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44 unusual facts about Nigel "Sharkey" Ward


47th Ohio Infantry

Captain William Henry Ward, Company B - Medal of Honor recipient for action during the siege of Vicksburg, May 3, 1863

Bernard J. Ward

A member of the American Law Institute, Professor Ward spoke frequently at educational conferences for the federal judiciary, and was highly regarded by both students and federal judges.

Bernard Ward

Bernard J. Ward (1925–1982), US legal educator and authority on the federal courts

Bob Bassett

His faculty consists of well-known and prestigious filmmakers including John Badham, David S. Ward, Bill Kroyer, Bill Dill, Paul Seydor, Alex Rose, Martha Coolidge, and Larry Paul.

Charles B. Ward

Ward was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925).

He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.

Charles Ward

Charles B. Ward (1879–1946), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York

Christopher Ward

Christopher J. Ward, American politician, former treasurer of the National Republican Congressional Committee

Christopher O. Ward (born 1955), Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Clifford T. Ward

It was during this time abroad that Ward wrote "Home Thoughts from Abroad" (a song that would later appear on his second solo album and also as the B-side of "Gaye").

He made a rare public appearance in August, performing "Gaye" on Top of the Pops.

Daniel Romano

Some of his notable visual work includes designs for M. Ward, Ben Kweller, Ladyhawk and City & Colour.

David S. Ward

He went back to the well, directing the sequel Major League II, and then moved on to the Navy comedy Down Periscope starring Kelsey Grammer.

Another ten years would pass before Ward was credited on another film, Flyboys, a 2006 World War I drama starring James Franco directed by Tony Bill (who was a producer on The Sting).

Major League and Ward's subsequent efforts as a writer and director, King Ralph (1991) and Major League II (1994), were about underdogs who triumphed over the gadflies and nay-sayers of the world.

Ward's efforts to sell a script based on the frontier days of California were undone by an industry-wide "ban" on Westerns after the spectacular failure of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980).

Major League was a labor of love for Ward, who had lived in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid as a child and who had rooted for the Indians' teams of the 1950s, including the 1954 American League Champions.

George B. Ward

The house was modeled on the circular Temple of Vesta in Rome and was surrounded by landscaped gardens and fountains.

Ward attended the Powell School until he was sixteen and took a job as a runner for Charles Linn's National Bank of Birmingham.

George W. Ward

Ward was a product of Maryland education, unlike his predecessors, having attended a one-room school in Daisy, Maryland.

Giant Sand

Guest artists over the last 3 decades have included Victoria Williams, Neko Case, Juliana Hatfield, PJ Harvey, Vic Chesnutt, Steve Wynn, Vicki Peterson, Rainer Ptacek, M. Ward, Isobel Campbell, nearly all members of the band Poi Dog Pondering, and Indiosa Patsy Jean (Gelb and Brown's daughter).

Harry F. Ward

Ward is best remembered as the first national chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), leading the group from its creation in 1920 until his resignation in protest of the organization's decision to bar Communists in 1940.

Harry Ward

Harry F. Ward (1873–1966), first national chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union

Herbert Ward

G. H. B. Ward (also known as Bert Ward, 1876–1957), activist for walkers' rights and a Labour Party politician

Ida C. Ward

Ida Caroline Ward (4 October 1880, Bradford – 10 October 1949, Guildford) was a British linguist working mainly on African languages who did influential work in the domains of phonology and tonology.

Jasper D. Ward

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress.

Joel N. Ward

Market Watch, the Wall Street Journal and other print and online news services publicized Ward's weekly comments on the forex exchange market.

He graduated from Beyer High School, and attended a local community college, then worked in a series of jobs, including his father's construction firm.

Kevin Ward

Kevin L. Ward (born 1963), American police officer and Oklahoma Secretary of Safety and Security

King George County, Virginia

Confederate soldiers fired back from Mathias Point, striking and mortally wounding Commander James H. Ward of the Freeborn, who became the first Union naval officer to die in the Civil War.

Matthew Ward

M. Ward (born 1973), American indie folk singer-songwriter

Michael E. Ward

In August 2004, Ward stepped down from his position prematurely to join his wife, Hope Morgan Ward who had accepted a position as a Methodist bishop in Mississippi; Patricia N. Willoughby was appointed to fill the position for the remainder of Ward's term.

Nancy L. Ward

Prior to her selection by Paulison, Ward served as the FEMA regional director for region IX (which serves AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV, CNMI, RMI, FSM and American Samoa).

National Republican Congressional Committee

On March 13, 2008 the NRCC stated that its former treasurer, Christopher J. Ward, had apparently transferred "several hundred thousand dollars" in NRCC funds to "his personal and business bank accounts".

Neil B. Ward

Earning two scholarships, he attended graduate school at Texas A&M University, the University of Oklahoma, and Colorado State University, beginning in late 1956.

