Although the Washington team endured long bouts of mediocrity ( immortalized in the 1955 Broadway musical Damn Yankees ), they had a period of prolonged success in the 1920s and 1930s, led by Hall-of-Famers Bucky Harris, Goose Goslin, Sam Rice, Heinie Manush, Joe Cronin, and above all Walter Johnson.

Over the months, John Lewis alternated with Al Haig on piano, Mike Zwerin with Kai Winding on trombone ( Johnson was touring at the time ), Junior Collins with Sandy Siegelstein and Gunther Schuller on French horn, and Al McKibbon with Joe Shulman on bass.

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* Defensive Line – Joe Johnson * ( 1994 – 98, 2000 – 01 )

Sports Illustrateds Joe Posnanski wrote, " There has never been a pitcher in baseball history — not Walter Johnson, not Lefty Grove, not Sandy Koufax, not Tom Seaver, not Roger Clemens — who was more overwhelming than the young Pedro.

In addition to McQueen, the cast included Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Joe Don Baker and Ben Johnson.

* June 28 – Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots Joe Colombo in the head in a middle of an Italian-American rally, putting him in a coma.

The Special Olympics movement has attracted the support of a number of international sportsmen and other celebrities, including Rafer Johnson, Bono, Joe Jonas, Derek Poundstone, Padraig Harrington, Jackie Chan, Zhang Ziyi, Yao Ming, Nadia Comaneci, Bart Conner, Vanessa Williams, Mary Alice Pearce DeVane, Colin Farrell and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

When John and Robert Kennedy next saw their father, Joe Kennedy, he told them signing Johnson as running mate was the smartest thing they had ever done.

Joe " King " Oliver, Freddie Keppard, Bunk Johnson, and other early New Orleans jazz musicians were directly inspired by his playing.

The new band included: Paul Campbell, Tommy Turrentine, Johnny Letman, Idrees Sulieman, and Joe Newman ( trumpet ); Jimmy Wilkins, Benny Powell, Matthew Gee ( trombone ); Paul Quinichette and Floyd " Candy " Johnson ( tenor sax ); Marshall Royal and Ernie Wilkins ( alto sax ); and Charlie Fowlkes ( baritone sax ).

On February 25, 1901, Johnson fought Joe Choynski in Galveston.

Jack Johnson fought Joe Jeanette a total of seven times, all during his reign as colored champ before he became the world's heavyweight champion, winning four times and drawing twice ( three of the victories and one draw were newspaper decisions ).

On 27 November 1945, Johnson finally stepped back into the ring with Joe Jeanette.

Johnson finally won the world heavyweight title on December 26, 1908, a full six years after lightweight champion Joe Gans became the first African American boxing champion.

Roanoke Virginia July 4, 1910-One white man Joe Chockely has a bullet wound in his skull and probably fatally wounded is a net result of clashes here tonight following the announcement that Jack Johnson defeated Jeffries.

Johnson made his final ring appearance at age 67 on November 27, 1945, fighting three one minute exhibition rounds against two opponents, Joe Jeanette and John Ballcort, in a benefit fight card for U. S. War Bonds.

In Joe R. Lansdale's short story The Big Blow, Johnson is featured fighting a white boxer brought in by Galveston, Texas's boxing fans to defeat the African American fighter during the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.

Johnson was part of the " Legends Pack " with Jack Dempsey, Floyd Patterson, Joe Louis, and Rocky Marciano.

Al Horford earned his first All-Star selection, and along with Joe Johnson, this marked the first time since 1998 that the Hawks sent two players to the All-Star Game.

On July 2, 2012, the Hawks traded leading scorer and All-Star Joe Johnson to the Brooklyn Nets for guards Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow, DeShawn Stevenson and big men Jordan Williams and Johan Petro as well as a 2013 first round pick.

In 2003, the Timberwolves made two strong offseason moves, trading away forward Joe Smith and injured guard Terrell Brandon in a multi-player deal for Ervin Johnson, Sam Cassell and embattled guard Latrell Sprewell.

Members include Joe Lacob, Peter Guber, Vivek Ranadive, Erika Glazer, Fred Harman, Bob Piccinini, Larry Bowman, Danny German, Marty Glick, Chad Hurley, Craig R. Johnson, Bruce Karsh, Jeffrey A. Miller, Paul Schaeffer, David Scially, Nick Swinmurn, Harry Tsao, John Walecka, and Dennis Wong.

Young sports icons and Olympic athletes during their competitive times were considered teen idols like Jean-Claude Killy, Peggy Fleming, Bruce Jenner, Joe Namath, Dorothy Hamill, Mark Spitz, Nadia Comăneci, Mary Lou Retton, Dominique Moceanu, Michelle Kwan, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Mia Hamm, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Shaun White, Apolo Ohno, McKayla Maroney, and Gabby Douglas.

* 1975 – Joe Perry, English snooker player

* 1969 – Joe Swail, Irish snooker player

** Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player

* April 15 – Joe Davis, English snooker and billiards player ( died 1978 )

* July 10 – Joe Davis, English snooker and billiards player ( b. 1901 )

Joe Davis never contested the World Championship again, though he continued to play professional snooker.

In the book Masters of the Baize, a detailed comparison and ranking of snooker pros, authors Luke Williams and Paul Gadsby rated Davis as the third greatest snooker player of all time behind Joe Davis and Stephen Hendry.

Davis was introduced to snooker by his father Bill, a keen player, who took him to play at his local working men's club at the age of 12, and gave him Joe Davis's instructional book How I Play Snooker.

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* Joe Perry ( snooker player ) ( born 1974 )

Joe Johnson ( born 29 July 1952, Bradford, West Yorkshire ) is an English former professional snooker player.

Joseph ( Joe ) Davis, OBE ( born 15 April 1901 in Whitwell, Derbyshire, England ; died 10 July 1978 in Hampshire ) was a British professional player of snooker and English billiards.

With the help of former professional snooker players Jimmy Michie and Joe Johnson, Hunter made his debut among the professionals in July 1995 at the age of 16.

Joe Perry ( born 13 August 1974 in Wisbech ) is an English professional snooker player.

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In December 1966, during an exhibition match in Cape Town, he followed Joe Davis as the second man to make an accredited maximum 147 snooker break.

His name could be found on series of snooker cues on sale until the late sixties and he was featured in the Joe Davis book " Advanced Snooker "

Joe Swail ( born 29 August 1969 ) is a professional snooker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

One of Whitwell's most famous sons was Joe Davis, world snooker and Billiards champion from the 1920s to the 1940s.

Joe then goes to a snooker club where he asks after Liam's whereabouts.

There was a cinema, snooker hall, fish shop, a clothing factory, several newsagents, bakers, and fruit shops, as well as the Nobles Organisation that started in Grange Villa with Joe Nobles Bingo.

Another guest, young John Clark, wanted to talk to an airline pilot ( live ) while he was in the air, and to talk to Joe Davis, his snooker hero.