* 1935 – Al MacNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Al MacNeil replaced Creighton as head coach prior to the season, and acquired Swedish star Kent Nilsson following the demise of the WHA.

Though the Habs were the defending champions, Al MacNeil had been sacked as head coach due to accusations of favoritism toward the team's anglophone players.

Most renowned of the Compact Series, having been used by Stereolab, Al Kooper ( Blues Project ), Michael MacNeil ( Simple Minds ), Richard Wright ( Pink Floyd ) and Clint Boon ( The Inspiral Carpets ).

* Al MacNeil

The last full-time Canadiens coach who didn't speak French at all was Al MacNeil in 1971.

However, Ed Van Impe of the Flyers refused to sign his contract, followed by Earl Ingarfield and Al MacNeil also refused to sign, then Tim Horton of Toronto, Norm Ullman of Detroit and Ken Wharram and Stan Mikita of Chicago.

The new defence pair of Al MacNeil and Lou Fontinato turned in a good game.

The principal candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000, Al Gore and Bill Bradley, both endorsed military service by open gays and lesbians, provoking opposition from high-ranking retired military officers.

During the 1992 election, Bush and Quayle were challenged in their bid for reelection by the Democratic ticket of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore, as well as the independent ticket of Texas businessman Ross Perot and retired Admiral James Stockdale.

After the Vandellas ' split, Reeves ' sister Lois sang with the group Quiet Elegance and also sang background for Al Green, while Tilley retired from show business in the late 1970s, suddenly dying of a brain aneurysm in 1981 at the age of thirty-nine.

The game was broadcast in the United States by ABC with Al Michaels handling the play-by-play duties and color commentator John Madden, who became the first person to announce Super Bowls on different networks in consecutive years, having called Super Bowl XXXVI on Fox and then moving to ABC after Pat Summerall retired.

* The 1989 film I Want to Go Home ( Je Veux Rentrer a la Maison, screenplay by Jules Feiffer ) has a scene where the main character, a retired cartoonist played by Adolph Green, makes an unexpectedly emotional appeal for Al Capp and his legacy.

Initially, this was Pat Summerall ( Madden's partner during his days at CBS and Fox during the early 1980s on through the early 2000s ) until Summerall retired ; the role was then filled by Al Michaels, John's broadcast partner on ABC Monday Night Football ( 2002 – 2005 ) and NBC Sunday Night Football ( 2006 – 2008 ).

The Democratic primaries and caucuses were contested between retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas, former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, and the Reverend Al Sharpton of New York.

Ultimately, he hired retired Chicago policeman Al Valanis, a pioneering forensic sketch artist, as both an artistic assistant and police technical advisor.

* Al Secord ( born 1958 ), retired professional NHL ice hockey player

Although the character Dr. Sam Beckett was not in the armed forces, the other main character in Quantum Leap, former Naval Aviator, Vietnam prisoner of war and retired Rear Admiral Albert " Al " Calavicci, was.

An outstanding power hitter, his 377 career home runs were the fourth most by an American League left-handed hitter when he retired, behind Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig ; his 373 home runs with the Tigers rank second in franchise history behind his teammate Al Kaline ( 399 ).

" Without a doubt he was Al Qaeda's No. 1 guy in Pakistan ," adds Mahmood Shah, a retired Pakistani Army brigadier and a former chief of the Federally Administered Tribal Area, or FATA, Mehsud's base.

Alfred Unser, Jr. ( born April 19, 1962 ), nicknamed " Little Al ", " Al Junior " or simply " Junior " is a retired American race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner.

Al James retired from the band in 2008, playing his last gig with the band at The Cheese & Grain in Frome, Somerset, on 20 December 2008.

He retired after the 1999 finals and becoming one of a small group of players, including fellow Canadian Al Charron to have appeared in all the first four World Cups.

When Al Simmons retired from his coaching position just before the 1951 season, bullpen coach Jake Flowers was moved to the third base coaching position, and Ruffing took over Flowers's duties.

