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paragraph: Greg Maddux

paragraph: Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Maddux is best known for his accomplishments while playing for the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs. With the Braves, he won the 1995 World Series over the Cleveland Indians. The first to achieve a number of feats and records, he was the first pitcher in major league history to win the Cy Young Award for four consecutive years (1992–1995), matched by only one other pitcher, Randy Johnson. During those four seasons, Maddux had a 75–29 record with a 1.98 earned run average (ERA), while allowing less than one baserunner per inning.

paragraph: Maddux is the only pitcher in MLB history to win at least 15 games for 17 straight seasons. In addition, he holds the record for most Gold Gloves with 18. A superb control pitcher, Maddux won more games during the 1990s than any other pitcher and is 8th on the all-time career wins list with 355. Since the start of the post-1920 live-ball era, only Warren Spahn (363) recorded more career wins than Maddux. He is one of only 10 pitchers ever to achieve both 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts, and is the only pitcher to record more than 300 wins, more than 3,000 strikeouts, and fewer than 1,000 walks.

paragraph: Since his retirement as a player, Maddux has also served as a special assistant to the general manager for both the Cubs and Texas Rangers. On January 8, 2014, he was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, in his first year of eligibility, receiving 97.2 percent of the votes.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Maddux was born in San Angelo, Texas and spent much of his childhood in Madrid, Spain, where the United States Air Force stationed his father. His father exposed him to baseball at an early age. Upon his return to Las Vegas, Nevada, Maddux and his brother Mike trained under the supervision of Ralph Meder, a former scout from the majors. Meder preached the value of movement and location above velocity, and advised throwing softer when in a jam instead of harder. Maddux would later say, "I believed it. I don't know why. I just did." Though Meder died before Maddux graduated from Valley High School in Las Vegas in 1984, he instilled a firm foundation that would anchor Maddux's future career.

paragraph: While in Las Vegas, he played American Legion Baseball with Post 8. He was named the organization's Graduate of the Year in 1984.

paragraph: Mike Maddux was drafted in 1982. When scouts went to observe the elder Maddux, their father Dave told them, "You will be back later for the little one." Some baseball scouts were unimpressed by Maddux's skinny build, but Chicago Cubs scout Doug Mapson saw past the physique. Mapson wrote a glowing review that read in part, "I really believe this boy would be the number one player in the country if only he looked a bit more physical."

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Chicago Cubs (1986–1992).

paragraph: Maddux was drafted in the second round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft by the Cubs, and made his major league debut on September 3, 1986, the conclusion of the September 2nd game which had been postponed due to darkness (lights were not installed at Wrigley Field until 1988). At the time, Maddux was the youngest player in the majors. His first appearance in a major league game was as a pinch runner (for catcher Jody Davis) in the 17th inning against the Houston Astros. Maddux then pitched in the 18th inning, allowing a home run to Billy Hatcher and taking the loss. His first start, five days later, was a complete game win. In his fifth and final start of 1986, Maddux defeated his older brother, who was pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies, marking the first time rookie brothers had pitched against each other. Mike Maddux was well used to his younger brother's competitive spirit, saying of their youth, "If Greg couldn't win, he didn't want to play, plain and simple."

paragraph: In 1987, his first full season in the majors, Maddux struggled to a 6–14 record and 5.61 ERA, but he flourished in 1988, finishing 18–8 with a 3.18 ERA. This began a streak of 17 straight seasons in which Maddux recorded 15 or more wins, the longest such streak in MLB history.

paragraph: Maddux established himself as the Cubs' ace in 1989, winning 19 games, including a September game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium that clinched the Cubs' second-ever National League Eastern Division championship. Manager Don Zimmer tabbed him to start Game One of the National League Championship Series against the San Francisco Giants. He allowed eight runs and was relieved after surrendering Will Clark's grand slam home run with two outs in the fourth. Maddux believed that just before the grand slam, Clark was able to read his lips during a conference at the mound between Maddux and Zimmer, and so knew what pitch to expect. After that incident, Maddux always covered his mouth with his glove during conversations on the mound. Maddux took a no-decision in Game Four; the Cubs ended up losing the NLCS four-games-to-one.

paragraph: After consecutive 15-win seasons in 1990 and 1991, Maddux won 20 games in 1992, tied for the NL lead, and was voted his first National League Cy Young Award. Free agency was pending for Maddux, but contract talks with the Cubs became contentious and eventually ceased. Both Chicago general manager Larry Himes and Maddux's agent, Scott Boras, accused the other of failing to negotiate in good faith. The Cubs eventually decided to pursue other free agents, including José Guzmán, Dan Plesac, and Candy Maldonado. After seven seasons in Chicago, Maddux signed a five-year, $28 million deal with the Atlanta Braves.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Atlanta Braves (1993–2003).

paragraph: He made his debut with the Braves as their opening day starter against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, beating his former teammates 1–0. It was a good start to another strong season. He led the NL in ERA for the first time while posting a 20–10 record. Maddux won his second straight Cy Young Award, and the Braves took their rotation of Maddux, 22-game winner Tom Glavine, 18-game winner Steve Avery, and 15-game winner John Smoltz to the postseason. Maddux won against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Two of the NLCS, but with Atlanta trailing 3 games to 2, lost the decisive Game Six.

paragraph: During the strike-shortened 1994 season, Maddux posted an ERA of 1.56, the second lowest since Bob Gibson's historic 1.12 in 1968, the last year of the elevated mound, and the lowest in the majors since Dwight Gooden's 1.53 in 1985. It pleased Maddux that his 1994 batting average (.222) was higher than his ERA. Maddux also led the National League in wins (with 16) and innings pitched (202) in his third Cy Young-winning year. Maddux also finished 5th in National League Most Valuable Player voting in 1994.

paragraph: In the following 1995 season, Maddux was 19–2 and posted the third-lowest ERA since Gibson's: 1.63. Maddux became the first pitcher to post back-to-back ERAs under 1.80 since Walter Johnson in 1918 (1.27) and 1919 (1.49). Maddux's 1.63 ERA came in a year when the overall league ERA was 4.23. Since the introduction of the live-ball era in 1920, there have only been five pitchers to have full-season ERAs under 1.65: Gibson and Luis Tiant in the anomalous 1968 season, Gooden in 1985, and Maddux, twice. Maddux's 19 wins led the National League, for the third time in four seasons.

