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  Morris Kirksey at AllExperts
Morris Marshall Kirksey (September 13, 1895 - November 25, 1981) was an American athlete and rugby player, winner of two gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Born in Waxahachie, Texas, Morris Kirksey is one of four athletes to win gold medals in two Olympic sports.
Morris Kirksey died in San Mateo, California, aged 86.
en.allexperts.com /e/m/mo/morris_kirksey.htm   (242 words)

  
 Rugby at the 1924 olympics
Morris Kirksey, gold medalist in the sprint relay and silver medallist in the 100 metres on the track in 1920, was a member of the gold medal rugby team in 1920.
Morris Kirksey, another Stanford man, lost the 1920 Olympic gold in the 100 meters by 18 inches to fellow American and world record holder Charles Paddock.
Kirksey then added a gold in the 4x100 relay to his silver in the 100.
www.rugbyfootballhistory.com /olympics.htm   (3717 words)

  
  Morris Kirksey biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Morris Marshall Kirksey ( September 13, 1895 - November 25, 1981) was an American athlete and rugby player, winner of two gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Born in Waxahachie, Texas, Morris Kirksey is one of four athletes to win gold medals in two Olympic sports.
Morris Kirksey died in San Mateo, California, aged 86.
morris-kirksey.biography.ms   (172 words)

  
 JS Online: Edwards' interest in Packers wanes
The Packers were so interested in Morris that they offered to give him their one allowable supervisory position on offense.
Morris, 45, mulled the offer over the weekend before phoning Sherman with the news that he would stay in San Francisco with coach Steve Mariucci, who gave Morris his first NFL job in 1997.
Morris first met Sherman in 1997 when each was coaching tight ends.
www.jsonline.com /packer/news/jan00/packers26012500.asp?format=print   (485 words)

  
 Mustang Scoreboard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Brett Kirksey's point after was good, and the Mustangs led for the first time, 7-6.
Kirksey's point after was good, and the Mustangs took a 14-12 lead into halftime.
Brett Kirksey booted a 26-yarder right down the middle of the uprights for a 3-0 Walker Valley lead with 5:01 left before halftime.
www.walkervalleyhigh.com /football/Mustangscoreboard.htm   (4629 words)

  
 Morris - Enzyklopädie, Geschichte, Geographie und Biografie
Desmond Morris (* 1928), britischer Zoologe, Verhaltensforscher, Publizist und Künstler
Morris Fuller Benton (1872-1948), US-amerikanischer Ingenieur und Typograf
Kap Morris Jesup, nördlichster Punkt der Insel Grönland
www.arikah.net /enzyklopadie/Morris   (222 words)

  
 Area News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Morris was born Nov. 25, 1921, in Island Ford, and was the son of the late Ashby and Annie Frazier Morris.
Morris was born Jan. 14, 1926, in Augusta County, and was a son of the late John E. and Carrie Mace Morris.
Surviving are his wife, Louise Shifflett Morris, whom he married Dec. 24, 1946; three sons, Doug Morris, Wayne Morris and Curtis Morris, all of Grottoes; two daughters, Evelyn Herring of Penn Laird and Margie Clark of Shenandoah; a brother, James E. Morris of Grottoes; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
www.dnronline.com /archives2003/9-29-03/obituaries.html   (2394 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
'''Morris Marshall Kirksey''' ( September 13, 1895 - November 25, 1981) was an United States American athletics athlete and Rugby football rugby player, winner of two gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
At the Antwerpen Olympic Games Olympics, at first Kirksey finished second in 100 m behind Charlie Paddock and six days later he anchored the 4x100 relay team to gold medal with a world record time of 42.2.
As an Stanford University student, Kirsey won the IC4A championships in 100 Yard yd in 1921 and repeated the Paddock's world record in 100 yd of 9.6.
www.mauspfeil.net /Morris_Kirksey.html   (266 words)

  
 Murray State 7, BGSU 5 :: Final Box Score
MORRIS grounded out to 1b unassisted, bunt, SAC (0-0), SEETS advanced to second.
MORRIS singled to left field, RBI (2-2), SEETS advanced to third, McCUTCHAN scored.
MORRIS advanced to second on a wild pitch.
bgsufalcons.collegesports.com /sports/m-basebl/stats/031102aaa.html   (1129 words)

  
 MURRAY STATE vs Morehead State (May 03, 2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 KIRKSEY, Geoff lf........
Morris grounded out to 3b (0-1); Seasor advanced to second.
KIRKSEY doubled to right center, 2 RBI (0-2); REBOUT scored; McCUTCHAN scored.
www.goracers.com /baseball/stats/game-40.htm   (996 words)

  
 MURRAY STATE vs Morehead State (May 03, 2003)
4 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 KIRKSEY, Geoff lf........
Morris homered to center field, 3 RBI (0-1); Plank scored; Seasor scored.
KIRKSEY walked (3-0); McCUTCHAN advanced to second; BYARS advanced to third.
www.goracers.com /baseball/stats/game-39.htm   (1153 words)

