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Lighter

In August 2011 Stephen Fry chose the lighter as the greatest gadget in his Channel 4 programme Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets, one of the 100 Greatest strand, describing it as "fire with a flick of the fingers".


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1993 Football League First Division play-off Final

Eurosport placed the game at #94 on its list of the 100 Greatest football matches of all-time.

Arky Vaughan

In 1981, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.

Barbados Joe Walcott

Nat Fleischer rated him as the greatest welterweight of all time and in 2003 he was included in the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.

Chick Hafey

Hafey played in four World Series, hitting .205 in 92 plate appearances.In 1981, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included Hafey in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.

Dave Parker

In 1981, at a point in his career when it looked as if he would one day rank among the game's all-time greats, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.

Guitarist

Guitar World, a monthly music magazine devoted to the guitar, also published their list of 100 greatest guitarists in the book Guitar World Presents the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time from the Pages of Guitar World Magazine.

Several magazines and websites have compiled what they intend as lists of the greatest guitarists—for example The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine, or 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by Guitar World magazine.

Hal Chase

In 1981, 62 years after his last major league game, baseball historians Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.

Josef Greindl

This vintage recording often appears in critics list of the top 100 greatest recordings, since Kirsten Flagstad was also in the cast.

Leena Peltonen-Palotie

In 2004 the Finnish television show, Suuret suomalaiset, listed Peltonen-Palotie as 77th of the 100 greatest Finns of all time.

Lindsay Urwin

Urwin's interview by Ali G was ranked second in Channel 4's "100 Greatest Funny Moments".

Ralph Ortega

In 2007, thirty-six years after he graduated from high school, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recognized Ortega as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" of Florida high school football.

Ted Lyons

Besides his 1955 election into the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1981 Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included Lyons in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

The Abbott and Costello Show

In 1998 Entertainment Weekly praised the series as one of the "100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time".

The Parkerilla

In 1991, Rolling Stone ranked The Parkerilla number 64 on its list of 100 greatest album covers.

Totteridge

The ancient yew tree in the churchyard is about 2,000 years old (as estimated by Kew garden's experts) and is the oldest tree in London (also included in the book "100 Greatest Trees of London).

Wes Ferrell

Although he, unlike his brother, has not been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1981, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time, in celebration of his being not just a star pitcher but the best-hitting pitcher of all time—noting that Babe Ruth did most of his hitting when he was no longer a regular pitcher.

Wild Wood

In 2000 Q magazine placed it at number 77 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever and was also featured in the book, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth

"Awesome God" became a very popular contemporary worship song, and received 1st place in the book CCM Presents: 100 Greatest Songs in Christian Music (2006).