paragraph: On May 28, 1995, he beat the Astros, losing a no-hitter on an eighth-inning home run to Jeff Bagwell. It was the only nine-inning one-hitter of his career. In June and July, Maddux threw 51 consecutive innings without issuing a walk. Maddux pitched effectively in all three of the Braves's postseason series, winning a game in each. His Game One victory in the 1995 World Series involved nine innings, two hits, no walks, and no earned runs with Orel Hershiser pitching for the opposite team. Maddux took the loss in Game Five, but the Atlanta Braves won their first World Series championship two days later. Following the 1995 season, Maddux won his fourth straight Cy Young Award, a major league record, and his second consecutive unanimous award. Maddux also finished third in that year's National League Most Valuable Player voting. The Atlanta Braves also made good on a pre-season promise to their pitching rotation, installing a putting green in the locker room at the newly built Turner Field following the World Series victory.

paragraph: From 1996 to 1998, Maddux finished fifth, second, and fourth in the Cy Young voting. In August 1997, Maddux signed a $57.5-million, five-year contract extension that made him the highest-paid player in baseball. In February 2003, he avoided arbitration by signing a one-year $14.75-million deal. Maddux's production remained consistent: a 19–4 record in 1997, 18–9 in 1998, 19–9 in both 1999 and 2000, 17–11 in 2001, 16–6 in 2002, and 16–11 in 2003, his last season as a Brave. From 1993 to 1998, Maddux led the National League in ERA four times, and was second the other two seasons.

paragraph: On July 22, 1997, Maddux threw a complete game with just 78 pitches (63 strikes and 15 balls) against the Cubs. Three weeks earlier, he had shut out the defending champion New York Yankees on 84 pitches, and five days before that, he'd beaten the Phillies with a 90-pitch complete game. Maddux allowed just 20 bases on balls in 1997, including six intentional walks.

paragraph: Maddux struck out 200+ batters for the only time in his career in 1998. He outdueled the Cubs's Kerry Wood to clinch the NLDS, but the Braves were eliminated in the next round. The Braves returned to the World Series in 1999. Maddux was the Game One starter, and took a 1–0 lead into the eighth inning before a Yankee rally cost him the game and eventually the series as the Braves were swept.

paragraph: On June 14, 2000, Maddux made his 387th putout to break Jack Morris's career record. In September 2000, he had a streak of 40 scoreless innings. He pitched poorly in his one playoff start of 2000. In May 2001, Maddux became the first Braves pitcher since 1916 to throw two 1–0 shutouts in the same month. The first included a career-best 14 strikeouts. In July and August of that year, Maddux pitched 72 consecutive innings without giving up a walk; that streak ended when he intentionally threw four balls to Steve Finley. In 2002, he won his 13th straight Gold Glove Award, an NL record. Maddux tied Jim Kaat's career record of 16 Gold Gloves after the 2006 season.

paragraph: Throughout most of his years with the Braves, in the tradition of other pitching greats such as Steve Carlton, Maddux often had his own personal catcher. Though the Braves's primary catcher during much of that time was Javy López, Maddux at various points used Charlie O'Brien, Eddie Pérez, Paul Bako, and Henry Blanco, for the majority of his starts, which were generally regarded as Lopez's day off, though Lopez did sometimes catch Maddux in his post-season starts.

paragraph: Maddux was the crown jewel in the much-vaunted Braves trio of Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz, who pitched together for over a decade as the core of one of the best pitching staffs in the history of the game. The three were the linchpin of a team that won its division (the National League West in 1993 and the East from then on) every year that Maddux was on the team (1994 had no division champions). The three pitchers were frequently augmented by other strong starters such as Steve Avery, Kevin Millwood, Denny Neagle, and Russ Ortiz. In 1995, they pitched the Braves to a World Series title. In 29 postseason games with Atlanta, Maddux had a 2.81 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP, but just an 11–13 record.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Second stint with the Chicago Cubs (2004–2006).

paragraph: Maddux returned to the Cubs as a free agent prior to the 2004 season, when he signed with them on February 18, 2004. Maddux got his first win on April 23 after losing 3 consecutive games at the beginning of the season. On August 7, Maddux defeated the San Francisco Giants, 8-4, to garner his 300th career victory. In April 2005, he beat Roger Clemens for his 306th win in the first National League matchup between 300-game winners in 113 years. On July 26, 2005, after a three-hour rain delay, Maddux struck out Omar Vizquel to become the thirteenth member of the 3,000 strikeout club and only the ninth pitcher with both 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts, having reached both marks against the San Francisco Giants. Maddux finished as one of the four pitchers to top 3,000 strikeouts while having allowed fewer than 1,000 walks (he had 999). The other three pitchers who have accomplished this feat are Ferguson Jenkins, Curt Schilling, and Pedro Martínez.

paragraph: Maddux's 13–15 record in 2005 was his first losing record since 1987, and snapped a string of seventeen consecutive seasons with 15 or more wins. (Cy Young had surpassed the 15-win total for 15 straight years; both Young and Maddux reached 13+ wins for 19 consecutive seasons. This is even more impressive considering that Cy Young pitched in an era with no more than 4 regular starters that would average more than 40+ games per season, whereas Maddux pitched in an era with a 5-man rotation where reaching 40 starts in a season was virtually unheard of.)

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Los Angeles Dodgers (2006).

paragraph: Maddux's second stint with the Chicago Cubs lasted until mid-2006, when he was traded for the first time in his career, to the Los Angeles Dodgers. At the time, the Dodgers were in the thick of a playoff race. In his first Dodger start, Maddux threw six no-hit innings before a rain delay interrupted his debut. In his next start, Maddux needed just 68 pitches to throw eight shutout innings. On August 30, 2006, he won his 330th career game, passing Steve Carlton to take sole possession of 10th on the all-time list. On September 30, 2006, Maddux pitched seven innings in San Francisco, allowing two runs and three hits in a 4–2 victory over the Giants, clinching a postseason spot for the Dodgers and notching another 15-win season. It was Maddux's 18th season among his league's Top 10 for wins, breaking a record he'd shared with Cy Young and Warren Spahn, who did it 17 times apiece. However, the Dodgers were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Mets. Maddux started the third and final game, throwing an ineffective no-decision. Maddux was honored with a Fielding Bible Award as the best fielding pitcher in MLB for 2006.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Diego Padres (2007–2008).

