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unusual facts about Lefty


Lyn 'Lefty' Fullston

Cricket Australia's chairman said after her death that Fullston was an ambassador for women's sport from community to international level.


1929 Rose Bowl

The character of "Lefty" Phelps in the movie Flight (1929), directed by Frank Capra, is based on Riegels and uses the incident to propel Phelps into the Marine Corps.

1969 Washington Redskins season

Lombardi had brought a winning attitude to the Nation's Capital, in the same year that the nearby University of Maryland had hired "Lefty" Driesell to coach basketball and the hapless Washington Senators named Ted Williams as manager.

A Thousand Clowns

Barry Gordon as Nick Burns / Wilbur Malcome Burns / Theodore Burns / Raphael Sabatini / Dr. Morris Fishbein / Woodrow Burns / Chevrolet Burns / Big Sam Burns / Lefty Burns

Brian Leppke

Bleeding Through's left-handed guitar player Brian "Lefty" Leppke joined the band in 2001 replacing Chad Tafolla.

Christopher Paul Curtis

Christopher modeled characters in Bud, Not Buddy after his two grandfathers—Earl “Lefty” Lewis, a Negro league baseball pitcher, and 1930s bandleader Herman E. Curtis,of Herman Curtis and the Dusky Devastators of the Depression.

Generation K

He received a non-roster invitation from the St. Louis Cardinals on Jason Isringhausen’s recommendation, and joined a race for Steve Kline’s lefty specialist job that already included several competitors, like the established Mike Myers and touted prospect Carmen Cali.

George K. James

George Kepford 'Lefty' James (Lower Allen, Penn., Apr. 12, 1905 - Sarasota, Fla., Jan. 9, 1994) was an American football head coach at Cornell University from 1947 to 1960.

Hal Gilson

Nicknamed "Lefty", he was originally signed by the Chicago Cubs in 1961 and was traded to the Cardinals on April 7, 1965 with Bobby Pfeil for Bob Humphreys.

Herbie Faye

That same year, he appeared as "Lefty" in the episode "Fall Guy" of ABC's crime drama The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness.

Lefty Gomez

Lefty traveled to Hollywood that April and June returned to Massachusetts to stay with family.

Lefty Hopper

Clarence Franklin "Lefty" Hopper (May 27, 1874 in Jersey City, New Jersey – September 27, 1959 in San Diego, California), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.

Lefty Kreh

Bernard "Lefty" Kreh is an American fly fisherman, photographer and instructor currently residing in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

Mel Parnell

It would take 52 years until another Red Sox lefty would throw a no-hitter, a feat accomplished by Jon Lester in 2008.

Merle Settlemire

Edgar Merle Settlemire a.k.a. Lefty (January 19, 1903 in Santa Fe, Ohio – June 12, 1988) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Ray Dobens

Raymond Joseph Dobens Lefty (July 28, 1906 – April 21, 1980) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1929 season.

The Beauty Shop

Hoeffleur described their music as "influenced by old-school punk (Wire, Minutemen, Misfits) and old-school country (Hank, Lefty, Patsy, Johnny) with a dash of singer/songwriter (Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake)".

Throat Gaggers

Cast: Lefty, D-Snoop, Christina Aguchi, Jazmine Cashmere, Jersey Cummings, Ethan Hunt, Kylee King, Kira Kums, Justin Long, Mr. Pete, Kim Pleasures, Trinity Post, Jamie Rae, Veronica Rayne, Porcha Ride, John Strong, Brian Surewood, Mark Wood


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