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unusual facts about Semi-professional



Alex Dawson

Dawson was the last player to score a hat trick in an FA Cup semi-final, back in 1958 when Manchester United beat Fulham 5–3 in a replay at Highbury.

Alex Tobin

In 2008, the PFA Tobin Medal was inaugurated by the Australian Professional Footballers Association (PFA).

Alfredo Escalera

Escalera had his first professional bout on September 4, 1970, against Bob Payzant, in Portland.

Amanda Blumenherst

In 2013, she announced that she would take a leave from professional golf to spend more time with her husband, major league baseball player Nate Freiman.

Anna Larina

Born in 1914, Anna Larina grew up amongst professional revolutionaries who stood at the head of the new Soviet Union.

Bad beat

Professional player Phil Hellmuth, among others, is notorious for his pronounced reactions to bad beats.

Behind the Player: Blasko

Released on November 1, 2008 by IMV, the DVD features Blasko giving in-depth bass lessons for how to play "Dragula" by Rob Zombie and "I Don't Wanna Stop" by Ozzy Osbourne and an intimate behind-the scenes look at his life as a professional musician, including rare photos and video.

Ben Watton

Ben Watton's first professional stage appearance was at the age of 6, appearing as a mini Bobby Ball opposite the comedians Cannon and Ball in A Night of a Thousand Laughs at the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth.

Betsy Jochum

Chewing gum magnate and Chicago Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley decided, in 1942, to start a women's professional baseball league, concerned that the 1943 Major League Baseball season might be canceled because of World War II.

Charmian Mellars

She is the older sister of fellow New Zealand female professional basketball player and Latter-day Saint Natalie Taylor.

Chikayo Nagashima

Instead of continuing her amateur wrestling career in a university, Nagashima took part in an audition held by professional wrestling promotion, Gaea Japan, which she passed with flying colors.

Christina Bauer

She was born in Bergen, Norway during a Christmas holiday to a French father, Jean-Luc Bauer, a professional volleyball player, and a Norwegian mother, Tone Bauer, a handball player who played several years in France.

Cognitive Process Profile

The CPP predicts cognitive performance in complex, dynamic and vague (or VUCA) work contexts such as professional, strategic and executive environments.

Diamond Lil

Katie Glass, a little person professional wrestler who used the ring name Diamond Lil

Don Greenlees

Born in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Greenlees started his professional career with nearby St. Mirren where he gained a reputation as "one of the best half-backs in Scotland".

Drop goal

The last successful drop kick in a professional American football game was when Doug Flutie successfully drop kicked a football for an extra point in the New England Patriots' regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006; prior to that, the last successful drop kick in a regular-season game was in 1941.

Eddie Bullock

In 1971, Eddie began his Professional career as apprentice golf professional to Hedley Muscroft at Roundhay Golf Club, Leeds.

Fabio Vázquez

Fabio Francisco Vázquez (Viedma, 19 February 1994) is an Argentinian professional football player who currently plays for Argentinos Juniors.

Forest School

The Forest Institute, also called the 'School of Professional Psychology at the Forest Institute', a private American university offering graduate degrees in psychology.

Franz Schiemer

Schiemer came through the youth ranks at SV Ried to make his professional debut in the 2003/2004 season at just 17 years of age.

George Dunham

Dunham started his professional broadcasting career at KRLD working as a sports reporter for Brad Sham and Chuck Cooperstein.

Georgetown, Mississippi

Georgetown is the birthplace of professional football player Dick Bass.

Global Boxing Gym

Global Boxing has also served as a filming facility for Everlast photo shoots for professional athletes such as NFL running back Reggie Bush, Super Six Champion Andre Ward, 2008 Bronx Olympic medalist Deontay Wilder and many more.

Ian Madigan

Ian Madigan (born 21 March 1989) is an Irish professional rugby union player for Blackrock College RFC, Leinster Rugby and Ireland.

