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Santa Ana High School
Santa Ana High School is the oldest and largest high school in Orange County, California, United States. The school was established in 1889. Notable alumni * Daniel Antúnez, soccer player * Barry Asher, professional bowler * Tony Baxter former senior Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering and lead designer of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours, the Indiana Jones Adventure, Splash Mountain, and Journey Into Imagination. * Billy Bean (1964-2024), played major league baseball from 1987 through 1995. He tied a major league record with 4 hits in his first major league game. * Tony Bellamy, Guitarist, member of first Native American rock band Redbone, had number one hit in the 1970s "Come and Get Your Love" * Beverly Bivens, singer with the 1960s band We Five * Eddie Bravo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete * John Brinkerhoff, USMA '50, Associate Director for National Preparedness FEMA, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs DoD * Gerald P. Carr, astronaut * The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public School (government Funded)
A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state. State-funded schools are global with each country showcasing distinct structures and curricula. Government-funded education spans from primary to secondary levels, covering ages 4 to 18. Alternatives to this system include homeschooling, Private school, private schools, Charter school, charter schools, and other educational options. By region and country Africa South Africa In South Africa, a state school or government school refers to a school that is state-controlled. These are officially called public schools according to the South African Schools Act of 1996, but it is a term that is not used colloquially. The Act recognised two categories of schools: public and independent. Independent schools include all private schools and schools t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Bivens
Beverly (Bev) Ann Bivens, (born April 28, 1946 in Santa Ana, California) is the American former lead singer of the West Coast folk rock group We Five from 1965 to 1967. Since 2021 she has been the original band's last surviving member. After her marriage to jazz musician Fred Marshall and the break-up of We Five, she sang for a while with the experimental Light Sound Dimension, but by the late 1960s Bivens had largely left the music scene. After many years of relative seclusion, she sang at the opening of an exhibition in San Francisco in 2009. Her son is the saxophonist Joshi Marshall. Early years Beverly Bivens attended Santa Ana High School, where she was a direct contemporary of actress Diane Keaton, and Orange Coast Junior College. Mid 1960s: We Five With the encouragement of her mother, Bivens had developed her singing voice as a child. Around 1963–64, she began performing with Michael Stewart (musician), Mike Stewart (1945–2002) and Jerry Burgan, William Jerome (Jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Fleming
Derek Adam Fleming (born 5 December 1973 in Falkirk) is a Scottish former football defender. Fleming began his career in 1993 with stokeroo Meadowbank Thistle, where he made a total of 49 appearances before moving to Dunfermline Athletic in 1994. He has also played for Dundee, Livingston, Partick Thistle and Hamilton Academical. In the 2006–2007 season with Hamilton injury restricted him to only 19 first team appearances. He signed for Alloa Athletic under freedom of contract as manager Allan Maitland built a new squad for the 2007–08 season. He was released in May 2008. Flea was an integral part of the Partick Thistle side that won the first division, playing both in midfield and at left back, he will be best remembered by jags fans as scoring the goal at Love Street that secured promotion to the Scottish Premier League The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the Scottish football league system, top-level league competition for professional Association football, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clancy Edwards
Clancy Edwards (born August 9, 1955) is an American retired track and field sprinter. He was considered one of the best sprinters in the world between 1974 and 1978. He won the 200 metres at the 1977 IAAF World Cup, the most important meet of that year, defeating future World Record holder Pietro Mennea. Early life While in high school, he ran for Santa Ana High School. His 21.32 (converted from a hand time of 21.2) for 220 yards, winning the 1973 CIF California State Meet, was the best time in Orange County, California for 12 years. He was also 2nd in the 100-yard dash. Collegiate career and international success Edwards began his collegiate career at Cal Poly in 1974, running for their track team, the Cal Poly Mustangs (where he won titles under the tutelage of coach Steve Simmons). In August 1975, he won the CCAA Athlete of the Year Award for all sports. During an era when Division II-attending competitors could also advance up to the Division I NCAA Championships, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Davis (defensive Tackle)
Donald Earl Davis (born December 16, 1943) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Giants in the second round of the 1966 NFL draft after playing college football at California State College at Los Angeles. Early life Donald Earl Davis was born on December 16, 1943, in Santa Ana, California. He attended Santa Ana High School in Santa Ana. College career Davis first played college football for the Santa Ana Dons of Santa Ana College from 1962 to 1963. The 1962 Dons went 10–0 and were named national junior college champions. He transferred to play for the Cal State Los Angeles Diablos of California State College at Los Angeles from 1964 to 1965. He played in the Chicago Charities College All-Star Game after his senior season. Professional career Davis was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the first round, with the 7th overall pick, of the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Curtis
Isaac Fisher Curtis (born October 20, 1950) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and spent his entire career with the Cincinnati Bengals (1973–1984). He played college football for the California Golden Bears and San Diego State Aztecs. Early life Isaac Curtis was a star running back as well as a hurdler that set a conference record lasting years at Santa Ana High School in California. In 1985 his former coach called him "the best running back to ever play in Orange County. College career Curtis received a football scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley. For three years, he excelled as a member of Cal's track team, and he was a running back and kick returner for their football team. After he finished his junior season, Curtis transferred to San Diego State University because of the controversy surrounding the probation of Cal's football team. He excelled as a slot wide receiver dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Cruickshank
