James Madison University ( also known as JMU, Madison, or James Madison ) is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U. S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University.

In the May 2006 city election, incumbent mayor Larry Rogers, who also serves on JMU's Board of Visitors, lost his bid for reelection to a JMU graduate.

It was at JMU that they met Eddie Hartness, a native of Arlington, Virginia, and a product of the same high school that also turned out such acting superstars as Sandra Bullock, Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine.

The 2010 season was also a great success with the show " Nautilus ", with the Marching Rebels winning 2nd place in class 3A at the Herndon USSBA regionals ( short to Thomas Jefferson by a fraction of a point ), 1st place at the Oakton Classic, 1st place at the JMU parade of Champions, and straight 1s from all of the judges at the VBODA state marching festival.

) At JMU ’ s 23rd Parade of Champions, the Marching Stallions won 4th place in class AA with a score of 79. 1.

The JMU women's field hockey gave the university their first national title in 1994.

It forms an east – west route through the north of the city centre with another one-way road system as Tithebarn Street ( passing part of JMU ), Great Crosshall Street and Churchill Way in the east direction and Churchill Way and Dale Street in the west direction.

The Frazier Quarry in Harrisonburg, Virginia Continues to supply JMU with the native bluestone.

The agreement included an option to purchase the property, which JMU capitalized on, in May 2006, with an offer to purchase the property at $ 17 million.

The JMU seal, only used by the JMU Board of Visitors or the Office of the President, certifies official university documents.

JMU has nearly doubled in size in the last 20 years.

JMU purchased the former Harrisonburg High School building, now known as Memorial Hall, and promised to keep some of the important features intact for the benefit of the community.

In a statement to students, JMU President Linwood H. Rose aggressively condemned the behavior of the block party attendees while recognizing the influx of non-students and visitors from outside of the area.

Jimei University ( JMU ) is a public university located in Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China.

The honor code at JMU was founded in 1909 and the Honor Council is an organization run by students.

Most recently he guest conducted the JMU ACDA Choral Fest.

An A cappella group formed in 2008 inspired by the pop a cappella groups of major colleges, including JMU Madison Project and Blues Tones Organizations that perform yearly for the Choir program at Lake Braddock.

This allows it to vary the level of service ; for example, on a low-demand weekend, a single bus might start at Radford, then stop at Virginia Tech and JMU on its way to Northern Virginia, while on a busier weekend each route might receive its own vehicle and get direct service to its destination.

Jamui Railway Station, station code JMU, is one of the major railway stations in Danapur division of East Central Railway.

The acre is also approximately 56. 68 percent of a long by wide association football ( soccer ) pitch.

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax ( after the legendary Greek hero ), is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, footy or Aussie rules However, late in the century the code began to decline in New South Wales and Queensland largely due to competition with other more popular football codes, as well as interstate rivalries and the lack of strong local governing bodies.

Lara was also a talented football player in his youth and often played with his close friends Dwight Yorke, Shaka Hislop and Russell Latapy while growing up together in Trinidad.

The offside rule is also similar to that observed in association football ( soccer ).

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During this time Attlee also played football for Fleet Town F. C .. Attlee then trained as a lawyer, and was called to the Bar in 1906.

The five stars are also in the logo of the Brazilian football team Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and the Brazilian coat of arms ; it is mentioned in the Brazilian national anthem, and even featured as the name of the currency ( the cruzeiro from 1942 to 1986 and again from 1990 to 1994.

Fullback Marion Motley and nose tackle Bill Willis, two of the earliest African-Americans to play professional football, also joined the team in 1946.

The Republic of Ireland national football team also played two games at the venue during the construction of the Aviva Stadium.

The Korea Republic national football team have also used the ground twice in recent years for international friendlies, first against Greece in February 2007 and then against Serbia in November 2009.

The ground has also hosted Oxbridge varsity matches in rugby and football.

The term " Cheer Leader " had been used as early as 1897, with Princeton's football officials having named three students as Cheer Leaders: Thomas, Easton and Guerin from Princeton's classes of 1898, 1898 and 1899, respectively, on October 26, 1897 ; these students would cheer for the team also at football practices, and special cheering sections were designated in the stands for the games themselves for both the home and visiting teams.

In 1864, at Trinity College, also a college of the University of Toronto, F. Barlow Cumberland and Frederick A. Bethune devised rules based on rugby football.

Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio (; born September 2, 1961 in Santa Marta, Colombia ), also known as El Pibe (" The Kid ") is a former Colombian football player.

In 1904 the ground was acquired by businessman Gus Mears and his brother Joseph, who had also purchased nearby land ( formerly a large market garden ) with the aim of staging football matches on the now 12. 5 acre ( 51, 000 m² ) site.

Stamford Bridge was designed for the Mears family by the noted football architect Archibald Leitch, who had also designed Ibrox, Celtic Park and Hampden Park.

Wickwire Field is the university's main outdoor facilities and also is host to the varsity football, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse and rugby teams.

Association football goalkeepers also often return the ball to play with drop kicks.

The four remaining players in the backfield ( five in Canadian football ), including the quarterback, are also eligible receivers — except in the National Football League, where a quarterback who takes the snap from " under center " is never eligible.

He noticed that the structure of a corannulene molecule was a subset of football shape, and he hypothesised that a full ball shape could also exist.

The Sun Devils have played in the Fiesta Bowl five times, and in 1987 the ASU football team won the Rose Bowl, defeating the University of Michigan 22 – 15.

A member of the England team who won the World Cup and Ballon d ' Or for European Footballer of the Year in 1966, he played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts and passing abilities from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot.

Association football er David Beckham has won titles with Manchester United F. C.

Behind a stiff defense and helped by San Francisco turnovers, the Browns won the " clash of the unbeaten " by a score of 14 to 7 before a crowd of 82, 769, a professional football attendance record at the time.

Charlton won 7 – 6 on penalties, with the match described as " arguably the most dramatic game of football in Wembley ’ s history ", and were promoted to the Premier League.

In the third season of what is now considered the modern era of football, Fulham finished top of the Second Division, with a win-loss-draw record of 24 – 9 – 9 ( identical to that which won them the Third Division South seventeen years previously ).

He has won his country's " Player of the Year " award six times, and is regarded as one of the best football players of the 20th century.

While at the university, he was the student manager of both the baseball and football teams and was a part of the inaugural Big Game versus rival University of California ( Stanford won ).

He excelled in many areas of university life – he won College ' Blues ' for cricket and Australian rules football, as well as the College Oratory and Essay Prize.

In 1985, under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni, who led the Torinese team to thirteen official trophies in ten years until 1986, including six league titles and five international titles ; Juventus became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major competitions organised by the Union of European Football Associations: the European Champions ' Cup, the ( now-defunct ) Cup Winners ' Cup and the UEFA Cup ( the first Italian and Southern European side to win the tournament ).

After their triumph in the Intercontinental Cup the same year, the club also became the first in football history — and remain the only one at present — to have won all possible confederation competitions and the club world title.

He won a football scholarship to Prairie View A & M University, where he majored in mathematics, but was expelled after his first year.

Millsaps was also home to the famous game-ending play in the 2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, in which Trinity University defeated Millsaps by a score of 28-24 after the miraculous play that later won the Pontiac Game-Changing Performance of the Year award, which had never before been bestowed upon a play outside of the NCAA's Bowl Subdivision.

For most of their early history, the Dolphins were coached by Don Shula, the most successful head coach in professional football history in terms of total games won.

Mrs. Robert Swanson of West Miami won lifetime passes to Dolphin games when her nickname entry successfully predicted the winner and score of the 1965 football game between Notre Dame and the University of Miami, a scoreless tie.

won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A. F. C.

Manchester United has won many trophies in English football, including a record 19 league titles, a record 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and a record 19 FA Community Shields.

FC Magdeburg is the only East German football club to have won a European club football competition.

Robeson won a scholarship to Rutgers University, where he was a football All-American and class valedictorian.

In the past 5 seasons, Dallas had won more games, 52 out of 68, than any other professional football team, but they had never won any league title.

They are two time winners of the KNVB Cup and won the League twice in the era before professional football.

In football, as of April 2012, the Tirana based teams have won a combined 57 championships out of 72 championships organized by the FSHF, i. e. 79 % of them.