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4 unusual facts about Riddell


American Capital

Since its 1997 IPO through March 2013, American Capital has invested $31 billion in over 550 companies, including well-known companies such as AAMCO, Bumble Bee Seafoods, Bushnell Outdoor Products, Evenflo Company, Piper Aircraft, Riddell, Gibson Guitars, Camelbak, Euro-Pro and Rug Doctor.

Derrick Harvey

Harvey was a high school first-team All-America selection by Parade magazine, Tom Lemming, EA Sports, Riddell and SuperPrep, and a second-team All-America selection by USA Today.

Fred Gehrke

By 1949, the Riddell sporting goods company had created a plastic helmet, baking in Gehrke's design.

Pat Studstill

He is most famous for being the last player not to wear a Riddell facemask.


Battle of Mount Tumbledown

After the battle, Pipe Major James Riddell of 2 SG stood near the top of the mountain and played his bagpipes.

Brad Riddell

Riddell has written four produced feature films on assignment for Paramount, MTV, Universal and independent producers.

Brett Cook

Following his AFL career he played for Kyneton in the Bendigo Football League in 2005, in 2010 he played in the Riddell league, and in 2011 joined the Coburg Tigers in the VFL as an assistant coach.

Dutch Lacrosse Association

The team formed new sponsorships for the European campaign, dropping their previous partnerships with Riddell and STX.

STX (based out of Baltimore, Maryland) provided the team with equipment while Riddell supplied the team with helmets.

Ernie Earnshaw

He began playing drums with the popular surf-band of the 1960s, the Royale Monarchs at the Bob Eubanks Cinnamon Cinder night clubs in Los Angeles and performed on Sam Riddell's Ninth St. West dance program.

Gastrointestinal pathology

That first evening session was organized by Jack Yardley from Johns Hopkins University, and included Henry Appelman (University of Michigan), Harvey Goldman (Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School), Bill Hawk (The Cleveland Clinic), Tom Kent (University of Iowa), Si-Chun Ming (Temple University), Tom Norris (University of Washington), and Robert Riddell (University of Chicago).

Graeme Goodings

The weekend edition of Seven News presented by John Riddell was consistently beaten for many years by National Nine News, hosted by Georgina McGuiness.

Lindesay, Darling Point

His grandfather was Sir James Riddell, first baronet of Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire.

Major Hoople's Boarding House

The Shan-De-Leers was a pop band from Kitchener, Ontario which included Rocky Howell, Peter Pandalino, Rick Riddell and Larry Roberts.

Mario Racco

Racco has practiced as a Chartered Accountant, for the firms of Thorne Riddell and Dunwoody Chartered Accountants.

National Ballet of Washington, D.C.

The National Ballet of Washington, DC was co-founded in 1962 by Jean Riddell, chairman of the board of the Washington Ballet Guild and a committed patron of the arts, and Frederic Franklin, artistic director, with financial assistance from the Ford Foundation.

National Sporting Goods Association

Such iconic names as Evinrude, Colt, Remington, Riddell, du Pont, Shakespeare, Coleman, Cramer, Head, Brunswick, Dassler, Easton and Knight are among those whose accomplishments have been immortalized with their Hall of Fame inductions.

Sir John Riddell, 13th Baronet

Riddell worked with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Washington from 1969 to 1971.

Wanlockhead

He was accompanied by Maria Riddell, the sister of Robert Riddell of Friar's Carse.


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