Date of birth: | 1923 |
Place of birth: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Career information | |
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Position(s): | G |
College: | McGill University |
Organizations | |
As player: | |
1943 1946 1947-51 |
Regina All Services Winnipeg Blue Bombers Montreal Alouettes |
Career highlights and awards | |
Honors: | 1949 - Grey Cup Champion |
John Hammond was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. He played offensive guard.
A native of Winnipeg, Hammond first played senior football with the Regina All Services team in 1943, and later attended University of Washington.[1] In 1946 he joined his hometown Winnipeg Blue Bombers, playing in their Grey Cup loss to the Toronto Argonauts. He then went east to study engineering at McGill University and played with the Montreal Alouettes in 1947. He was one of the "unsung heroes" of the Larks first Grey Cup championship in 1949.[2] He played 40 games for the Als over 5 seasons.
Canadian football (French: Football canadien) is a form of gridiron football played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area (end zone).
In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rather than 11; the field is roughly 10 yards wider, and 10 yards longer between end-zones that are themselves 10 yards deeper; and a team has only three downs to gain 10 yards, which results in less offensive rushing than in the American game. In the Canadian game all players on the defending team, when a down begins, must be at least 1 yard from the line of scrimmage. (The American game has a similar "neutral zone" but it is only the length of the football.)
A football is a ball inflated with air that is used to play one of the various sports known as football. In these games, with some exceptions, goals or points are scored only when the ball enters one of two designated goal-scoring areas; football games involve the two teams each trying to move the ball in opposite directions along the field of play.
The first balls were made of natural materials, such as an inflated pig bladder, later put inside a leather cover, which has given rise to the American slang-term "pigskin". Modern balls are designed by teams of engineers to exacting specifications, with rubber or plastic bladders, and often with plastic covers. Various leagues and games use different balls, though they all have one of the following basic shapes:
John Hammond may refer to:
John Michael Hammond (born 9 April 1966) is an English weather forecaster for the BBC. He can be seen presenting weather forecasts on the BBC News channel, BBC Red Button and BBC World News. He is the main weather presenter on BBC News at One and also forecasts on the BBC News at Ten, Countryfile and BBC News at Six, At the weekend he also appears on BBC Radio 5 Live. He is cousin of Richard Hammond.
Hammond was born in Bosham, West Sussex, the son of a farmer. After taking an interest in the weather from the age of four, he studied geography at the University of Salford, followed by meteorology at the University of Birmingham.
After a brief spell at the Met Office headquarters in Bracknell, Berkshire, Hammond started forecasting in February 1991, working at regional weather centres in Nottingham, Bristol and Plymouth. This involved a variety of forecasting work for aviation, local industry, and some local radio too. He spent around seven years presenting the weather at ITV until joining the BBC Weather Centre in the spring of 2003.
John Hammond (1542 – 1589) was an English civil lawyer and politician.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Rye in 1584 and West Looe in 1586.
His mother was a sister of Alexander Nowell. He was baptised at Whalley, Lancashire, in 1542, and was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he became fellow, and in 1561 proceeded LL.B.
Hammond addressed Queen Elizabeth in a short Latin speech when she visited his college on 9 August 1564. In 1569 he was created LL.D. and admitted a member of the College of Civilians. On 6 February 1570 he became commissary of the deaneries of the Arches, Shoreham, and Croydon; in 1573 commissary to the dean and chapter of St Paul's Cathedral; a master of chancery in 1574; and chancellor of the diocese of London in 1575.
Hammond acted on two commissions in 1577, one with reference to the restitution of goods belonging to Portuguese merchants, and the other concerning complaints of piracy preferred by Scots. In 1578 he attended the diet of Schmalkalden as a delegate from the English government, and in August 1580 went to Guernsey to investigate charges brought by the inhabitants against Sir Thomas Leighton, the governor.
I don't care how long it takes
I don't care that the levee breaks
The wind may blow and the cloud may rain
But I'll be in your arms again
I can't wait for the sun to rise
I don't care if I've covered mile
First thing smokin', I ain't jokin'
I'll be in your arms again
I got somethin' that just won't wait
I'm not about to hesitate
Or this feelings I've got now won't explain
When I'm in your arms again
This old road takes its toll
I'm as tired as the day is old
My love [Incomprehensible]