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Padgett Wilson
Padgett is a surname, and may refer to: * Cliff Padgett (1879–1951), American boat builder * Dirk Padgett, American lawyer * Don Padgett (1911–1980), American baseball player * Doug Padgett (1934–2024), English cricketer * Ernie Padgett (1899–1957), American baseball player * Guy Padgett (born 1977), American politician * Hubert Padgett (born 1931), British cricketer * John Padgett (1860–1943), cricketer * Joy Padgett (born 1947), American politician * Keith Padgett, Falkland Islands politician * Lemuel P. Padgett (1855–1922), American politician * Lewis Padgett, pseudonym of authors Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore * Marty Padgett, American journalist * Ron Padgett (born 1942), American poet, essayist, fiction writer, and translator * Scott Padgett (born 1976), American basketball player and coach * Travis Padgett (born 1986), American track and field athlete * Padgett Powell Padgett Powell (born April 25, 1952 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American noveli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Padgett
Clifford E. Padgett (December 19, 1879August 7, 1951) was an American boat building, motorboat builder who built racing boats. He broke the world water speed record in Hydroplane racing, hydroplane boat racing in 1924. Life Padgett was born in 1879 in Barry, Illinois. In 1894 he moved to Quincy, Illinois, where he began an apprenticeship at a blacksmith shop owned by John Reagan. In 1903, Padgett began to take an interest in the river as well as in building a racing boat with a Pierce-Budd 3-cylinder engine. In 1906, he married Reagan's daughter Lillian and opened his own blacksmith shop. With only a Elementary school (United States), fifth-grade education, Padgett took a correspondence course in Technical drawing, mechanical drawing and design. He developed a skill for "Engine tuning, blueprinting" and Wood carving, carving Scale model, miniature boat models out of mahogany. He entered and won his first regatta in 1914, and in 1916 his 16-foot Hydroplane (boat), hydroplane conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |