the next three seasons, after suffering several injuries, he failed to make the first team at Goodison Park, and in July 1954 moved to Torquay United. His league debut came at right back on 22 September 1954 against Shrewsbury Town at Plainmoor, but he finally got his break towards the end of the season when he replaced Harry Smith at left back, playing the final 11 games of the season. He began the following season as first choice, but had to share the spot with Bill Towers and Smith, making 24 appearances as the Gulls finished in fifth place. He scored on the opening day of the following season, netting the first in a 4–1 home win against Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional a ...
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John Anderton (athlete)
John Bowden Anderton (28 December 1929 – 24 May 1991) was a South African sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1929 births 1991 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics South African male sprinters Olympic athletes for South Africa Athletes from Cape Town {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Jack Anderton
Jack Anderton was an English rugby union and rugby league footballer who played from the 1880s to 1900s. He played at representative level for British Isles, and at club level for Wigan (two spells); the second spell was after the 1895 schism, and Salford, as a three-quarter. Prior to Thursday 29 August 1895, Wigan were a rugby union club, and prior to Tuesday 2 June 1896, Salford were a rugby union club. Background Jack Anderton was born in Wigan, Lancashire. Playing career Anderton joined Salford from Wigan. He spent two seasons at the club, appearing 52 times. He left the club in 1889 and returned to Wigan. International honours Jack Anderton won cap(s) for British Isles while at Salford on the 1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia. County honours Jack Anderton won one cap for Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a Historic counties of England, historic county, Ceremonial County, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan cou ...
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The Ripley Guide
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ...
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Minority Report (film)
''Minority Report'' is a 2002 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg, loosely based on the 1956 short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick. The film is set in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia in the year 2054, where Precrime, a specialized police department, apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by three psychics called " precogs". The cast stars Tom Cruise as Precrime Chief John Anderton, Colin Farrell as Department of Justice agent Danny Witwer, Samantha Morton as precog Agatha Lively, and Max von Sydow as Precrime director Lamar Burgess. The film combines elements of tech noir, whodunit, thriller and science fiction genres, as well as a traditional chase film, as the main protagonist is accused of a crime he has not committed and becomes a fugitive.Buckland. pp. 193–5. Spielberg characterized the story as "fifty percent character and fifty percent very complicated storytelling with layers and layers of murder ...
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