"at the Olympic Games. Val Barker Val Barker was a boxer from England, who competed in the Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur. Barker was a British amateur boxer who won the 1891 ABA, the Amateur Boxing Association of England, Heavyweight championship, boxing out of the Belsize ABC. Barker would later become involved in amateur boxing in Great Britain, and was the first Honorary Secretary of the Federation Internationale de Boxe Amateur in 1920. He was president of the ABA from 1926 to 1929. In 1936, the Val Barker Trophy was dedicated in his honor, and is presented"
"1997, and was a host of the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony from 1994 to 2012 before stepping down in 2013. Barker has hosted BBC Sport's coverage of the Australian Open, the French Open, Queens Club Championships, Eastbourne, the Davis Cup, the ATP World Tour Finals and Wimbledon. Other sporting events she has hosted have included the Grand National (1996–2006), the Derby (2001–2007), Racing at Ascot and Longchamp (1995–1999), Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, the Great North Run, World Athletics Championships and European Athletics Championships (1999–2009), BBC Sports Personality of the Year (1994–2012), Commonwealth Games (1994–2010)"
"and ball"" sports. He played football as a linebacker and loved the thrill of competition. He was paralyzed from the waist down after suffering injuries in a car accident while a senior in high school (South Boston, Virginia). Barker went off to college to study engineering and his focus was quickly redirected to the very technical and competitive field of motorsports. Barker graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from Old Dominion University, in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1994. As a junior studying mechanical engineering at Old Dominion University, Barker heard Benny Parsons on the radio talking about engineers that build"
"Lloyd Barker (soccer) Lloyd Barker (born 12 December 1970) is a former professional soccer player who played 18 times for the Jamaica national football team. After beginning his pro career in 1988 with the Ottawa Intrepid of the Canadian Soccer League. He then joined the Montreal Impact in 1993 and was part of the team’s starting eleven when the Impact beat the Colorado Foxes 1-0 in the playoff final and won the 1994 league championship. He also helped Montreal win the regular-season titles in 1995, 1996, and 1997. In 1995 Barker won the Giuseppe Saputo Trophy and was picked on"
"of the coaching staff and a teacher. George H. Barker George H. ""Zaney"" Barker was an athlete and coach, inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. Barker was born near Falling Water, Tennessee and attended Baylor School. Dr. Guerry persuaded Barker to enter . Barker played football, basketball, baseball, and golf. He played for the Sewanee Tigers football team as a quarterback from 1922 to 1925, and was captain of the 1925 team. The high-point of his football career was the defeat of Vanderbilt in 1924. He won the Porter Cup in 1925. Barker returned in 1926"
"George H. Barker George H. ""Zaney"" Barker was an athlete and coach, inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. Barker was born near Falling Water, Tennessee and attended Baylor School. Dr. Guerry persuaded Barker to enter . Barker played football, basketball, baseball, and golf. He played for the Sewanee Tigers football team as a quarterback from 1922 to 1925, and was captain of the 1925 team. The high-point of his football career was the defeat of Vanderbilt in 1924. He won the Porter Cup in 1925. Barker returned in 1926 to the Baylor School as a member"
"shortened stint with Slovan Bratislava, Barker left the KHL and signed with the SCL Tigers of the Swiss National League (NL) on January 12, 2018, until the end of the 2017-18 season. In November 2018 he signed a contract until the end of season (including a try-out until the end of November) with Ilves Tampere but after playing seven games, his contract was terminated on try-out. Barker was a part of Team Canada's gold medal winning team at the 2005 World Junior Championships. However, he contracted mononucleosis midway through the tournament and was only able to appear in the first"
"and girls' basketball. Frank Barger Frank Barger (1921 in China Grove, North Carolina – 1991) was an American high school football coach at Hickory High School in Hickory, North Carolina. A graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College, Barger compiled a 273–108–5 record coaching the Hickory Tornadoes, including 3 western state titles and 10 district titles during his 31-year tenure (1953–1984). He was the National Coach of the Year for District 3 (Southeast U.S.) in 1971, and in 1993 was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, in Raleigh, North Carolina. During his time at Hickory High School, Barger also coached"