Indoor Professional Football League

The Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), which started in 1998.

Jasmin St. Claire

She has made appearances in the world of professional wrestling and such motion pictures as Communication Breakdown and Lionsgate's National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2.

Jaye Jacobs

In Autumn 2005, Jacobs appeared in the third series of Strictly Come Dancing, dancing with professional partner Andrew Cuerden.

Kellyn Tate

She later played professional softball for the Orlando Wahoos (1998), Akron Racers (1999-2000), WPSL All-Stars (2001), and California Sunbirds (2004).

Khabarovsk Krai

According to various Chinese and Korean records, the southern part of Khabarovsk Krai was originally occupied one of the five semi-nomadic Shiwei, the Bo Shiwei tribes and the Black Water Mohe tribes living respectively on the west and the east of the Bureinsky and the Malyi Khingan ranges.

Mertcan Demirer

He made his professional debut on 21 May 2011 against Gaziantepspor replacing Rıdvan Şimşek.

Mich d'Avray

Jean-Michel (Mich) d'Avray (born 19 February 1962 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former professional association footballer who spent the majority of his playing career at Ipswich Town.

Michael J. Cox

Cox's professional name was a play on actor Michael J. Fox, the mainstream Canadian-American actor whose boyish, preppy persona he shared.

Nat Hickey

A 5'11" guard/forward, Hickey played during the 1920s through 1940s as a member of multiple professional teams, including the Cleveland Rosenblums of the American Basketball League and the Pittsburgh Raiders, Indianapolis Kautskys, and Tri-Cities Blackhawks of the National Basketball League.

Oakgrove School

Max Crocombe, professional footballer who is a goalkeeper for Oxford United and the New Zealand under-20 national team.

Patrick N. Keating

Patrick N. Keating is a theoretical physicist who has contributed to several fields of solid-state physics, including semiconductors, semi-insulators and the basic properties of solid materials, and to other fields including optics, liquid crystals, acoustic holography, and signal processing.

Ralph Capron

He also played football in the American Professional Football Association (Later renamed the National Football League in 1922) with the Chicago Tigers in 1920.

Rozhkov

Pavel Rozhkov (b. 1986), a Russian professional football player

Soil Conservation Society of America

The professional and scientific membership society changed its name to the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) in 1987.

Steve Byers

Among his first professional roles were guest parts on La Femme Nikita and A Simple Wish.

Sunshine Hockey League

Kelly Dyer, one of five females to ever play professional hockey in North America, played in the SuHL with the West Palm Beach Blaze from 1993 to 1995.

Taseer Bashir

He attained the professional graduation in Veterinary Medicines and a Masters(Hons) in Microbiology from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

The Kevin Kline Awards, named after Kevin Kline, an established stage and screen actor and native of St. Louis, began in 2006, to recognize outstanding achievement in professional theatre in the Greater St. Louis area.

Thunderhorse

Thunder Horse PDQ, a semi-submersible oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico

U.S. Cellular Community Park

It features five baseball fields which includes professional-sized field and two youth baseball fields, four softball fields, a professional-sized championship soccer field which is home to the Southern Oregon Fuego professional soccer team and two sports fields.

William Torres

William Jeovanny Torres Alegría (born October 27, 1976 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional football player, who currently plays for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier Division.

Young Stribling

Although he lost his championship bid in the fight against future world champion Jack Sharkey at Miami Beach in 1929, "Strib" at 23 had fought more professional rounds than any other fighter in history, had knocked out more opponents, and had compiled other records as well.

Yusuf Halil

Yusuf Halil (September 10, 1991), is a professional ice hockey player, who currently plays forwatd for the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League's Izmir B.B. SK and since 2010 in the Turkey national men's ice hockey team.

Zack Segovia

Zachary Ernest Segovia (born April 11, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher from Forney, Texas.