paragraph: On December 5, 2006, Maddux agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal with the San Diego Padres with a player option for the 2008 season, an option that Maddux later exercised at a reported $10 million. Maddux earned his 338th victory in the game that Trevor Hoffman earned his milestone 500th save. On August 24, 2007, he won his 343rd game to take sole possession of ninth place on the all-time win list. He achieved another milestone with the same win, becoming the only pitcher in the major leagues to have 20 consecutive seasons with at least 10 wins and placing him second on the list for most 10-win seasons, tied with Nolan Ryan and behind Don Sutton, who has 21. Also in 2007, Maddux reached 13 wins for the 20th consecutive season, passing Cy Young for that major league record. He finished the season with a career total 347 wins. Maddux won a record 17th Gold Glove award in 2007. On May 10, 2008, Maddux won his 350th game.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Second stint with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2008).

paragraph: Maddux was traded back to the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 19 for two players to be named later or cash considerations by the San Diego Padres. His return to Los Angeles was unlike his debut, though, as he allowed 7 earned runs on 9 hits while taking a loss against the Philadelphia Phillies.

paragraph: Maddux pitched his 5,000th career inning against the San Francisco Giants on September 19. On September 27, in his final start of the season, he won his 355th game, moving him ahead of Roger Clemens into 8th place in all-time wins. Maddux ranks tenth in career strikeouts with 3,371. His strikeout total is balanced against 999 walks. For the 2008 season, he posted an 8–13 record. His 1.4 walks per 9 innings pitched were the best in the majors.

paragraph: After the Dodgers won the National League West, Maddux was moved to the bullpen after manager Joe Torre decided to go with a three-man rotation. Maddux pitched four innings of relief during the series (which the Dodgers lost), allowing no runs. Maddux was noted for his ability to warm up quickly.

paragraph: Maddux received his 18th Gold Glove Award in November 2008, extending his own major league record. A month later, he announced his retirement.

paragraph: Section::::Post-playing career.

paragraph: On January 11, 2010, Maddux was hired by the Chicago Cubs as an assistant to General Manager Jim Hendry. In his return to Chicago, his focus was on developing pitchers' styles and techniques throughout the organization, including minor league affiliates. For the 2012 season Maddux left his position with the Cubs and joined the Texas Rangers organization, where his brother Mike was the pitching coach.

paragraph: He was announced as the pitching coach for the USA team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

paragraph: On February 2, 2016, he was hired by the Dodgers as a special assistant to the President of Baseball Operations, Andrew Friedman.

paragraph: On July 6, 2016, Maddux was hired as an assistant baseball coach for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He will serve as the pitching coach. Greg's son, Chase is a pitcher for the Rebels.

paragraph: Section::::Pitching style.

paragraph: Maddux relied on his command, composure, and guile to outwit hitters. Though his fastball touched 93 mph in his early years, his velocity steadily declined throughout his career, and was never his principal focus as a pitcher. By the end of his career, his fastball averaged less than 86 mph. Maddux was also noted for the late movement on his sinker (two-seam fastball), which, combined with his control, made him known as an excellent groundball pitcher. While Maddux was not known for his strikeout totals, his strikeout totals have often been undersold because strikeout rate has often been measured per nine innings, rather than per batter faced. Maddux alternated his two-seam fastball with an excellent circle changeup. Though these served as his primary pitches, he also threw a four-seam fastball, a cutter, a curveball, a slider, and a splitter.

paragraph: Maddux was renowned for focusing on the outside corner. This approach was emphasized under former Atlanta Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone. He would begin by throwing strikes with his fastball down and away, then expand the strike zone with his changeup—sometimes obtaining borderline strike calls from umpires simply on the strength of his reputation. In complement with this strategy, Maddux popularized a tactic of throwing his two-seam fastball off the plate inside to left-handed hitters, only to have the ball break back over the inside corner for a strike. Maddux said of that pitch, "That was just my normal fastball that did that. ... I always had it. The pitch really started to work for me when I ... learned how to throw a cutter, it made that pitch more effective."

paragraph: In addition, his propensity for throwing strikes and avoiding walks kept his pitch counts low. On July 2, 1997 he won a game against the New York Yankees, for example, with the numbers "nine innings, three hits, no walks, eight strikeouts, one pickoff, one double play, 84 pitches ... [in] two hours and nine minutes". Dodgers general manager Fred Claire admired Maddux's pitching consistency, saying "It's almost like a guy lining up a 60-foot-6-inch putt ... he is just so disciplined, so repetitive in his pitches." Speaking about Maddux's accuracy, Orel Hershiser said, "This guy can throw a ball in a teacup." Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs talked about facing Maddux: "It seems like he's inside your mind with you. When he knows you're not going to swing, he throws a straight one. He sees into the future. It's like he has a crystal ball hidden inside his glove."

paragraph: Maddux was also known for intensely studying hitters in preparation for his starts. He would often watch hitters take their warmup swings or read their body language to gauge their mentality. Teammate Tom Glavine said, "I think the hitters think he can go back and recall every pitch he has ever thrown. That's not the case, but I think he's probably better at remembering things than most people are. He's definitely better in the course of the game at making adjustments on a hitter based on what he's seen, whether it's one swing or a guy's last at-bat."

paragraph: Finally, Maddux has been praised for his superior pitching mechanics, helping him avoid serious arm injuries throughout his lengthy career. One analyst of pitching mechanics wrote, "Maddux's sterling reputation for pitching mechanics is more than justified. He could repeat his delivery as well as any pitcher that I have ever seen, with consistent timing and positioning that persisted regardless of pitch type or pitch count, giving the impression that he was never fatigued." Maddux was also a highly durable pitcher, leading the National League in innings pitched in five consecutive years. He pitched at least 194 innings for 21 consecutive seasons, and finished with the lowest BB/9 ratio in the National League nine times.

paragraph: Section::::Talents and accomplishments.

paragraph: Maddux has been credited by many of his teammates with a superior ability to outthink his opponents and anticipate results. Braves catcher Eddie Pérez tells the story of Maddux intentionally allowing a home run to the Astros's Jeff Bagwell, in anticipation of facing Bagwell in the playoffs months later. Maddux felt Bagwell would instinctively be looking for the same pitch again, which Maddux would then refuse to throw. On another occasion while sitting on the bench, Maddux once told his teammates, "Watch this, we might need to call an ambulance for the first base coach." The batter, Los Angeles' José Hernández, drove the next pitch into the chest of the Dodgers' first base coach. Maddux had noticed that Hernández, who'd been pitched inside by Braves pitching during the series, had shifted his batting stance slightly. On another occasion, a former teammate, outfielder Marquis Grissom, recalled a game in 1996 when Maddux was having trouble spotting his fastball. Between innings, he told Grissom, "Gary Sheffield is coming up next inning. I am going to throw him a slider and make him just miss it so he hits it to the warning track." The at-bat went as Maddux had predicted.

