Jack BuckBorn: Aug. 21, 1924Radio-TV broadcast baseball games for St. Louis Cardinals from 1954-2001; CBS Radio voice for Monday Night Football (1978-96) and announcer for 1st televised AFL…
Jack JohnsonBorn: Mar. 31, 1878Boxer controversial heavyweight champion (1908-15) and 1st black to hold title; defeated Tommy Burns for crown at age 30; fled to Europe in 1913 after Mann Act…
Jack MurphyBorn: Feb. 5, 1923Sports editor and columnist of The San Diego Union from 1951-80 instrumental in bringing AFL Chargers south from LA in 1961, landing Padres as NL expansion team…
Jack AlbertsonactorBorn: 6/16/1907Birthplace: Malden, Massachusetts In a long career spanning vaudeville, television, Broadway theater, and film, he is remembered for his performance in the movie The…
Although this looks very much like a sobriquet, there seems no sufficient evidence to believe it to be otherwise than a real proper name. We are told that the name Jack was applied to…
Jack NicklausBorn: Jan. 21, 1940Golfer all-time leader in major tournament wins with 20— including 6 Masters, 5 PGAs, 4 U.S. Opens and 3 British Opens; oldest player to win Masters (46 in…
A buffoon who performs pudding tricks, such as swallowing a certain number of yards of black-pudding. S. Bishop observes that each country names its stage buffon from its favourite viands…
(See Brag.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack Drum's EntertainmentJack-Amend-All A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…
Fitness GuruBorn: 9/26/14Birthplace: San Francisco, CA A self-proclaimed junk food addict and sugarholic whose early life was plagued by headaches, bulimia, and a…
(A). A Will-o'-the-wisp, an ignis fatuus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack-a-napesJack-a-Dandy A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…
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