"Kenneth Truckenmiller (1924), Lloyd Appleton (1928), Lyle Morford (1932), and Dale Brand (1936). Appleton won a silver medal at the 158.5 weight class in the freestyle division. Additionally, Barker helped draft the first collegiate wrestling rules and helped plan the first NCAA tournament in 1928. He was also an assistant coach of the 1928 U.S. Olympic Wrestling team. Dick Barker Richard William Barker Jr. (January 6, 1897 – December 17, 1964) was an American football player and coach, wrestler and coach, and athletic director. He played professional football for the Chicago Staleys. Barker served as the head football coach at"
"with the Val Barker Trophy, awarded to the best boxer of the tournament. In boxing, Kazakhstan performed well in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Two boxers, Bekzat Sattarkhanov and Yermakhan Ibraimov, earned gold medals. Another two boxers, Bulat Zhumadilov and Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov, earned silver medals. It should also be noted that Oleg Maskaev, born in Zhambyl, representing Russia, was the WBC Heavyweight Champion after knocking out Hasim Rahman on 12 August 2006. The reigning WBA, WBC, IBF and IBO middleweight champion is Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin. Natascha Ragosina, representing Russia, but from Karaganda held seven versions of the"
"at Manchester Velodrome. She became the Junior Time Trial world champion in 2012, completing the 15.6 km course in Valkenburg, Netherlands in 22 minutes and 26.29 seconds, beating Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig of Denmark by 35.87 seconds. Subsequently, Barker was named Carwyn James Junior Sportswoman of the Year at the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year awards in 2012. In 2013, she became a senior world champion for the first time as a member of the team pursuit squad at the UCI Track World Championships. Barker represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014, winning silver and bronze medals."
"Challenge Cup Final during the 1982–83 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 7 May 1983, in front of a crowd of 84,969. Barker's benefit season at Featherstone Rovers took place during the 1991–92 season. Nigel Barker (rugby league) Nigel Barker (birth registered fourth ¼ 1955) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Featherstone Miners' Welfare ARLFC, and Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 568), as a , i.e. number 1. Nigel Barker's birth was registered in Pontefract district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Barker made his début for"
"Open win of 1976, Barker said: ""I'm still incredibly proud of what I achieved."" Upon retiring from tennis Barker became a commentator and sports reporter for Australia's Channel 7 in 1985 before going on to anchor tennis coverage for British Sky Broadcasting in 1990. In 1993, Barker joined the Wimbledon coverage on the BBC and now anchors the two-week-long broadcast for the network. Barker has branched out since joining the BBC, becoming one of their chief sports presenters. She is currently the presenter of the long-running sports quiz show ""A Question of Sport"", having replaced the late David Coleman in"
"Bowl for three consecutive years starting in 1905. He played in the Amateur Championship in 1905 and 1907 and qualified for the 1907 Open Championship. He also played for the England amateur team against Scotland in 1907. He sailed from Southampton on 21 September 1907 to take up a professional position in America. Barker served as head professional at Garden City Golf Club in Garden City, New York, from 1908 to 1911. He found golf to be more competitive in America and failed to win any events. But he also discovered less challenging courses and soon began designing and remodelling"
"never wavered and he stuck with the club throughout his entire career. After retiring from the Saints in 1989, Barker embarked on a coaching career with Victorian Football Association club Sandringham. He coached the Zebras to premierships in 1992 and 1994 before leaving after his second premiership to return to the Saints as an assistant coach to Stan Alves. ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1975 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1976 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1977 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1978 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1979 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1980 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1981 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1982 !"
