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unusual facts about the Hawks


John Till

Born in Stratford, Ontario, Till played in local bands until the early 1960s when he was picked to play in Ronnie Hawkins band The Hawks, to replace previous members who had left to tour with Bob Dylan (see The Band).



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Cliff Hagan

Hagan achieved renown and respect well after his career ended, when David Halberstam wrote in his classic book The Breaks of the Game that Hagan was the only white star on the Hawks who welcomed

Darren Millane

Millane was considered by Sydney and St Kilda, but Hawthorn won the chance, with Millane training at Glenferrie with the Hawks, but did not like the atmosphere and went back to captain Dandenong in the Victorian Football Association U/18s.

Dining rights

Dining rights, in the United Kingdom, are the right to use the dining facilities offered to the members (and possibly their guests, when accompanied by a member) of certain organisations such as universities, clubs, colleges and bodies such as the House of Lords, and the Hawks' Club.

Falcons–Panthers rivalry

That moniker, however, has no real connection to games played between the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Bobcats, as these two franchises regrettably have no real rivalry; the Hawks to some extent were rivals of the Charlotte Hornets from 1988–2002, before the team moved to New Orleans (the New Orleans team is now known as the Pelicans, the current Charlotte teams is expected to assume the Hornets nickname in 2014).

Gene Bacque

The Tigers won the Central League championship that year, and Bacque pitched in the sixth game of the Japan Series against Joe Stanka of the Nankai Hawks (the Hawks won, 4-0).

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

He also appeared on Cannon on February 22, 1972, in the episode "Flight of the Hawks".

Go Go Liza Jane

"Go Go Liza Jane" was the A-side of the 1968 single released by Atco Records in order to capitalize on the growing success of The Band, who had recorded the track along with two others ("The Stones I Throw" and "He Don't Love You") in 1965 under the moniker Levon and the Hawks.

Hawke's Bay Hawks

After losing Paul Henare and Paora Winitana to the Christchurch Cougars in 2009, the Hawks were forced to rebuild with the likes of Jeremy Kench and Jarrod Kenny.

2005 saw the Hawks add United States born Willie Burton and American-Australian Dusty Rychart to achieve another second place regular season finish and eventually lost in a dramatic grand final 69-68.

Invisible Republic

Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes is a book by music critic Greil Marcus about the creation and cultural importance of The Basement Tapes, a series of recordings made by Bob Dylan in 1967 in collaboration with The Hawks, who would subsequently become known as The Band.

Justin Germano

Despite pitching well in spring training and not giving up a single run, Germano did not win a spot on SoftBank's Opening Day roster, as the Hawks were at the limit of foreign players on the roster (Chris Aguila, Kameron Loe, D.J. Houlton, and Brian Falkenborg).

Lower Plenty Football Club

The club wore a brown and gold vertical striped guernsey and were known as the Hawks before changing to a gold and maroon guernsey and becoming the Bears due to a clash with existing Second Division Club Heidelberg West.

Midnight Lamp

The Pentagon is openly embarked on developing the new human superweapon: but President Fred Eiffrich, who wants to stop the Neurobomb, believes the hawks are speeding the process by shocking, and extremely dangerous, means.

Nobuhiko Matsunaka

Despite the high expectations placed upon the new trio of Matsunaka, Kokubo (who had returned to the Hawks after a stint with the Giants via free agency) and newly acquired Hitoshi Tamura that would comprise the middle of the order, all three missed significant playing time due to injuries.

Short Fat Fannie

He would sing the song often while touring as the Hawks, and even played a version of it on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1993.

The Bitch in Yoo

The opening of the song is taken from the film "The Education of Sonny Carson" scene where a leader of the The Hawks Gang proclaims their superiority over the rival Lords.

The Blade and Petal

Military general Yeon Gaesomun wants to go to war with the Tang Dynasty, but the pacifist King Yeongnyu opts for diplomacy and national stability, and in their battle of wills the palace council is divided between the "hawks" and the "doves."

Wollongong Hawks

Prior to 1998 the Hawks played out of the Beaton Park Stadium, commonly known as "The Snakepit", located in Gwynneville, a suburb of Wollongong close to the city centre.