paragraph: Early in the 2000 season, Maddux was asked by sportswriter Bob Nightengale what had been the most memorable at-bat of his pitching career. Maddux said it was striking out Dave Martinez to end a regular season game. Nightengale was surprised Maddux hadn't picked a postseason game, or a more famous player. Maddux explained: "I remember that one because he got a hit off me in the same situation (full count, bases loaded, two out in the 9th inning) seven years earlier. I told myself if I ever got in the same situation again, I'll pitch him differently. It took me seven years, but I got him."

paragraph: Publicly, however, Maddux is dismissive of his reputation, saying, "People think I'm smart? You know what makes you smart? Locate your fastball down and away. That's what makes you smart. You talk to Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, or Tom Seaver. They'll all tell you the same thing. It's not your arm that makes you a great pitcher. It's that thing between both of your ears we call a brain."

paragraph: To this day, Maddux maintains Koufax, Gibson, and Seaver are the three best pitchers of the "live ball" era of baseball. Informed by "The Sporting News" he had been voted best pitcher of the 1990s, he replied, "It [the award] could have gone to Glavine or Smoltz just as easily and each would have deserved it. They're both great pitchers."

paragraph: Maddux never walked more than 82 batters in any season of his career, averaging fewer than 2 walks per game. In 1997, Maddux allowed 20 walks in 232+ innings, or 0.77 per nine innings. In 2001, he set a National League record by going 72 innings without giving up a walk.

paragraph: Maddux's low walk totals also kept his pitch counts down, enabling him to go deeper into games. In 31 starts, Maddux threw nine innings with 100 or fewer pitches. Ten of those starts were under 90 pitches, including a 76-pitch complete game in July 1997, the most efficient start by any pitcher since 1979. In recognition of this, statistic describing a complete game shut-out thrown in less than 100 pitches was named after him. Maddux is the career leader for this stat having thrown 13.

paragraph: In addition to his pitching skills, Maddux was an excellent fielding pitcher. He won 18 Gold Gloves, the all-time record for any position. Of his 18 total awards, Maddux won 10 with the Braves, five with the Cubs, two with the Dodgers and one with the Padres. Maddux was also a good hitting pitcher, with a career .171 batting average, including four seasons batting .200 or better. He hit 5 home runs, with 84 RBIs.

paragraph: Maddux pitched in 13 Division Series contests, 17 League Championship games and five World Series games. He has a 3.27 ERA in 198 postseason innings, including an outstanding 2.09 ERA in 38.7 World Series innings. He was chosen for the National League All-Star team eight times.

paragraph: Maddux won 20 games only twice, in 1992 and 1993. However, he won 19 games five times (including the 1995 season which was reduced to 144 games from the strike of 1994), 18 games twice, and 16 in the strike shortened 1994 season (which was reduced to 115 games). He won four ERA titles (in 1993–1995 and 1998), and led the NL in shutouts five times. He holds the major league record for seasons leading his league in games started (7). He also holds the record for most seasons finishing in the top 10 in the league in wins (18).

paragraph: In his 2009 book, "The Annual Baseball Gold Mine" baseball statistics guru Bill James found Maddux to be far and away the most underrated player in baseball history. The methodology for this included the fact that though Maddux only won 20 games twice, he won 19 games five times. He also had only one season of 200 or more strikeouts but had seasons of 199, 198 and 197, respectively, which diminished his reputation as a strikeout pitcher. In addition to that James also argued that although he had 18 seasons of 200 or more innings pitched, he also had three seasons of 199.1, 198 and 194 innings pitched.

paragraph: In 1999, Maddux ranked 39th on "The Sporting News"' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, the highest-ranking pitcher then active. He was also nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. However, when "TSN" updated their list in 2005, Maddux had fallen to number 51.

paragraph: The Cubs retired jersey number 31 on May 3, 2009 in honor of both Maddux and Ferguson Jenkins. The Atlanta Braves retired Maddux's number 31, on July 17, 2009.

paragraph: "I get asked all the time was he the best pitcher I ever saw. Was he the smartest pitcher I ever saw? The most competitive I ever saw? The best teammate I ever saw? The answer is yes to all of those", said Braves manager Bobby Cox at the banquet to induct Maddux into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta on July 17, 2009.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Maddux was born on April 14, 1966, the same day as former Braves teammate David Justice and shares a birthday with former teammate Steve Avery. He is married to Kathy; the couple has two children; a daughter, Amanda "Paige" (born December 9, 1993), and a son, "Satchel" Chase Maddux (born April 19, 1997).

paragraph: In 2002, in the episode "Take Me out of the Ballgame", of the TV series "Do Over", the main character lost a baseball game to a young Greg Maddux, who was played by Shad Hart.

paragraph: On January 8, 2014 Maddux was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The pitcher later announced that he would not have a team logo on his plaque, citing his history with both the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs: "It's impossible for me to choose one of those teams ... as the fans of both clubs in each of those cities were so wonderful", Maddux said.

paragraph: The song "Movement and Location" from the Punch Brothers album "Who's Feeling Young Now?" was written about Maddux.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Atlanta Braves award winners and league leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chicago Cubs award winners and league leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Atlanta Braves team records

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball annual shutout leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball individual streaks

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career batters faced leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career games started leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career hit batsmen leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career innings pitched leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career losses leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a pitcher leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career WHIP leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- Major League Baseball titles leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- Major League Baseball titles streaks

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Greg Maddux at SABR (Baseball BioProject)

paragraph: br

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Greg Maddux

wikipedia_title: Greg Maddux


text:
Sunni
Islamic scholar
Hadith
Jummail
Damascus
Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani
Mount Qasioun
Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi
Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi
Maqdisi (nesbat)
History of Hadith
Biodata at MuslimScholars.info

categories: 1203 deaths,12th-century Muslim scholars of Islam,Syrian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam,Hanbalis,12th-century jurists,1146 births,Hadith scholars

paragraph: Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi

paragraph: ‘Abd al-Ghanī ibn ‘Abd al-Wāḥid al-Jammā’īlī al-Maqdisi () was a classical Sunni Islamic scholar and a prominent Hadith master. His full name was "al-Imam al-Hafidh Abu Muhammad Abdul-Ghani ibn Abdul-Wahid al-Jammaʻili al-Maqdisi al-Hanbali". He was born in 541 AH (1146 CE) in the village of Jummail in Palestine. He studied with scholars in Damascus; many of whom were from his own extended family. He studied with many scholars including the Imam of Tasawwuf, Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. He was the first person to establish a school on Mount Qasioun near Damascus. He died in 600 AH (1203 CE).