"metres final, he also competed in the 400 metres, in his first round heat he won in a time of 53 seconds and qualified for the final, after a couple of days rest he finished again in bronze medal position behind Paul Pilgrim and James Lightbody. At the end of his athletic career Barker had won ten National Championship titles from 1903 to 1910. Since 2012, University of Sydney have awarded out a Nigel C Barker Medal for Sport Achievement. Nigel Barker (athlete) Nigel Chase Barker (26 February 1883 – 31 July 1948) was an Australian athlete, who is regarded"
"without her own permanent prime-time programme. She has become frequent panellist on BBC Five Live's sports comedy show Fighting Talk winning the programme's ""Rookie of the year award"" in May 2015, and in the same year led Five Live's coverage of the Women's World Cup. Barker is known for her love of fancy dress and appeared in a parrot costume during a live edition of popular BBC radio 5 show Fighting Talk broadcast from Cardiff. A fan of her home-town club Chelmsford City, Barker has long been a supporter of non-league football. She is the presenter of ""The Non-League Football"
"no evidence of corruption in the boxing events in Seoul. Jones was awarded the Val Barker trophy, as the best stylistic boxer of the 1988 games, which was only the third and to this day the last time in the competition's history when the award did not go to one of the gold medal winners. The incident led Olympic organizers to establish a new scoring system for Olympic boxing. On turning professional, he had already sparred with many professional boxers, including NABF Champion Ronnie Essett, IBF Champion Lindell Holmes and Sugar Ray Leonard. Jones began as a professional on May"
"Rolls-Royce. He moved to be trainer-coach at Oldham Athletic in 1948. In November 1953, he returned to football management at Derby County to replace Stuart McMillan. The club had lost its international players and in 1954–55 the side were relegated to Division Three (North) for the first time in its history. Barker resigned to go back to work in Derby, as a fitter's mate at the Carriage and Wagon railway works in Derby. Barker died in 1982 just before his 76th birthday following a fight against cancer and a spinal problem. Jack Barker John William ""Jack"" Barker (27 February 1906"
"being an assistant football coach. In 1923 Barker was hired by the University of Michigan to repeat the same process, form a wrestling program and serve as an assistant football coach. In 1925, Barker was again hired by Cornell, this time to serve as head football coach, head wrestling coach, as well as athletic director. Cornell wrestling saw tremendous success under Barker. As a team, the Rams went 73–48–2 with six top 20 NCAA finishes during his 36 seasons. He also coached several wrestlers to great individual success with one NCAA champion in Dale Brand and four future olympians in"
"Nigel Barker (athlete) Nigel Chase Barker (26 February 1883 – 31 July 1948) was an Australian athlete, who is regarded as holder of Australia's first athletics world record, in the 400 yards, and is an Intercalated Games bronze medalist. Barker was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1895–1901) and the University of Sydney. He is described in the official Olympic history of Australia as 'an outstanding all-rounder' and he played representative rugby union for New South Wales, he was twice selected for Australia in rugby but was forced to decline on both occasions. In 1904, Barker was selected for"
"in only 22 amateur bouts, Laurie accomplished a great deal during that time. He went to Berlin with the Olympic team where he won three out of his four bouts, earning the bronze medal. So impressive was Laurie's boxing style that he was requested to give an exhibition. He remained in Germany two months and was presented with the Val Barker trophy for being the most scientific boxer in all classes that year. From Berlin, Lou travelled to Hamburg. Then he went to Le Havre, France. Then to Cobb, Ireland, Plymoth, England and parts of Holland. Below is the record"
"scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1983 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1984 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1985 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1986 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1987 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1988 ! scope=""row"" style=""text-align:center"" | 1989 ! colspan=3| Career ! 230 ! 134 ! 125 ! 2952 ! 896 ! 3848 ! 716 ! 55 ! 0.6 ! 0.6 ! 12.9 ! 3.9 ! 16.8 ! 3.1 ! 1.7 Barker had to put his coaching career on hold midway through the 1995 season for health reasons. Trevor Barker died on 26 April 1996. Barker was 39 when he died when his liver"
"hat-trick in the first of his two Scotland caps against Wales in March 1893. He scored in his second, and what proved to be his last Scotland appearance again against Wales a year later in a 5-2 win. He scored for Rangers in their 1894 Scottish Cup triumph against Celtic but, despite continued success, left the club in 1896. Barker also made a career in Govan's ship building industry, working as a draughtsman. He died in his hometown of lymphoma in 1941, one day after his 72nd birthday. He was survived by his wife, Ellen Smith Reid, and a daughter,"