  
 Livonia gets say in bus routes - 10/16/02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
   The cooperation is a sea-change from a few months ago, when Livonia Mayor Jack Kirksey was among the loudest opponents to SMART's tax increase proposal on the Aug. 6 ballot.
   Kirksey's criticisms stopped when SMART leaders promised to study routes in Livonia.
It was a move criticized by some as a sweetheart deal to curry favor in the voter-rich city.
www.detnews.com /2002/wayne/0210/16/d03-613592.htm   (662 words)

  
 Livonia hot on I-275 speed - 09/23/01
He pleaded with the Michigan State Police this summer to lower the speed limit along the stretch from 5 Mile to 8 Mile, plus a few Livonia miles of I-96, from 70 to 55 mph.
But the state police turned down his request, so he plans to take the issue to state legislators and the governor this fall.
And Kirksey's common-sense approach to safety doesn't apply in this case, officers say.
www.detnews.com /2001/wayne/0109/24/b03-300870.htm   (675 words)

  
 PeterMaass.com | Magazine Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Morris thinks he can identify those who informed on him and his friends.
Morris is hardly the only person in Mississippi to have found a disquieting
Morris can still remember the day in 1964 when Bolden was brought into the
www.petermaass.com /core.cfm?p=1&mag=41&magtype=1   (3817 words)

  
 Re: Jordan Morris m Angeline Pace
I believe Jordan Morris is possibly her cousin as well as her husband.
Jordan Morris of Butts to Elisha S. Kirksey of Jasper parcel in Jasper Co. SW fourth part of Lot 164 17th Dist. Formerly Baldwin home of the father, William Payne, dec. Wit.
She is not a child of Angeline and Jordan Morris based on the court records.
genforum.com /ga/henry/messages/960.html   (491 words)

  
 James Stafford and Lucretia Reins
Children were: Celesta "Lessie" Morgan, Unnamed Morgan, Emma Mae Morgan, Julia S Morgan, Robert Edward Lee Morgan, George Baxter Morgan, Cornelious Mentor Morgan, Sallie Bertha Morgan, Mary Eva Morgan, Ammie Evandice Morgan, Alfred Kirksey Morgan, Leon Bowers Morgan.
Parents: Richard Ivy Morris and Mary Joyce Christian.
Children were: Nancey E. Morris, Sarah A.E. Morris, Joanna Francis Joyce "Frank" Morris, William Osborne Morris, Hester America Morris.
www.johnstafford.org /jamesluc/d84.htm   (711 words)

  
 Northwest Florida Daily News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ewel Kirksey Hagan, age 60, of Altamonte Springs, Fla., died Saturday June 12, 1999, in an Altamonte hospital of respiratory/arrest/failure after a prolonged illness.
Surviving him are his wife Betty Kirk Hagan of Winter Springs; his son Major Aaron Hagan and wife Melissa; two grandchildren Kirksey and Kiley Hagen of Lynn Haven; sister Fannie Hagan Wilkerson of Gainesville; brothers, Russell Curren of Mossey Head and James Hagan of Liberty; and many nieces, nephews and cousins throughout the Southeast.
Louise was preceded in death by her husband, John T. Wood, and her grandson, John Steven Morris.
www.nwfdailynews.com /archive/obituaries/990614briefs5.html   (692 words)

  
 HickokSports.com - Biography - Morris Kirksey
One of only four athletes to win gold medals in two different sports, Kirksey was a member of the gold medal 4 by 100-meter relay team and he played on the gold medal U. rugby team at the 1920 Olympics.
He also won a silver medal in the 100-meter dash.
Representing Stanford, Kirksey won the IC4A 100-yard championship in 1922 and 1923.
www.hickoksports.com /biograph/kirkseymorris.shtml   (70 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Mississippi Mud : Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Biloxi had a history as a sin city; some of its cops were corrupt, while others were barely competent, and the police tried to implicate the Sherrys' adopted son in the murder.
The individual perceived by Sposito to be most likely to suffer from a reform administration was Mike Gillich, who owned a number of strip joints in Biloxi; he was connected to con man Kirksey Nix, who was subsequently convicted of murder in Louisiana and given a life sentence.
The Kirksey Nix flmail caper was borrowed by John Grisham in "The Brethren"!
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671535056?v=glance   (2550 words)

  
 Paddock, Charley
Paddock won five United States national titles in the early 1920s, two in the 100-yard dash (1921, 1924) and three in the 220-yard dash (1920, 1921, 1924).
At the 1920 Olympics Paddock's surge at the finish line allowed him to win the race by a small margin over fellow American Morris Kirksey.
He also placed second in the 200-meter dash and was a member of the winning 4 × 100-meter relay team.
www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/biographies/MainBiographies/P/paddock/01.html   (276 words)

  
 Twelfth of August   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Morris (Cherokee Press, Reagan, TN, 251 pages, $19.95) is the "Walking Tall" Sheriff Buford Pusser's authorized biography.
It was a bestseller when it was first published in 1971, and inspired the "Walking Tall" movies.
Author W.R. Morris has since updated the book with a new chapter that includes Dixie Mafia henchman Kirksey Nix (named by Sheriff Pusser as the assassin of the lawman's wife) and former Biloxi Mayor Pete Halat's involvement in the murders of Judge Vincent Sherry and his spouse.
www.outcrybookreview.com /morris.htm   (166 words)

