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Tommie
Tommie is a masculine given name of English origin, occasionally a nickname or shortened form of Thomas, and is sometimes used as a feminine form of Thomas. Notable people with the name include: Notable men with the given name * Tommie Aaron (1939–1984), first baseman and left fielder in Major League Baseball * Tommie Agee (1942–2001), Major League Baseball center fielder * Tommie Agee (American football) (born 1964), former American National Football League running back * Tommie Bass (1908–1996) Appalachian herbalist who lived near Lookout Mountain, Alabama * Tommie Burton (1878–1946), West Indian cricketer * Tommie Connor (1904–1993), British songwriter * Tommie Eriksson, musician who played in the symphonic metal band Therion * Tommie Frazier (born 1974), former college football quarterback * Tommie Gorman (born 1956), Irish journalist * Tommie Harris (born 1983), American National Football League defensive tackle * Tommie Hill (born 1985), American football defensive e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Frazier
Tommie James Frazier Jr. (born July 16, 1974) is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football, Nebraska Cornhuskers. He earned consensus College Football All-America Team, All-American honors in 1995. Frazier led his team to consecutive national championships in 1994 and 1995, and is one of six quarterbacks to have done so since the 1950s: Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma's Steve Davis (quarterback), Steve Davis, Nebraska's Jerry Tagge, USC Trojans Football, USC's Matt Leinart, Alabama Crimson Tide, Alabama's A. J. McCarron and Georgia Bulldogs football, Georgia's Stetson Bennett being the others. He was named Most Valuable Player of three consecutive national championship games, the only player ever to accomplish that feat. The 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers, 1995 Nebraska football team is considered to have been one of the most dominant in the history of American college football and, in a 2006 ESPN.com poll, was voted the best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Smith
Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) is an American former track and field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium caused controversy, as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games. It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the Black Power movement. Early life and career Tommie Smith was born on June 6, 1944, in Clarksville, Texas, the seventh of twelve children born to Richard and Dora Smith. He suffered from pneumonia as a child, but still grew to be an athletic youth. While attending Lemoore High School in Lemoore, California, Smith showed great potential, setting most of the school's track records, many of which remain. He won the 440-yard dash in the 1963 CIF California State Meet. He was voted Lemoore's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Harris
Tommie Harris Jr. (born April 29, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Oklahoma, and was recognized as a consensus All-American twice. The Chicago Bears chose him in the first round of the 2004 NFL draft, and he also played a season for the San Diego Chargers. He was a three-time Pro Bowl selection. Early life Harris was born in Nuremberg, Germany, where his father, Tommie Sr, was stationed as a United States Army drill sergeant. Harris and his family relocated often due to Tommie Sr's role in the Army before finally settling in Killeen, Texas. Harris' father became a Pentecostal minister, while his mother, Janine, worked as a special education teacher. Harris was raised in a devout Christian household alongside his four sisters. He attended Ellison High School in Killeen. As a member of the Ellison Eagles, Harris became on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Bass
Arthur Lee "Tommie" Bass (January 24, 1908August 28, 1996) was an Appalachian herbalist who lived near Lookout Mountain, Alabama. At the time of his death at age 88 on August 31, 1996, Bass was one of the best-known local herbalists in the United States. He was profiled on the pages of the ''Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...'' in 1985, subject of a film on his life, interviewed on national television, subject of a master's thesis and subject of scholarly and popular books. Bass's immense knowledge of herbal lore encompassed more than 300 local plants in his personal pharmacopoeia and others that might not be useful to "give ease" to others. He was well known for his tinctures, salves and compounds. To quote his apprentice, Darryl Patton: Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Dora Barker
Tommie Dora Barker (Nov. 15, 1888 – Feb. 6, 1978) was an American librarian and founding dean of Emory Library School in Atlanta, Georgia. She also served as a regional field agent, representing southern libraries, for the American Library Association. Early life Barker was born in Rockmart, Georgia to parents Thomas Nathaniel and Medora Elizabeth Lovejoy Barker. She attended Atlanta Girls' High School before pursuing higher education at Agnes Scott College. In 1909, she graduated from Carnegie Library School of Atlanta. Career Barker was hired in 1909 by the Alabama Department of Archives and History as an assistant manager of Alabama's traveling libraries. This included reference work, maintaining the organizational structure of the department's library, overseeing a training course for library students, and serving as Secretary of the Alabama Library Association. Barker returned to Atlanta in 1911 to work as a reference assistant for the Carnegie Library School. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Aaron
Tommie Lee Aaron (August 5, 1939 – August 16, 1984) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a first baseman and left fielder in Major League Baseball. Aaron was the younger brother of Hall of Fame member Hank Aaron. They were the first siblings to appear in a League Championship Series as teammates. Baseball career Born in Mobile, Alabama, Aaron was signed by the Milwaukee Braves on May 28, 1958, at the age of 18. He played for both the Milwaukee Braves (1962–1963, 1965) and the Atlanta Braves (1968–1971). During the course of his development as a player, Tommie Aaron played for the Richmond Braves of the International League in the mid-1960s, where he was International League MVP in 1967. After his playing days, he worked for the organization as a minor league manager (1973–1978) and major league coach (1979–1984). Aaron hit a total of 13 major league home runs, with eight of them coming in his first year of 1962. Along with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Agee