Zarley Zalapski

Zalapski's unusual first name comes as a result of his father, being a golf enthusiast naming him after professional golfer Kermit Zarley.

Zubeldia

Joseba Zubeldia (born in Usurbil, Basque Country), Spanish professional road bicycle racer


see also

A Mile in His Shoes

The film centers on Mickey Tussler (Luke Schroder), a 17-year-old from Ohio with Asperger syndrome, who joins the semi-professional baseball team the River Rats after being discovered by Arthur Murphy (Dean Cain).

Aidan O'Keeffe

On moving to Canada, O'Keeffe played amateur football for Toronto Celtic before joining Semi-Professional club, Hamilton Croatia for the 2010 season.

Akokana FC

Akokana FC (Akokana FC d'Arlit ) is a semi-professional Football club based in the city of Arlit, Niger.

Alan Buckley

His other son Adam did however feature in the Football League playing in just under 50 league appearances combined for both Grimsby Town and Lincoln City before going on to feature for a number of clubs at a semi-professional level.

Albinegros de Orizaba

A few years later Duncan Macomish and Thomas Hanghey along with Englis migrant Percy C. Clifford a pioneer in the sport in Mexico City decided to form a semi professional league that would include clubs from the capital in from Providence.

Alessandro Zarrelli

Since then, Zarrelli has forged a career as a semi-professional footballer in Scotland and England, has graduated in Sport at Leeds Metropolitan University and now coaches youngsters at academy level whilst doing a post graduation degree in Sports Coaching at Loughborough University.

Altrincham Aces

The Altrincham Aces were a semi-professional and amateur ice hockey team of the English National Ice Hockey League, based out of the old Altrincham Ice Rink, situated on Devonshire Road in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England.

Alvarez Chamber Orchestra

The ACO was active from 1979 to 1985 as a student and semi-professional orchestra that consisted of musicians from the NYO, RAM, and the City of London School.

Andrew Boyens

He started his playing career in New Zealand, playing for University of Otago and semi-professional club Dunedin Technical before transferring to University of New Mexico in 2004, where he was named a first-team All-American in 2006.

Ben Fixter

Ben currently plays with the Charles Sturt University Football Club in the Farrer Football League, a semi-professional football league based in the Riverina region of New South Wales.

Colm McFadden

He took his Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Liverpool Hope University, discussing football with a fellow teacher (and semi-professional footballer with a Conference team – name forgotten) during teaching practice at St Catherine's in Edge Hill.

Cowperthwaite

Colin Cowperthwaite, former English semi-professional footballer from Flookburgh

CSU Aurel Vlaicu Arad

CSU Aurel Vlaicu Arad is a Romanian semi-professional rugby union club from Arad, which will play the 2011 season in Romanian Rugby Championship, the first division of Romanian rugby.

Daniel Humphreys

Daniel James Humphreys (born 19 March 1990) is an Australian semi professional rugby league player, formerly of the Souths Logan Magpies in the Intrust Super Cup.

Denbigh Town F.C.

During the same season the club secured a 1-0 North Wales Challenge Cup victory over Caernarfon Town, then a semi-professional side sitting fourth in the Northern Premier League.

Enga Mioks

Enga Mioks (established 1992) are a semi professional rugby league team based in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.

FC Bibo

F.C. Kossou Bibó, or commonly known as F.C. Bibó is an Ivorian semi-professional football team based in Kossou, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.

Garden Football Club

Garden Football Club is a Nepali semi-professional football club based in Fulbari, Pokhara, known as Garden is one of the most competitive team in western region in Nepal.

Gilbert Patten

Meanwhile, he managed a semi-professional baseball team in 1890–1891 in Camden, Maine before leaving for New York.

Goodyear Silents

The Goodyear Silents were a semi-professional football team based in Akron, Ohio, composed of deaf players.

Hamilton Olympic FC

Hamilton Olympic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Hamilton a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales.

