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Defensive Player of the Year

Player of the YearTim Duncan, Wake ForestAP, Naismith, Wooden, NABC, TSN, USBWAWooden Award Voting Presented since 1977 by the Los Angeles Athletic Club and named after the former Purdue All-…

NCAA Playoffs: Division I-AA, II and III Awards

Players of the YearPayton Award (Div. I-AA)Dave Dickenson, QB Montana (Sr.)Hill Trophy (Div. II)Ronald McKinnon, LB N. Alabama (Sr.)Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III)Chris Palmer, WR St. John's-NY (…

Bright, John

(Encyclopedia) Bright, John, 1811–89, British statesman and orator. He was the son of a Quaker cotton manufacturer in Lancashire. A founder (1839) of the Anti-Corn Law League, he rose to prominence…

Cassavetes, John

(Encyclopedia) Cassavetes, John 1929–89, American film actor and director, a pioneer of independent filmmaking, b. New York City. The son of Greek immigrants, he attended the American Academy of…

Harrison, Wallace Kirkman

(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Wallace Kirkman, 1895–1981, American architect and city planner, b. Worcester, Mass. Harrison designed the Trylon and Perisphere, the structures that came to symbolize the…

Lakewood

(Encyclopedia) Lakewood. 1 City (1990 pop. 73,557), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb of Long Beach; inc. 1954. Nearby are extensive aerospace, high-technology, and…