Josephine Cruickshank (January 18, 1909 – March 12, 1997) was a female tennis player from the United States who was active in the 1930s. Cruickshank grew up in Tustin, California where she learned to play tennis on the tennis court her father had installed at their home and he was also her instructor. She played tennis at nearby Santa Ana High School. Cruikshank was educated at the University of California, Berkeley where she was trained by Pop Fuller of the Berkeley Tennis Club. She became the girls national doubles champion in 1927 partnering Marjorie Gladman after a victory in the final against Clara Louise Zinke and Lee Palfrey. At the 1933 U.S. Championships Cruickshank defeated world No. 5 Margaret Scriven to reach the quarterfinals of the singles event, which she lost in straight sets to eventual champion Helen Jacobs. In 1933 she won the singles title at the Southern California Championships, held at the Los Angeles Tennis Club. At the Pacific Southwest Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Cravath
Newell "Jeff" Cravath (February 3, 1903 – December 10, 1953) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach the University of Denver from 1929 to 1931, at the University of San Francisco in 1941, and at the University of Southern California (USC) from 1942 to 1950, compiling a career college football record of 74–43–9. In nine seasons under Cravath, the USC Trojans football team compiled a 54–28–8 record, won four Pacific Coast Conference titles, and made four appearances in the Rose Bowl Game. Cravath introduced the T formation to the USC program. Early life Cravath was born in Breckenridge, Colorado. His mother died in childbirth and his father died when he was six. Cravath was raised by his maternal grandparents, Augustus K. and Kate Sikes Cravath, of Santa Ana, California, as well as his uncle, Major League Baseball outfielder Gavvy Cravath, and grandparents in Kansas. Jeff was a nickname given to him when he was very young as h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavvy Cravath
Clifford Carlton "Gavvy" Cravath (March 23, 1881 – May 23, 1963), also nicknamed "Cactus", was an American right fielder and right-handed batter in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies. One of the sport's most prolific power hitters of the dead-ball era, in the eight years from 1913 to 1920 he led the National League in home runs six times, in runs batted in, total bases and slugging percentage twice each, and in hits, runs and walks once each. Cravath is almost certainly the first player to hit 200 home runs in affiliated baseball -- 119 in the majors, 107 in the minors and seven in the 1903 "independent" Pacific Coast League. He led the NL in several offensive categories in as the Phillies won the first pennant in the team's 33-year history, and he held the team's career home run record from 1917 to 1924. He is one of eight players to lead the majors in home runs for a season six times in a career. However, he played his home games at B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placida Gardner Chesley
Placida Gardner Chesley (August 22, 1879 — April 9, 1966) was an American medical doctor and college professor. She was the City Bacteriologist of Los Angeles, and worked in Europe with the Red Cross during World War I. Early life Vera Placida Gardner was born in Orange, California, the daughter of Henri F. Gardner and Emma Howard Gardner. She attended Santa Ana High School, and completed undergraduate studies the University of Southern California, graduating in 1910. She earned her medical degree at the University of Michigan, where she was elected to the medical honor fraternity Alpha Omega Alpha. Career Gardner taught pathology, toxicology, physiology, histology, and chemistry at the University of Southern California. She was also on staff at Los Feliz Hospital. In January 1917 she was appointed to the office of City Bacteriologist with the Health Department of the City of Los Angeles. She and her sister Margaret Gardner (a lawyer) went to France in 1918 with the Stanford Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chantays
The Chantays, sometimes billed as Chantay's, is an American surf rock band formed in Orange County, California. They are known for their 1963 hit instrumental "Pipeline". Their sound combines electronic keyboards with surf guitar, creating a unique ghostly sound. History The Chantays were formed in 1961 by five high-school friends. Bob Spickard, Brian Carman (co-writers of "Pipeline"), Bob Welch, Warren Waters and Rob Marshall were all students at Santa Ana High School in California. In December 1962, the group recorded and released "Pipeline", which peaked at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in May 1963. The track also peaked in the UK Singles Chart in 1963 at No. 16. The Chantays recorded their first album in 1963, also titled ''Pipeline'', which included "Blunderbus" and "El Conquistador". Their follow-up album was ''Two Sides of the Chantays'' in 1964. The Chantays toured Japan and the United States, joining the Righteous Brothers and Roy Orbison on a few occas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald P
Gerald is a masculine given name derived from the Germanic languages prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Gerald is a Norman French variant of the Germanic name. An Old English equivalent name was Garweald, the likely original name of Gerald of Mayo, a British Roman Catholic monk who established a monastery in Mayo, Ireland in 670. Nearly two centuries later, Gerald of Aurillac, a French count, took a vow of celibacy and later became known as the Roman Catholic patron saint of bachelors. The name was in regular use during the Middle Ages but declined after 1300 in England. It remained a common name in Ireland, where it was a common name among the powerful FitzGerald dynasty. The name was revived in the Anglosphere in the 19th century by writers of historical novels along with other names that had been popular in the medieval era. British novelist Ann Hatton published a novel called ''Gerald Fitzgerald'' in 1831. Author Dorothea Grubb published her novel ''Gera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