Tommie Lee Agee (August 9, 1942 – January 22, 2001) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a center fielder from through , most notably as a member of the New York Mets team that became known as the Miracle Mets when they rose from being perennial losers to defeat the favored Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series for one of the most improbable upsets in World Series history. Agee performed two impressive defensive plays in center field to help preserve a Mets victory in the third game of the series. A two-time Major League All-Star player, Agee was also a two-time Gold Glove Award winner and, was named the AL Rookie of the Year in 1966 as a member of the Chicago White Sox. He also played for the Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros and the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2002, Agee was posthumously inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame. Early life Agee was born in Magnolia, Alabama, and played baseball and football at Mobile C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Brown
Tommie Florence Brown (born 1934) is a former representative of Chattanooga to the Tennessee state legislature from 1992 through 2012 and a member of the Democratic Party. Brown was born in 1934 at Rome, Georgia, the first of 3 children of Mary Louise and Phillip Brown Sr, and grew up in Chattanooga. Brown earned her BA from Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana, MSW from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, and DSW and PhD in Social Work from the Columbia University School of Social Work. Brown worked as a child welfare case manager, supervisor and regional field director for training for the Tennessee Department of Welfare, and taught Social Work Research at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 1971 – 1998, including the position of University of Chattanooga Foundation Associate Professor of Social Work. Brown was the lead plaintiff of 12 in '' Brown v. Board of Commissioners of the City of Chattanooga'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Barfield
Tommie (Tommy) Camilla Stephens Barfield (1888–1949) was instrumental in the education system of Collier County, Florida, as its first School Superintendent. Tommie Barfield Elementary School, at which her Great Floridian plaque is located, was named for her. Tommie moved to Marco Island Marco may refer to: People Given name * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor Surname * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Jindřich Marco (1921–2000), Czechoslovak photographer and numismat ... in 1901 with her family and married James Madison Barfield in 1906. In 1910, she turned her home into a hotel and began to make and sell jellies and candies to her guests. File:Tommie_Barfield_Plaque.png, Indian Hill Street Plaque References Further reading Collier HistoryPine Island News Home Site Tommie BarfieldFlorida Fringe Tourism ''A girl called Tommie'' by Elizabeth M PerdichizziWorldCat 1888 births 1949 deaths American school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Van Der Leegte
Tommie van der Leegte (born 27 March 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. A former youth international, he represented clubs including PSV and VfL Wolfsburg. Club career Early life, family and education Van der Leegte was born on 27 March 1977 in Bergeijk, North Brabant, Netherlands, and later moved with his family to Nuenen, where he grew up just 300 meters from the local football club RKVV EMK. His father, Piet, who died in a car accident when Tommie was six years old, was a coach at the club. Under his father's influence, Van der Leegte developed a passion for football, beginning to train unofficially at the age of five and joining RKVV EMK's youth teams soon after. Despite his young age, he quickly excelled, playing as a midfielder and forward and contributing significantly to his teams. At the age of 11, Van der Leegte joined PSV Eindhoven's youth academy, having been scouted by Gerrit van Tilburg. Although PSV had shown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Gorman
Tommie Gorman (3 April 1956 – 25 June 2024) was an Irish journalist. He worked for RTÉ News from 1980 to 2021, where he was the former Northern Ireland editor. Gorman was known for his personal interviews with figures such as Seán Quinn, Gerry Adams and Roy Keane, the latter following the 2002 Saipan incident. He retired in April 2021. Life and career Gorman was born on 3 April 1956. He began his journalistic work with the ''Western People'' newspaper in County Mayo, where he worked for journalist John Healy. He joined RTÉ in 1980 and became North-West correspondent. In 1989, he moved to Brussels to become Europe Editor, and was appointed Northern Ireland Editor in 2001. In 1989, Tommie featured in a report on RTÉ Regional correspondents presented by Eithne Hand. Gorman also made several documentaries. Many of these were on a Northern Ireland topic. Following the murder of Michaela McAreavey, Gorman went to Mauritius to cover the trial for RTÉ News. In early 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Moore
Tommie Moore (December 2, 1917August 17, 2004) was an actress in theater, film, and television. She was born Pretty Tomiwitta Moore and shortened her name, though she was sometimes credited as Tomiwitta Moore. Early life Moore was a native of Pasadena, California, where she performed on the stage as a child. She was given the name "Tomiwitta" because her father had wanted a boy to name "Thomas"."Movie Features Blossoming Star: Tommie Moore gets 'gratifying' role in film story of modern correction school." ''Ebony''. Nov 1957, Vol. 13, Issue 1, p 93-96. Career She traveled to New York to go to dramatic school, but instead became a page girl at the Cotton Club. One of her job duties was to escort W.C. Handy on and off the stage. Moore toured in the starring role in a touring production of '' Claudia'' in 1946. She left ''Claudia'' for the original theatrical production of ''Beggar's Holiday'' the same year playing Tawdry Audrey. In the production, she had to run across the stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
