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unusual facts about W.R. Burnett



A. J. Burnett

He was traded to the Marlins with Jesús Sánchez and Robert Stratton for Al Leiter and Ralph Milliard before the 1998 season when the Marlins dismantled their 1997 World Series championship roster.

He was diagnosed with Gilbert's syndrome, a rare but benign genetic defect in the liver in which bilirubin conjugation ability may lead to mild jaundice under certain conditions.

Dark Command

Directed by Raoul Walsh from the novel by W.R. Burnett, Dark Command is the only film in which western icons John Wayne and Roy Rogers appear together, and was the only film Wayne and Raoul Walsh made together since Walsh discovered Wayne working as a prop mover, renamed him, and gave him his first leading role in the widescreen western The Big Trail a decade before.

George Burnett

George H. Burnett (1853–1927), Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice

Herman Marth

After long activity in Marathon County politics, and election to the Wisconsin Socialist Party executive committee, Marth was first elected to the State Assembly's second Marathon County district by a three-to-one margin in a special election in January 1918 to succeed Republican D. S. Burnett (who had resigned to enter military service).

Howard Burnett

Howard J. Burnett (born 1929), American president of Washington & Jefferson College

John L. Burnett

Burnett was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1899, until his death.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses).

Knuckle curve

This version of the knuckle curve is currently used by Major League pitchers Cliff Lee, Dan Haren, J. P. Howell, Brandon Morrow, Phil Hughes, A.J. Burnett, and Jonathan Sanchez.

The Burnett Center

This building, named after former President Howard J. Burnett, was completed in 2001 at a cost of $12.8 million.

The Whole Town's Talking

W.R. Burnett, who wrote the story that The Whole Town's Talking was based on, also wrote Little Caesar, which was the film that catapulted Robinson to stardom, and High Sierra, the film of which was a significant step for Humphrey Bogart in moving from playing gangsters to romantic lead.


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