As of 2005 a new middle school was built in Blackstone, and was named Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School.

Hartnett was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and was raised by his father, Daniel Hartnett, a building manager, and his stepmother, Molly, an artist.

Hartnett was active in sports as a child, especially football, and did not entertain the thought of becoming a performer, until an injury left him unable to participate on the athletic playing field.

Although the series was cancelled after sixteen episodes, Hartnett had made a name for himself.

In the early 2000s, Hartnett was approached several times to play the role of Clark Kent / Superman in the upcoming film ( at the time helmed by Brett Ratner ), but always turned it down, not wanting to commit to a predicted ten-year role.

Hartnett was chosen as one of Teen People magazine's " 21 Hottest Stars Under 21 " in 1999, Teen People's " 25 Hottest Stars under 25 ", and one of People magazine's " 50 Most Beautiful People ", both in 2002.

Hartnett had been cast in the role five years before the film was produced, remaining committed to appearing in the film because he liked the subject matter.

Kutcher was cast in a series of film roles ; although he auditioned but was not cast for the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor ( 2001 ) ( the role went to Josh Hartnett ), he starred in several comedy films, including Dude, Where's My Car?

Initially this was to publish their own work and that of some like-minded friends ( including Paul Durcan, Michael Hartnett and Gerry Smyth ), and later to promote the work of neglected Irish modernists like Brian Coffey and Denis Devlin.

Michael Hartnett ( 1941 – 1999 ) was unusual amongst Irish poets in that he was equally fluent in both Irish and English.

The best known of that generation was possibly Michael Hartnett ( 1941 – 1999 ), who wrote both in Irish and English, abandoning the latter altogether for a time.

Sir Laurence John Hartnett CBE ( 26 May 18984 April 1986 ) was an engineer who made several important contributions to the Australian automotive industry, and is often called " The Father of the Holden ".

Hartnett was born into a middle class family in Woking, England.

His father, Irish born John Joseph Hartnett, was a doctor and inventor of patent medicines from Clonakilty, County Cork, who had an M. D.

John Hartnett and Katherine Taplin married in Portsmouth on 1 May 1897 and went to live in Woking where in March of the following year their only child, Laurence ( known as Larry ) was born.

Demand for motor cars in England in the immediate aftermath of the war was far greater than the supply and Hartnett increased the automotive side of his new venture by instructing his employees to make enquiries in nearby villages with a view to locating war widows who couldn ’ t drive but whose husbands prior to enlisting had left their cars up on blocks to await their owners ’ return.

Hartnett ’ s job was to unload and assemble these vehicles when they arrived by ship and to distribute them to a network of dealers he had appointed and whose activities he supervised throughout the region.

Then in 1924, following a change in the composition of Guthrie and Co ’ s London management, Hartnett began to feel that the firm was losing interest in the automotive side of its southeast Asian business.

Hartnett was instrumental in GMH becoming a founding shareholder of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation ( CAC ) in 1936, together with several other major Australian companies.

In the first two decades of the 20th century, baseball great Gabby Hartnett, born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, grew up in Millville, played youth baseball in the Blackstone Valley League, and played for the Chicago Cubs, beginning in 1922.

The victory cut the Pirates ' lead to a half game and, set the stage for one of baseball's most memorable moments when in the next game of the series, Cubs player-manager, Gabby Hartnett, hit his famous Homer in the Gloamin ' to put the Cubs into first place.

** National League: Gabby Hartnett, Chicago Cubs

Hartnett joined the Cubs in 1922, serving as a backup catcher to Bob O ' Farrell.

On July 22, 1924, O ' Farrell suffered a fractured skull during a game against the Boston Braves and Hartnett took over as the Cubs starting catcher, posting a. 299 batting average along with 16 home runs and 67 runs batted in.

Hartnett played well enough during O ' Farrell's absence that, the Cubs decided to keep him as their starting catcher, trading O ' Farrell to the St. Louis Cardinals in May 1925.

During the major league baseball winter meetings in December 1925, it was rumored that Hartnett might be traded to the New York Giants for catcher Frank Snyder and Irish Meusel however, Cubs president Bill Veeck, Sr., squelched the rumors saying that Hartnett would not be traded for anybody.

In 1932, Hartnett guided the Cubs ' pitching staff to the lowest team earned run average in the league, as the Cubs clinched the National League pennant by 4 games over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Cubs fell to third place in 1936, as Hartnett had a sub-standard year for him, hitting only 7 home runs with 64 runs batted in, although he still hit above. 300 with a. 307 average, and earned his fourth consecutive All-Star selection.

On July 20, 1938, Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley named the 37-year-old Hartnett as the team's player-manager, replacing Charlie Grimm.

When Hartnett took over as manager, the Cubs had been in third place, six games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates led by Pie Traynor.

Hartnett once again led the Cubs pitching staff to the lowest earned run average in the league and, led National League catchers with a. 995 fielding percentage.

In addition, Hartnett was forced to catch more games due to the lack of hitting from the other Cubs catchers.

After two disappointing seasons, Hartnett was dismissed by the Cubs on November 13, 1940, after 19 years with the club.

" Gabby Hartnett, the Cubs catcher, watches.

In Game 2, Greenberg collided with Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett and broke his wrist, sidelining him for the rest of the Series.

The Giants traded Mancuso to the Chicago Cubs before the 1939 season where he shared catching duties with 38-year-old player-manager Gabby Hartnett.

As a major league coach for the next 17 years, Corriden would assist managers such as Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Grimm, Gabby Hartnett, Leo Durocher and Bucky Harris with the Cubs ( 1932 – 40 ), Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1941 – 46 ) and New York Yankees ( 1947 – 48 ) — working for five pennant-winning teams.

Until the career of Johnny Bench, Hartnett was considered the greatest catcher in the history of the National League.

At the time of his retirement, Hartnett held the career records for catchers in home runs, runs batted in, hits, doubles and in most games played as a catcher.

After the retirement of catcher Bill Killefer, Hartnett became the favorite catcher of Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, Grover Cleveland Alexander and, caught Alexander's 300th career win on September 20,.

In 1933, Hartnett was selected to be a reserve catcher for the National League team in the inaugural Major League Baseball All-Star Game held on July 6, 1933.

Hartnett hit for a. 300 average in 64 games as a backup catcher to Harry Danning in the 1941 season.

The catcher was Gabby Hartnett and the American League won 9 – 7.

His. 464 slugging average then placed him behind only Roy Campanella (. 500 ) and Gabby Hartnett (. 489 ) among players with 1000 National League games as a catcher, and his 173 HRs and 812 RBI put him behind only Campanella ( 242, 856 ), Hartnett ( 236, 1179 ), and Ernie Lombardi ( 190, 990 ).