paragraph: He was a relative of Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi, as his mother and Diya al-Din al-Maqdisis grandmother were sisters.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Maqdisi (nesbat)

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of Hadith

paragraph: Section::::External Links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biodata at MuslimScholars.info

description: Sunni scholar, Hadith master

wikidata_label: Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi

wikipedia_title: Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi


text: Duc Decazes

text: Glücksbierg

text: French

text: Thoroughbred

text: racehorse

text: breeder

text: Paris

text: Savigné-l'Evêque

text: Châtelain

text: Paris

text: Lausanne

text: Haras d'Ouilly

text: stud

text: Pont-d'Ouilly

text: Calvados

text: Prince Palatine

text: Jack Barnato Joel

text: Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris

text: François Dupré

text: Lausanne, Switzerland

text: Daisy Fellowes

text: Chantilly

text: Paris

text: Paris

text: Paris

text: Bonzac

text: Paris

text: Bordeaux

text: Cauderan

text: Bonzac

text: Villecresnes

text: Libourne

text: Choisel

text: Venice

text: Boulogne-Billancourt

text: Libourne

text: Lausanne

text: Paris

text: Lausanne

text: Paris

text: Madrid

text: Paris

text: Moulleau

text: Paris

text: Neuilly

text: Le Chesnay

text: Marseille

text: Neuilly

text: Paris

text: Boulogne-Billancourt

text: Savigné-l'Evêque

text: Vevey

text: Savigné-l-Evêque

text: Geneva

text: New York City, New York

text: Etretat

text: Geneva

text: Paris

text: Vevey

text: Lausanne

text: Freiburg

text: Lausanne

text: Paris

text: Paris

text: Cossonay

text: Montreux-le-Chatelard

text: Paris

text: Richmond, Virginia

text: Richmond, Virginia

text: Lausanne

text: Lausanne

text: Lausanne

text: Lausanne

text: Lausanne

text: Tours

text: Lausanne

text: Lausanne

text: Lausanne

text: Genealogy of Decazes de Glucksbierg

categories: 1864 births,Dukes of Decazes,Sportspeople from Paris,1912 deaths,Dukes of Glücksberg

paragraph: Louis Jean, duc Decazes

paragraph: "Louis" Jean Victor Sévère Decazes de Glücksbierg, 4th Duc Decazes and 4th Hertig af Glücksbierg (February 24, 1889 – June 2, 1941), was a French businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Louis Jean Decazes was born in Paris. On October 2, 1912, he married at Savigné-l'Evêque Marie Catherine "Germaine" Couturié (daughter of the Châtelain of Mesnil) (Paris, April 25, 1885 - Lausanne, October 23, 1968), with whom he had five children. In 1916 he acquired the Haras d'Ouilly stud farm in Pont-d'Ouilly, Calvados. He acquired more land surrounding his property and spent a great deal of money modernizing the facilities. In 1918 he purchased Prince Palatine from the English breeder Jack Barnato Joel. In 1923, Louis Jean Decazes horse L'Yser won the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris.

paragraph: Beginning in 1921, he was a partner in some horses with François Dupré and in 1930 sold the Haras d'Ouilly property to Dupré.

paragraph: Duke Decazes died in Lausanne, Switzerland where the family had fled to escape the German occupation of France in World War II.

paragraph: His sister was the fashion icon and writer Daisy Fellowes.

paragraph: Section::::Children and grandchildren.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Élie" Ludovic Henri-Christian Decazes de Glücksberg, 5th Duc Decazes and 5th Hertig af Glücksbierg (Chantilly, May 16, 1914 - March 17, 2011), married in Paris, November 15, 1937 Solange Rose Lucie du Temple de Rougemont (Paris, June 20, 1917- January 2, 2011), and had:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edith Marie Hélène Germaine Decazes de Glücksberg (Paris, December 6, 1938), married at Bonzac civilly on June 8 and religiously on June 9, 1962 Georges Roger Jean François Comte Lannes de Montebello (Paris, September 28, 1934), and had issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marie Isabelle Decazes de Glücksberg (Bordeaux-Cauderan, July 4, 1941), married at Bonzac civilly on February 20 and religiously February 27, 1965 Jean Henri Comte de Sabran-Pontevès (Villecresnes, January 15, 1939), and had female issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Séverine Marie Yveline Gabrielle Decazes de Glücksberg (Libourne, July 29, 1943), married civilly at Choisel, June 24, and religiously in Venice, July 8, 1967 Henri-François Léon Théophile Le Tonnelier Marquis de Breteuil (Boulogne-Billancourt, December 5, 1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gabrielle Sylviane Marie-Françoise Decazes de Glücksberg (Libourne, March 24, 1945), unmarried and without issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Louis Frédéric René Marie Edouard Decazes de Glücksberg, 6th Duc Decazes and 6th Hertig af Glücksbierg (Lausanne, November 14, 1946), unmarried and without issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jacques Louis Élie Mortimer Decazes de Glücksberg (Paris, February 23, 1917 - Lausanne, May 24, 1998), married in Paris, June 8, 1938 Margherita Maria Helena von Heeren (Madrid, January 7, 1915 - 1994), and had:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marie-Solange Nadine Germaine Isabelle Decazes de Glücksberg (Paris, April 18, 1939), married firstly at Moulleau, July 7, 1960 and divorced in Paris, March 3, 1971 Bernard Derode (Neuilly, April 19, 1937), and secondly at Le Chesnay, February 23, 1974 Olivier Jacques Marie Nodé-Langlois (Marseille, March 20, 1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nadine Marie Catalina Decazes de Glücksberg (Neuilly, September 14, 1941), married in Paris, November 5, 1970 Henri Alain Charles Coeur Marie Comte Rouillé d'Orfeuil (Boulogne-Billancourt, June 28, 1946)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jacques-Marie Louis Pedro Decazes de Glücksberg (Savigné-l'Evêque, December 19, 1944), married at Remaucourt, June 20, 1975 Bernadette Marie Constant (Remaucourt, June 23, 1947)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jean-Marie Élie Decazes de Glücksberg (Vevey, March 6, 1949), married and with one son, Louis-Jean Decazes de Glücksberg.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marie Catherine Isabelle Séverine Germaine Marguerite Marie Decazes de Glücksberg (Savigné-l-Evêque, April 26, 1918 - Geneva, November 28, 1968), married in New York City, New York, June 3, 1948 Jehan Ludovic James Achille de Nouë (Etretat, June 17, 1907 - Geneva, April 7, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marie Yveline Decazes de Glücksberg (Paris, June 23, 1920 - Vevey, September 8, 1984), married firstly civilly at Lausanne, April 24 and religiously at Freiburg, April 27, 1943 and divorced at Lausanne, August 19, 1949) Michel Joseph de Geofroy (Paris, February 28, 1913 - February 4,1989), and secondly in Paris, July 27, 1956 and divorced at Cossonay, August 29, 1966) Henri Joseph David Mojonnet (Montreux-le-Chatelard, September 10, 1917)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Édouard Edmond Decazes de Glücksberg (Paris, May 22, 1921), married in Richmond, Virginia, November 4, 1950 Caroline Triplett Scott (Richmond, Virginia, April 22, 1938), and had:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marie-Caroline Germaine Decazes de Glücksberg (Lausanne, October 21, 1951), married in 1985 Bruno van Herpen