* Al McDonough, retired Canadian professional ice hockey player

Toward the end of that season, de Ferran and Greg Moore were signed to Marlboro Team Penske to replace Al Unser, Jr. and the rotating arrangement of drivers employed after Andre Ribeiro retired.

Other players who retired because of the effects of concussion or other head injuries include Johnny Unitas, Roger Staubach, Merril Hoge, Troy Aikman, Steve Young, Dave Pear, Wayne Chrebet, and Al Toon.

Andy was a transitional figure between eras in entertainment at major league ballparks, being the last in a generation of clowns who appeared regularly in the majors ; Al Schacht was retired, Max Patkin was by now performing primarily in the minor leagues, and legendary Ringling Bros. clown Emmett Kelly, who often performed at Brooklyn Dodgers games in the 1940s and 1950s, died in 1979.

" Al " Attles Jr. ( born November 7, 1936 in Newark, New Jersey ) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach.

The Avengers retired Lucas ' number 76 during the 2006 season, the Tampa Bay Storm created the Mariah Lucas Scholarship Fund to benefit Lucas ' daughter and wife and the Lucas Family started an Al Lucas Memorial Scholarship Fund which provides college scholarships to high school athletes.

When his father, Al, retired from the U. S. Air Force, he moved the family Tucson, Arizona where he opened a restaurant called Al's Pit Bar-B-Que – Reggie worked as a dishwasher there.

In an email to the Detroit Free Press, NHL spokesman Frank Brown justified the ban because " matter flies off the octopus and gets on the ice " when Al Sobotka does it .< ref >

Many other broadcasters filled in, including several who would serve long stints for other NHL teams, including Howie Rose, Mike Emrick and John Kelly, as well as brothers Al and Steve.

They were led by Mike Rogers, Blaine Stoughton, Dave Keon, Mark Howe, Rick Ley, NHL legend Gordie Howe, and the all time WHA leading scorer Andre Lacroix along with the franchise's first starting goaltender Al Smith.

* Al Tuer: former NHL defenceman

They are also one of the most successful CHL teams in terms of NHL alumni with over 140 players including Mike Richards, Dale Hunter, David Clarkson, Steve Mason, Derek Roy, Steve Downie, 2011 Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner, 2012 Calder Trophy winner Gabriel Landeskog, and Hall of Famers Scott Stevens, Bill Barber, Paul Coffey, Larry Robinson and Al MacInnis.

A six-time NHL All-Star, he is the Flames'all-time leader in goals, points, and games played, and is second in assists to Al MacInnis.

He would also lead the league in goals created per game among NHL defensemen with 0. 27 to Al MacInnis's 0. 26 and Lidstrom's 0. 25.

Al MacInnis, who was seven times decorated with " Hardest Shot " in NHL skills competitions was able to score frequently from the blueline because his slapshot was simply too fast to block effectively.

He was a star on the Illinois midget AAA team ( Team Illinois ) that won the 1982 national title against a Detroit Compuware squad that featured future NHL stars Pat LaFontaine and Al Iafrate.

Finishing his career with 1216 points, Murphy is currently the fifth highest scoring defenceman in NHL history, behind Ray Bourque, Paul Coffey, Al MacInnis and Phil Housley.

* Al Montoya is an NHL goaltender ( 2008 – present ).

* NHL on ABC-Gary Thorne, Mike Emrick, Al Michaels, Sam Rosen, Dave Strader, Steve Levy

The biggest trade in NHL history at the time took place in July 1950 with Sugar Jim Henry, Gaye Stewart, Bob Goldham and Metro Prystai of Chicago going to Detroit for Harry Lumley, Black Jack Stewart, Al Dewsbury, Don Morrison and Pete Babando, an exchange of nine players altogether.

Davidson ( like his former MSG Network booth-mates Sam Rosen and Al Trautwig ) has also contributed to NHL coverage on various national television networks ( including CBC, Fox, ABC, ESPN, NBC and Versus when it was the American version of the Outdoor Life Network ( OLN )).