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Jim Benton 2001 Deaths

Jim BentonAge: 84 Arkansas Razorbacks football star, NFL great and former coach at Arkansas A&M (now Ark.-Monticello); two-time All-Pro and member of the NFL all-decade team for the 1940s…

Jim Baen 2006 Deaths

Jim BaenAge: 62 influential publisher of science fiction at Ace, Tor, and his own Baen Books. He also championed the publication of unencrypted ebooks in a variety of formats. Died: Highlands…

Jim Davis 2000 Deaths

Jim DavisAge: 103 motorcycling pioneer who was part of the first class inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998; won more than 70 nationally sanctioned races and six national titles…

Jim Blevins 2000 Deaths

Jim BlevinsAge: 65 former Alabama lineman and assistant coach and head coach at Jacksonville St.; assistant coach at Alabama (1962-63), Jacksonville St. (1964), and UTEP (1969-71); head coach…

Jim BUNN, Congress, OR (1956)

BUNN Jim , a Representative from Oregon; born in McMinniville, Oreg., December 12, 1956; graduated Dayton Union High School; A.A., Chemeketa Community College, 1977; B.A., NW Nazarene College, 1979…

James (Sunny Jim) Fitzsimmons

James (Sunny Jim) FitzsimmonsBorn: July 23, 1874Horse racing trained horses that won over 2,275 races, including 2 Triple Crown winners— Gallant Fox in 1930 and Omaha in '35.Died: Mar. 11,…

Chamberlin, Guy

(Encyclopedia) Chamberlin, Guy (Berlin Guy “Champ” Chamberlin), 1894–1967, American football coach and player, b. Blue Springs, Neb., grad. Univ. of Nebraska, 1916. Chamberlin was one of the greatest…

Farley, James Aloysius

(Encyclopedia) Farley, James AloysiusFarley, James Aloysiusălˌəwĭshˈəs [key], 1888–1976, American political leader, U.S. Postmaster General (1933–40), b. Rockland co., N.Y. He rose steadily in…

Warner, Glenn Scobey

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Glenn Scobey, 1871–1954, American football coach, commonly known as “Pop” Warner, b. Springville, N.Y., grad. Cornell (LL.B., 1894). He excelled as guard (1892–94) on the…

Shawnee, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) ShawneeShawnee[1] shôˈnēˌ, shôˌnēˈ; [2] shôˌnēˈ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,993), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; founded 1857, inc. 1922. Consumer goods,…