"Maurice Barker (cricketer) Maurice Percy Barker (4 February 1917 – 6 September 2000) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Warwickshire in five matches in 1946. He was a right-handed tail-end batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He was born at Leamington Spa in Warwickshire and died at Hereford. Barker played some matches for Warwickshire's Club and Ground team against club sides in the 1930s, and also appeared in wartime matches for the British Empire XI against club sides. But his first-class cricket career was restricted by his career in the police to a handful of matches in"
"given the Val Barker Trophy. His Olympic teammates included Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks and Leon Spinks. His Olympic victory came just one week after his mother died of a heart attack. Davis had an amateur record of 125–5. Amateur accomplishments include: Davis turned professional in 1977. After winning his first thirteen fights, he challenged Jim Watt for the WBC lightweight title in 1980. Watt won by a fifteen-round unanimous decision. In 1984, with a record of 26–1, Davis fought Edwin Rosario for the WBC lightweight title. Rosario retained his title with a twelve-round split decision. His final attempt to"
"Cup. From 1969 to 1973, he represented the county in 3 List A matches, the last of which came against Hampshire in the 1973 Gillette Cup. During this period he also represented Minor Counties South from 1972 to 1973 in the Benson and Hedges Cup, twice against Gloucestershire and once against Glamorgan. In his combined 6 List A matches, he scored 72 runs at a batting average of 12.00, with a high score of 26. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 28.66, with best figures of 2/24. Barker made his first-class debut for Oxford"
"Syd Barker Medal The Syd Barker Medal is awarded to the North Melbourne Football Club player who has been judged the best and fairest of the footy season. The award has been given out continuously since 1937. Before then it was known as the Syd Barker Memorial Trophy. The award is named after Syd Barker who was a popular captain of the North Melbourne Football Club in 1915-1919, 1921 & 1927. He was a brilliant ruckmen of his time, starring in North Melbourne's 1910, 1914, 1915 and 1918 premiership sides, and captaining the famous ""Invincibles"" side that went undefeated in"
"Frank Barger Frank Barger (1921 in China Grove, North Carolina – 1991) was an American high school football coach at Hickory High School in Hickory, North Carolina. A graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College, Barger compiled a 273–108–5 record coaching the Hickory Tornadoes, including 3 western state titles and 10 district titles during his 31-year tenure (1953–1984). He was the National Coach of the Year for District 3 (Southeast U.S.) in 1971, and in 1993 was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, in Raleigh, North Carolina. During his time at Hickory High School, Barger also coached baseball, golf, track,"
"1917 and All-American, All-Western team, and All-Missouri Valley in 1919. In his collegiate wrestling career, Barker went 10–1–1, including five pins. In 1920 and 1921 he won the intercollegiate championship in the 175-pound weight class; this is the predecessor to the NCAA championship. After graduation Barker received a telegram from George Halas with an offer to play football for the Chicago Staleys, who would eventually become the Bears, of the American Professional Football Association. Barker, without a job or money, accepted the offer and played the 1921 season for the Staleys. This made Barker the first Cyclone to ever play"
"Trevor Barker Award The Trevor Barker Award is an Australian rules football award for the player voted the St Kilda Football Club best and fairest player during the home and away season in the Australian Football League by a voting panel. It has been awarded since 1914 but has only been known as the Trevor Barker Award since the late 1990s, in honour of former St Kilda player and reserves coach Trevor Barker, who died, aged 39, in April 1996. Nick Riewoldt has won the most awards with six between 2002 and 2014. The voting system as of the 2017"
"Saint Rose, an NCAA Division II school in one of the only college conferences to use wood bats throughout the leagues' season. Barker was selected by Detroit Tigers in 11th Round (305th overall) of 1993 amateur entry draft. Known for his speed on the basepaths (238 career minor league stolen bases) and in center field, Barker advanced as far as Triple A with the Toledo Mudhens, but was selected by the Houston Astros from Tigers in the 1998 MLB Rule 5 draft. Per Rule 5, he spent the 1999 season on the Astros' roster. Because of his last name, Barker"
"William George Barker William George ""Billy"" Barker, (3 November 1894 – 12 March 1930) was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient. He is the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada. Born on a family farm in Dauphin, Manitoba, ""Will"" Barker grew up on the frontier of the Great Plains, riding horses, shooting, and working as a youngster on his father's farm and sawmill. He was an exceptional shot, using a lever-action Winchester that he had modified with his own peep sight. He was particularly adept at shooting on the move, even while on"