IBM Big Blue

IBM Big Blue is a Japanese semi-professional rugby union team in the Top League, founded in 1976 by IBM.

Jamie Hughes

Jamie Hughes (born 1 April 1977 in Liverpool) is a current semi-professional and former professional English footballer who is notable for becoming the first British footballer to fail a test for a performance-enhancing drug.

Joe Corbett

For the next five years, Corbett was a sportswriter for the San Francisco Call and pitched semi-professional ball.

Johnny Torres

Torres was born in Medellín, Colombia, where his father and several uncles played semi-professional soccer.

Juan Severino Somoza

He currently plays for the Italian semi-professional team of Rugby Reggio.

Kosta Barbarouses

Before turning professional Barbarouses played for St. Patrick's College 1XI and for semi-professional clubs Wellington Olympic and Miramar Rangers in New Zealand's Central Premier League.

Lars Høgh

He made his senior debut in 1977 as an amateur (later to become semi-professional, and eventually fulltime-professional), and was an understudy to Danish national team goalkeeper Mogens Therkildsen, as OB won the 1977 Danish championship.

Linfield

Linfield F.C., a semi-professional football club in Northern Ireland

Louiseville Jets

The Louiseville Jets were a Canadian semi-professional ice hockey team in Louiseville, Quebec.

Mark Woodrow

Woodrow started his senior career in the 2002-2003 season at Newbury R.F.C. and Dings Crusaders before earning a semi professional contract at Birmingham and Solihull under Phil Maynard.

Music of Alaska

The Anchorage Opera is currently the state's only professional opera company, however there are several volunteer and semi-professional organizations in the state as well.

Oscar Gamble

Born in Ramer, Alabama, Gamble was discovered playing baseball in a semi-professional league by legendary Negro League baseball player Buck O'Neil, who was working as a scout for the Chicago Cubs at the time.

Rugby Super League

Rugby Canada Super League, a semi-professional rugby union competition in Canada

Sam Holmes

(December 11, 1915 - November 8, 2010) played in the Negro Leagues for the Monroe Monarchs (though it is assumed he played for them after they left the major Negro Southern League following 1932) and Denver White Elephants, a semi-professional team.

Scotland national semi-professional football team

The Scotland semi-professional team competed in the Four Nations Tournament and was organised by the Scottish Football Association (SFA).

Sean Paterson

Sean Paterson (born 25 March 1987 in Greenock, Inverclyde) is a Scottish semi-professional footballer who is currently playing for Burscough F.C..

Simon Elliott

Elliott played for several clubs in the New Zealand semi-professional Central Premier League in the 1990s, and attended Wellington College prior to moving to the United States.

South Cardiff FC

South Cardiff Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Cardiff South a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales.

Southern League

Southern Football League, a semi-professional football league in England currently known as the Evo-stik League South

Tauranga City United

Tauranga City United AFC is a semi-professional football (soccer) club in Tauranga, New Zealand.

Teotihuacan Priests

The Teotihuacan Priests are a semi-professional ice hockey team in Mexico City, Mexico.

Tommy Hedley

Tommy Hedley (died 8 August 2007) was a businessman and the chairman of the semi-professional football club Blyth Spartans F.C. in Blyth, Northumberland.

Wally Fromhart

Fromhart ended his football coaching career in 1961 as head coach of the Sarnia, Ontario-based Sarnia Golden Bears, a semi-professional football team in the upstart American Football Conference for one season (the conference lasted only one year).

Warkworth AFC

Warkworth AFC or Warkworth Jennian for sponsorship purposes is a semi-professional association football club in the Warkworth, New Zealand.

Waterloo 94

Waterloo 94 was a Canadian semi-professional ice hockey team in Waterloo, Quebec.

Western League

Western Football League, a semi-professional league in the English National League System for football (soccer)

Willy van der Kuijlen

Van der Kuijlen started out with a semi-professional contract; signing a contract with PSV Eindhoven meant that he could also work at Philips.