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marguerite Marie Egédie Decazes de Glücksberg (Lausanne, October 21, 1955), married in Lausanne, October 8, 1988 Christophe Slaboszewicz (Lausanne, July 20, 1958)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frédéric Charles Louis Patrick Decazes de Glücksberg (Lausanne, July 20, 1958 - Tours, January 29, 2018), married in 1990 Catherine Chou

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lucie Henriette Philippine Decazes de Glücksberg (Lausanne, February 17, 1961), unmarried and without issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Diane Douce Élisabeth Decazes de Glücksberg (Lausanne, February 3, 1963 - Lausanne, September, 1988), unmarried and without issue

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pont-d'Ouilly municipal website with the history of Haras d'Ouilly (French language)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Genealogy of Decazes de Glucksbierg

description: French businessman

wikidata_label: Louis Jean, duc Decazes

wikipedia_title: Louis Jean, duc Decazes


text:
American
singer-songwriter
multi-instrumentalist
writer
photographer
pseudonym
Dustin J. O'Halloran
CD-R
cassette
folk
Ann Arbor
Moodgadget
Enge
Chicago
Kranky
Précis
Orcas
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Morr Music
horologist
Enge
Moodgadget
Précis
Kranky
Temper
Hall Of Owls
Lasted
Plays Thelma
Desire Path Recordings
Radial
Moodgadget
Moodgadget
Official website
Bandcamp site
Myspace page
Kranky website
Moodgadget website
Press Play and Record interview

categories: American experimental musicians,1984 births,American singer-songwriters,Living people

paragraph: Benoit Pioulard

paragraph: Thomas Meluch (born August 4, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, writer, and photographer, best known by his pseudonym Benoît Pioulard.

paragraph: He has collaborated frequently with Dustin J. O'Halloran.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Meluch began documenting field recordings and his own lo-fi compositions on dictaphones, discarded stereos and four-track machines in the mid 1990s, later focusing on highly limited CD-R and cassette releases of his experimental, folk-influenced songs for friends and family.

paragraph: His first recordings as Benoît Pioulard appeared on the "Random Number...Colors Start" compilation released by the Ann Arbor-based Moodgadget label in 2004. After 2005's "Enge" EP Meluch was signed to Chicago's Kranky imprint, for whom he recorded the albums "Précis" (2006),"Temper" (2008), "Lasted" (2010), and "Hymnal" (2013).

paragraph: In 2010, Meluch formed Orcas with minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri. The duo's self-titled debut was released in April 2012 on Germany's Morr Music imprint, and its follow-up "Yearling" was released in early 2014.

paragraph: Meluch lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife, an antiquarian horologist.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Solo.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Blurred" CD-R (self-released, 2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Clear" CD-R (self-released, 2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Skymost" CD-R (self-released, 2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Enge" 7" EP (Moodgadget, 2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dakota / Housecoat" CD-R (self-released, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Précis" CD (Kranky, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fir" 7" EP (Type, 2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Temper" LP (Kranky, 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lee" 7" (Hall Of Owls, 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Flocks" 7" (Blue Flea, 2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lasted" LP (Kranky, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Plays Thelma" EP (Desire Path Recordings, 2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hymnal" LP (Kranky, 2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sonnet" LP (Kranky, 2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Noyaux " EP (Kranky, 2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Seize/Marre " EP (self-released, 2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Benoit Pioulard Listening Matter" (Kranky, 2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Radial" CD-R (self-released, June 27, 2016)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Collaborations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Deck Amber (with Ant'lrd)" LP (Sounds et al, 2018)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "PERILS – PERILS (with Kyle Bobby Dunn), LP (Desire Path Recordings, 2015)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Appeared on.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Random Number...Colors Start" (Moodgadget, 2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Idol Tryouts 2" (Ghostly International, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Rorschach Suite" (Moodgadget, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (Workshop, 2013)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bandcamp site

paragraph: BULLET::::- Myspace page

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kranky website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Moodgadget website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Press Play and Record interview

description: American musician

wikidata_label: Benoit Pioulard

wikipedia_title: Benoit Pioulard


text: English

text: soothsayer

text: prophetess

text: Knaresborough

text: Yorkshire

text: Mother Shipton's Cave

text: Petrifying Well

text: York

text: Samuel Pepys

text: London

text: Great Fire

text: Royal Family

text: Knaresborough

text: Portsmouth

text: pantomime

text: Panto dame

text: Moth

text: Callistege mi

text: wing's pattern

text: 2012 Doomsday prediction

text: Mother Shipton's Cave and Dropping Well

text: Mother Shipton, Her Life and Prophecies

categories: 1561 deaths,People from Knaresborough,English psychics,15th-century English women,15th-century English people,Legendary English people,1488 births,16th-century English women,16th-century English people

paragraph: Mother Shipton

paragraph: Ursula Southeil (c. 1488–1561) (also variously spelt as Ursula Southill, Ursula Soothtell or Ursula Sontheil), better known as Mother Shipton, is said to have been an English soothsayer and prophetess. The first publication of her prophecies, which did not appear until 1641, eighty years after her reported death, contained a number of mainly regional predictions, but only two prophetic verses – neither of which foretold the End of the World, despite widespread assumptions to that effect.

paragraph: One of the most notable editions of her prophecies was published in 1684. It states that she was born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, in a cave now known as Mother Shipton's Cave which, along with the Petrifying Well and associated parkland, is operated as a visitor attraction. She was reputed to be hideously ugly. The book also claims that she married Toby Shipton, a local carpenter, near York in 1512 and told fortunes and made predictions throughout her life.

