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Rafer is a given name which may refer to: *Rafer Alston (born 1976), basketball player *Rafer Johnson (1935–2020), American actor and former decathlete * Rafer Joseph (born 1968), athlete * Rafer Mohammed (born 1955), athlete * Rafer Weigel (born 1969), news anchor See also * Rafe (name) Rafe is a given name for a male used in many countries across the world. If the name is English, Scandinavian or German it is of Old Norse origin (meaning "counsel of the wolf" or "wise wolf"), derived from the Old Norse Raðulfr (rað "counsel" + u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafer Alston
Rafer Jamel Alston (born July 24, 1976), nicknamed "Skip 2 My Lou" after the American folk song and partner-stealing dance with the same name, is an American retired professional basketball player. Alston first gained basketball fame as a streetball player before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Milwaukee Bucks. While in the NBA from 1999 to 2010, he played for six teams, including the 2008–09 Orlando Magic team that made the NBA Finals. Streetball legend Alston grew up in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York City, and was a standout streetball basketball player, known for his untraditional ballhandling moves that made him adept at outmaneuvering defenders. He was the inspiration in many ways for the AND1 Mixtape Tour—a low-quality, jerky 1999 videotape of Alston's extreme playground moves, featuring helter-skelter crossover and other fast dribble moves faking out defenders, attracted a great deal of attention among players and basketbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafer Johnson
Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 – December 2, 2020) was an American decathlete and film and television actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956. He had previously won a gold at the 1955 Pan American Games. Johnson was the U.S. team's flag bearer at the 1960 Olympics and lit the Olympic cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 1968, Johnson, football player Rosey Grier, and journalist George Plimpton tackled Sirhan Sirhan moments after he had fatally shot Robert F. Kennedy. After he retired from athletics, Johnson turned to acting, sportscasting, and public service and was instrumental in creating the California Special Olympics. His acting career included appearances in '' The Sins of Rachel Cade'' (1961), the Elvis Presley film '' Wild in the Country'' (1961), '' Pirates of Tortuga'' (1961), '' None but the Brave'' (1965), two Tarzan films with Mike Henry, '' The Last Grenade'' (1970), '' Soul Soldier'' (1970), '' Root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafer Joseph
Rafer Ernest Lewis Joseph (born 1968), is a male former athlete who competed for England. Athletics career Joseph was the English national champion after winning the 1998 AAA Championships. He represented England in the decathlon event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Four years later he represented England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre .... References 1968 births English male athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Living people English male decathletes Commonwealth Games athletes for England Sportspeople from Andover, Hampshire Sportspeople from Hampshire {{England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafer Mohammed
Rafer Mohammed (born October 4, 1955 on Trinidad) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hi .... Achievements External linksBest of Trinidad 1955 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters 20th-century Trinidad and Tobago sportsmen Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games athletes for Trinidad and Tobago {{Trinidad-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafer Weigel
Rafer Weigel (born May 5, 1969) is an American broadcast journalist who most recently was an early morning weekday news anchor and general assignment reporter at WFLD-Channel 32 in Chicago. Formerly, he was the weekend sports anchor and reporter at WLS-TV in Chicago, the sports anchor for CNN HLN’s '' Morning Express with Robin Meade'' and also an actor. Background Weigel grew up in a journalism household in Evanston, Illinois, the son of the Chicago television sportscaster and newspaper columnist Tim Weigel and former WGN Radio news anchor Kathy Worthington. He is the grandson of Weigel Broadcasting founder and former Lawrence Welk radio announcer John Jacob Weigel. Weigel has two sisters, Jenniffer Weigel, a former Chicago television news anchor and published author, and Teddi, who began high school in 2008. He was married to photographer Tiffany Weigel. They had their first child, son Heathcliff John Weigel, on November 20, 2009. He later divorced Tiffany and was later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