  
 The Anniston Star - Obituaries for Wednesday
Pallbearers will be Bruce Walker, Jerry Crow, Chris Morris, Patrick Morris, Rick Morris and Fred Connell.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John R. Jones, and a daughter, Phyllis Jones.
Services for Darryl Leonardo Kirksey, 42, of Anniston will be announced by Model City Mortuary.
www.annistonstar.com /obituaries/2002/as-deaths-0227-0-2b26u1006.htm   (802 words)

  
 RugbyRugby : Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He died in 1965 at the age of 69.
Morris Kirksey won a gold medal in 1920 with the winning USA rugby side.
It was not his only medal at those Olympics.
www.rugbyrugby.com /LATEST_NEWS/story_37923.shtml   (420 words)

  
 Back Track: Paddock's 10.2
It should be stated here that two weeks later Blenkiron won the National Junior AAU 100 yards title and then finished second to Paddock in the Senior AAU.
In this latter race Blenkiron was 18 inches behind Paddock while defeating such famed sprinters as Morris Kirksey, Eddie Farrell, Bill Hayes and Bernie Wefers, Jr.
The only high school sprinter I ever saw who was as fast as Blenkiron was Wykoff.
www.trackandfieldnews.com /general/back_track/2.html   (841 words)

  
 Morris Kirksey | THG Lexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
November 1981 in San Mateo, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Leichtathlet und Olympiasieger.
Kirksey war Student an der Stanford-Universität und studierte Philosophie, als er 1921 über 100 Yards die amerikanischen Meisterschaften gewann und den von Charles Paddock aufgestellten Rekord einstellte.
Er war einer von 4 amerikanischen Athleten, die eine Goldmedaille in zwei verschiedenen olympischen Sportarten gewannen.
www.thgweb.de /lexikon/Morris_Kirksey   (191 words)

  
 Lord, I Believe!: Franklin L. Kirksey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Morris H. Chapman writes, “Look with me at Hebrews 11:6.
Morris H. Chapman, Faith: Taking God at His Word (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1992), 90.
Franklin L. Kirksey has been pastor of Creola First Baptist Church, Creola, Alabama, since 1993.
www.uu.edu /centers/rglee/spring02/kirksey.htm   (2784 words)

  
 Stanford Magazine: September/October 2000: Feature Story: Glory Years
HORINE: Showed the World new style of high jump
Morris Kirksey, '22, wins gold in two different sports, rugby and track.
But the Antwerp authorities refuse to release him to attend the medal ceremony for the 400-meter relay after they catch him, locked out, scaling the wall of the team's hotel.
www.stanfordalumni.org /news/magazine/2000/sepoct/articles/gloryyears.html   (442 words)

  
 Morris Kirksey, U.S., 4 X 100m, Olympics gold 1920 September 13 in History
Morris Kirksey, U.S., 4 X 100m, Olympics gold 1920 September 13 in History
Morris Kirksey, U.S., 4 X 100m, Olympics gold 1920
The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
www.brainyhistory.com /events/1896/september_13_1896_65861.html   (47 words)

  
 Olympic 1920 Highlights
New event : The 3000m Steeplechase made its first appearance as an Olympic event.
Suspicion : After celebrating the victory of his team in the 4x100m, relay, American athlete Morris Kirksey finds the hotel doors locked.
He is arrested by the Police after they find him ascending the front of the hotel building.
www.utusan.com.my /specialcoverage/sydney2000/olimpik1920/e_highlights.asp   (836 words)

  
 HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD (January 09, 2002)
Three-point goals: Morris 3, Wilkerson 2, B. Seawell (M); Weiss 3, Scheppler 3 (P).
M - Jordan 2 0-0 4, Green 3 4-4 10, Wilkerson 3 0-0 6, R. Seawell 5 0-0 12, B. Seawell 3 1-3 7, Morris 7 0-0 18, Drake 4 0-0 8, Francis 3 0-0 6.
Three-point goals: Kirksey (VCD); Morris 4, R. Seawell (M).
www.paloaltoonline.com /weekly/morgue/2002/2002_01_09.prepscbd.html   (1800 words)

  
 First Church Courier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
ACOLYTES: Sept. 28, Molly Underwood and Drew Kirksey; Oct. 5, Kenan Ballard and Dylan Lawing.
Elizabeth Bingham, (mother of Hugh Bingham), Brian Center; Inez Carpenter, Wilora Lake Lodge; Ilene Maki, (sister of May Reasoner), Colon Cancer, Wisconsin; Ed Kirksey, (Father of Steve Kirksey) at home; Lib Esterson, Century Retirement Center; Avis Peeler, home.
Call Faye Morris with questions or to register 704-735-5580.
www.gbgm-umc.org /fumclin/Newsletters/courier91903.htm   (647 words)

  
 Morris Kirksey - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Morris Kirksey - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Morris Kirksey - Your Art History Reference Guide!
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www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Morris_Kirksey   (212 words)

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