Two legs, total goals; home team listed first.Borussia Dortmund vs. AuxerreMar. 5–Borussia Dortmund 3Auxerre 1Mar. 19–Auxerre 0Borussia Dortmund 1Borussia Dortmund wins on aggregate, 4-…
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Birth-Death
ABBOT, Joel
1776-1826
ADAMSON, William Charles
1854-1929
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First Olympic Appearance: 1900
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Only three countries in the history of the Summer Games have successfully defended a gold medal. The…
“You have as many aliases as Robin of Bagshot,” one of Macheath's gang: he was Robin of Bagshot, alias Gordon, alias Bluff Bob, alias Carbuncle, alias Bob Booty. —Gay: The Beggar's Opera…
The minstrel of Robin Hood's yeomen. He was assisted by Robin Hood in carrying off his bride, when on the point of being married against her will to a rich old knight. Source: Dictionary…
A legendary king of Oude, belonging to the dynasty of the Sun. The poem called the Raghu-vansa, in nineteen cantos, gives the history of these mythic kings. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
The fish-women and other female rowdies who joined the Parisian Guard, and helped to line the avenues to the National Assembly in 1793, and clamour “Down with the Girondists!” Source:…
Alexander Selkirk was found in the desert island of Juan Fernandez, where he had been left by Captain Stradling. He remained on the island four years and four months, when he was rescued…
A good round sum. A large sum of money. Shakespeare says the Justice has a “big round belly, with good capon lined;” and the notion of puffed out or bloated is evidently the idea of…
One who impounds cattle, or takes care of the cattle impounded; thus George-a-Green was the “Pinder of Wakefield,” and his encounter with Robin Hood, Scarlet, and Little John forms the…
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