paragraph: It is recorded in the diaries of Samuel Pepys that whilst surveying the damage to London caused by the Great Fire in the company of the Royal Family they were heard to discuss Mother Shipton's prophecy of the event.

paragraph: Section::::Prophecies.

paragraph: The most famous claimed edition of Mother Shipton's prophecies foretells many modern events and phenomena. Widely quoted today as if it were the original, it contains over a hundred prophetic rhymed couplets in notably non-16th-century language and includes the now-famous lines:

paragraph: poem

paragraph: "The world to an end shall come"

paragraph: "In eighteen hundred and eighty one."/poem

paragraph: However, this version did not appear in print until 1862, and its true author, one Charles Hindley, subsequently admitted in print that he had invented it.

paragraph: This invented prophecy has appeared over the years with different dates and in (or about) several countries (for example in the late 1970s many news articles about Mother Shipton appeared setting the date at 1981). The 1920s (subsequently much reprinted) booklet "The Life and Prophecies of Ursula Sontheil better known as Mother Shipton" stated the date as 1991.

paragraph: Among other well-known lines from Hindley's fake version (often quoted as if they were original) are:

paragraph: poem

paragraph: "A Carriage without a horse shall go;

paragraph: "Disaster fill the world with woe...

paragraph: "In water iron then shall float,

paragraph: "As easy as a wooden boat."/poem

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Quite who Mother Shipton was or what exactly she said is not definitively known. What is certain is that her name became linked with many tragic events and strange goings-on recorded all over the UK, Australia, and North America throughout the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Many fortune tellers used her effigy and statue, presumably for purposes of association marketing. Many pubs were named after her. Only two survive, one near her birthplace in Knaresborough and the other in Portsmouth, where there is a statue of her above the door.

paragraph: A caricature of Mother Shipton was used in early pantomime and is believed by historians to be the forerunner of the Panto dame.

paragraph: The Mother Shipton Moth ("Callistege mi") is named after her. Each wing's pattern resembles a hag's head in profile.

paragraph: A fundraising campaign was started in 2013 with the goal of raising £35,000 to erect a statue of Shipton in Knaresborough. Completed in October 2017, the statue sits on a bench in the town's Market Square close to a statue of 18th century road engineer John Metcalfe, known as Blind Jack.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012 Doomsday prediction

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mother Shipton's Cave and Dropping Well

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mother Shipton, Her Life and Prophecies Mysterious Britain & Ireland

alias:
Ursula Southeil
Ursula Southill
Ursula Soothtell
Ursula Sontheil

description: English astrologer

wikidata_label: Mother Shipton

wikipedia_title: Mother Shipton


text:
Canadian football
running back
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Canadian Football League
West Virginia Mountaineers football
NFL
Montreal Alouettes
2008
CFL East
2009 season
MVP
2009 Grey Cup
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Holy Cross High School
Delran Township, New Jersey
anterior cruciate ligament injury
Amos Zereoué
NCAA
Big East
Big East
Miami (Ohio)
Rutgers
Virginia Tech
Pitt
Mountaineer Field
Athlon
Boston College
Syracuse
Rutgers
Don Nehlen's
Ole Miss
Music City Bowl
Miami Hurricanes
Ohio
Kent State
Maryland
Rutgers
Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana
Heisman Trophy
Steve Slaton
ECU
Miami
Big East Conference
Amos Zereoué
Detroit Lions
2004 season
Cologne Centurions
NFL Europe
Europe
Miami Dolphins
2005 NFL season
Canadian Football League
Montreal Alouettes
Jarrett Payton
Walter Payton
Toronto Argonauts
ESPN's
SportsCenter
ankle
Miami
Grey Cup
Most Valuable Player award
97th Grey Cup
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Martell Mallett
Martell Mallett
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio
Official website
Chill-Son

categories: Detroit Lions players,Montreal Alouettes players,Grey Cup champions,Hamilton Tiger-Cats players,Canadian football running backs,1979 births,People from Cherry Hill, New Jersey,Players of American football from New Jersey,West Virginia Mountaineers football players,Sportspeople from Camden, New Jersey,African-American players of Canadian football,Cologne Centurions players,American football running backs,Living people,Winnipeg Blue Bombers coaches

paragraph: Avon Cobourne

paragraph: Avon Cobourne (born March 6, 1979) is a former American professional Canadian football running back who was most recently a running back coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was a running back for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team from 1999 to 2002 before entering the NFL.

paragraph: Cobourne became the Montreal Alouettes's starting running back in 2008, in which he finished the season with 1,557 all-purpose yards and was named a CFL East Division All-Star. He followed this up with an outstanding 2009 season where he rushed for 1,214 yards and 13 touchdowns, culminating in CFL All-Star recognition and being named the MVP of the 2009 Grey Cup.

paragraph: Section::::High school years.

paragraph: Cobourne grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and attended Holy Cross High School in Delran Township, New Jersey, where he was a letterman in football. In football, he rushed for 1,400 yards and 32 touchdowns as a junior, but suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury early in his senior season.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Freshman season.

paragraph: Cobourne entered West Virginia right after Amos Zereoué, the star running back from 1996 to 1998, left early for the NFL. He immediately started the 1999 season. As a freshman, Cobourne ranked 13th in the NCAA in rushing with 1,139 yards first in the Big East, and was the leading freshman rusher in the nation. Cobourne also made 1st-team all-Big East and broke Zereoue's freshman rushing yardage record at West Virginia. Cobourne rushed for 142 yards in only three quarters against Miami (Ohio) and 141 yards against Rutgers. His best performances of the season though came against Virginia Tech, whose defense was ranked #1 in the nation against the run, when he ran for 133 yards; and against Pitt, when he rushed for a then Mountaineer Field record of 210 yards, which was the best single-game performance for a WVU freshman.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Sophomore season.

paragraph: As a sophomore in 2000, Cobourne was "Athlon" magazine's third running back in the nation in the preseason. Cobourne again finished in the top 20 in the nation in rushing and earned second-team all-Big East honors. Cobourne only totaled 1,028 yards with 6 touchdowns that season, both lower than his freshman output, but he was plagued by injuries during the season. He rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown against Boston College, 166 yards against Syracuse, and then 117 yards against Rutgers before leaving the game with an irritated hip joint. His best performance was in coach Don Nehlen's final game as the Mountaineers' coach against Ole Miss in the Music City Bowl when he rushed for 125 yards in the win.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Junior season.