Nina B. Ward

Dana Ward maintains a website with images of Nina Ward's paintings.

Raymond O. Wells, Jr.

With Richard S. Ward Twistor geometry and field theory, Cambridge University Press 1990

Richard Ward

Richard S. Ward (born 1951), professor of mathematics at Durham University

Robert Ward

Robert W. Ward (1929–1997), Secretary of State of Alaska, 1969–1970

Ryne Duren

Duren was the inspiration for the character Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn in the movie Major League, according to its author and director David S. Ward.

Samuel A. Ward

Ward's music combined with the Bates poem was first published in 1910 and titled "America the Beautiful", with words by Katharine Lee Bates.

Sharkey-Issaquena Academy

In 1970, one year after the United States Supreme Court decided Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, which ordered desegregation of schools, white parents opposed to integration doubled the enrollment of the SIA (from 150 to 300).

Thomas B. Ward

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

Thomas W. Ward

In 1841 he lost his right arm when a cannon misfired during the official celebration of San Jacinto Day.


1919 Eternal

All songs written by Zakk Wylde, except "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward.

Arnold Ward

Ward was the son of Humphry "Thomas" Ward, a fellow and tutor of Brasenose College and Mary Augusta Ward, a popular author; grandson of Tom Arnold; greatgrandson of Thomas Arnold, the famous headmaster of Rugby School.

Barsetshire Pilgrimage

Novel by Father Ronald Knox, published in London by Sheed & Ward in 1935, in which Knox picks up the narrative of the original Barsetshire Novels where Anthony Trollope breaks off.

Celebrity Farm

Kevin Sharkey had a serious disagreement with the other "farmhands", as they were called, and subsequently refused to appear with them on The Late Late Show after the series, instead appearing on rival chat show The Dunphy Show.

Highlands Hospital

Joseph Sharkey, whose work at the hospital included the early trials of levodopa in Parkinsonism, cared for 200 post-encephalitic Parkinsonism patients shortly after the second world war.

After the war, 200 post-encephalitic Parkinsonism patients were cared for at the hospital by consultant geriatrician and former general practitioner Joseph Sharkey, whose work at the hospital included the early trials of levodopa in Parkinsonism.

Homeless Joe

Homeless Joe is a 2010 horror film directed by Bruce Fordyce and produced by Mike Merickel and Patty Sharkey.

I Get Ideas

M. Ward recorded an upbeat version of "I Get Ideas" for his 2012 album, A Wasteland Companion.

I've Got News for You

Both the 12" single and CD single contains Sharkey's 1985 hit "Loving You". The 12" single contains Sharkey's biggest hit "A Good Heart" and a remix of "You Little Thief".

Johnny Buckley

Buckley managed Sharkey to a victories which included capturing the Heavyweight Championship of North America on September 26, 1929 by beating Tommy Loughran with a third round knockout.

Leigh Marble

Two years later, he contributed a version of Led Zeppelin‘s "Immigrant Song" for the Jealous Butcher compilation ‘’The Land of Ice And Snow: The Songs of Led Zeppelin’‘ alongside a star-studded line-up featuring such artists as Chris Walla, M. Ward, and The Long Winters.

Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2006

Sharkey's campaign was jeopardized on January 30, 2006 when he was arrested in Princeton, Minnesota on felony charges stemming from allegations of stalking and flight, in Indiana.

Pro Wrestling America

With Rude, Darsow and the Road Warriors as his main stars, Sharkey was soon able to sign other wrestlers including Paul Ellering, Tom Zenk, Nikita Koloff, The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom) and the Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) as well as Mad Dog Vachon, Bruiser Brody, Larry Cameron often making appearances.

Quizmania

Special guests include cardboard cut-outs of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sir Paul McCartney, Amy Winehouse, Lieutenant Columbo, a shark's head called Fergal Le Sharkey and an ape called Boris wearing a cut out of Boris Johnson's face, all voiced and performed by cameraman Flash.

Rave On!

M. Ward recorded a cover of the song on his 2009 album Hold Time.

Seymour Sharkey

Sharkey was born at Saint Peter, Jersey, the third son of Edmund Sharkey, M.D., and educated at Christ's Hospital.

Sharkey McEwen

Mark "Sharkey" McEwen is a California born musician currently living in the Hudson Valley area of New York .

The Donut Whole

Musicians who have played in the Donut Whole's Bantam Lounge include Bill Goffrier (of The Embarrassment and Big Dipper), Mike Coykendall (of Old Joe Clarks, She & Him, M. Ward Band, Klyde Konnor, etc.), Dustin Arbuckle (of Moreland & Arbuckle), Wayne Gottstine (of Split Lip Rayfield), Jason & the Punknecks, Emilie Henry, Craig "Twister" Steward and many others.