paragraph: Cobourne was a pre-season second-team all-Big East selection. He finished the season 14th in the nation rushing with a career-high 1,298 yards and 9 touchdowns. The season was his third consecutive of gaining over 1,000 yards. Cobourne was also named team MVP and was the only player to rush for over 100 yards against the national champions, the Miami Hurricanes (132). Cobourne started the season out with a 173-yard performance against Ohio, followed by a 181-yard performance against Kent State. He then rushed for 128 yards against Maryland; totaled four touchdowns in two quarters against Rutgers along with 147 yards; and rushed for 169 yards against Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, highlighted with a career-long 60 yard run. He then finished the season with four consecutive 100-yard games. He earned second-team all-Big East honors.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Senior season.

paragraph: Going into Cobourne's senior season, he was a candidate for the 2002 Heisman Trophy Race. Although Cobourne did not win the award, he set a school record of most rushing yards in a season with 1,710 yards. The record was broken in the Mountaineers' 2006 season by Steve Slaton, who some fans consider is greater than both Cobourne and Zereoue only as a junior. Cobourne also set a career-high scores with 17 touchdowns. He rushed for 260 yards and 2 touchdowns in a win against ECU early in the season, and then rushed for 175 yards and a score in a loss to Miami. His 260 yards against the Pirates was a career-high.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Legacy.

paragraph: He ended his career with the all-time Big East Conference and WVU rushing record with 5,164 rushing yards, breaking Zereoue's previous record. In all of his four seasons, Cobourne rushed for over 1,000 yards, including his redshirt-freshman season.

paragraph: Cobourne, Amos Zereoué, and Steve Slaton are often considered the greatest backs in school history.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:National Football League.

paragraph: Cobourne was signed by the Detroit Lions in 2003 after being undrafted. He played in seven games, recording seven carries for 27 yards, returning seven kickoffs for 123 yards, and catching four passes for 30 yards. In 2004, Cobourne was moved to the Lions practice squad.

paragraph: During the 2004 season, Cobourne was allocated to the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe. He recorded 525 yards on 117 carries in Europe.

paragraph: Cobourne signed with the Miami Dolphins for the 2005 NFL season, but never played.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Canadian Football League.:2006 season.

paragraph: Cobourne then left the National Football League for the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes. Through Cobourne's first season, he totaled 21 yards on seven attempts and punt return 3 fumbles. He also totaled 14 yards on two catches and led the team on special teams tackles with 21. Cobourne also had the league's longest missed field goal return at 95 yards.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Canadian Football League.:2007 season.

paragraph: In his second year for the Alouettes, 2007, Cobourne played backup to Jarrett Payton, the son of NFL legend Walter Payton. While also playing linebacker, Cobourne became one of the league's most feared returners during an exhibition game against the Toronto Argonauts. With five seconds left before halftime, and the score 11-7 Toronto, Cobourne returned a missed field goal for a 111-yard touchdown to make the score 14-11 Montreal at halftime. The play was featured on ESPN's "SportsCenter" as the "Teamwork Play of the Week". However, shortly after, Cobourne suffered an ankle injury that took him out for one game. The next game after the injury, he rushed for 33 yards on seven attempts while backing up former college rival Payton (who played at Miami; versus Cobourne's WVU). Cobourne finished third on the team in special teams tackles and rushed for 160 yards and 2 touchdowns on the season. After the 2007 season, Cobourne signed an extension with the Alouettes in January 2008.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Canadian Football League.:2008 season.

paragraph: In 2008, after taking the job from former starting running back Jarrett Payton during the preseason, Cobourne started the first game of the season against the Hamilton Tiger Cats. Cobourne rushed for 107 yards and one touchdown on 12 attempts and caught 6 passes for 55 yards. Week 2 against Winnipeg, Cobourne rushed for 89 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries and caught 10 passes for 96 yards. After these 2 performances, the Alouettes decided to name Cobourne the starter for the rest of the season and cut Jarrett Payton. In the following game against Calgary, he rushed for 23 yards on 5 carries and had 66 yards from 5 receptions. In the following loss to Saskatchewan, Cobourne rushed 4 times for 6 yards and had 7 receptions for 83 yards and a touchdown.

paragraph: Cobourne then rushed for 127 yards on 14 carries and had two receptions for 14 yards in a loss to B.C. However, as Montreal defeated Hamilton, Cobourne rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries and had 4 receptions for 21 yards. He then led Montreal past Winnipeg with 21 carries for 137 yards and a touchdown and 25 yards off of 7 receptions. As Montreal then defeated Toronto, Cobounre posted his fourth-straight 100-yard rushing game with a 107-yard performance off of 16 carries. He also led the team with 5 receptions for 103 yards and a touchdown, totaling 210 yards of offense.

paragraph: Montreal then defeated B.C., as Cobourne rushed 16 times for 100 yards and a touchdown - his fifth consecutive 100-yard rushing performance. Cobourne missed the following games against Toronto, Calgary, and Edmonton with an injury. However, he continued his 100-yard rushing streak within the Saskatchewan game, rushing 17 times for 125 yards and a touchdown. Cobourne's 100-yard rushing game streak ended at six consecutive games, as he only rushed for 10 yards off of 6 carries against Hamilton, but did have 10 receptions for 83 yards. Cobourne had no carries in the following game against Hamilton, but had 3 receptions for 29 yards.

paragraph: Cobourne missed the following Toronto victory, the 24-23 Winnipeg loss, and the loss to Edmonton. However, Cobourne was active for the Grey Cup Playoff Finals matchup.

paragraph: The first half of the season saw Cobourne leading the league in rushing with 715 yards and, when combined with his 463 yards receiving, put him on a record pace to become the first player in league history to register 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in the same season. However, due to injury, Cobourne finished the regular season with 145 carries for 950 yards with six touchdowns and 64 receptions for 607 yards for two touchdowns. Cobourne was named an East Division All-Star at running back while his rushing yards was third in the CFL, his receiving yards were 24th in the CFL, and his 1,557 yards from scrimmage was third in the CFL.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Canadian Football League.:2009 season.

paragraph: Cobourne opened up his second season as the full-time starting back for Montreal with a 19 carry, 107 yard performance with a touchdown against Calgary. Then against Edmonton, Cobourne rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. Then against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Cobourne produced a career-high 146 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries. In the next four games, Cobourne totaled 216 yards rushing with three touchdowns and 146 receiving yards. In the next game against Saskatchewan, Cobourne rushed for 101 yards on 19 carries and 20 receiving yards and a touchdown. Against the BC Lions in the next game, he totaled 122 total yards of offense. In the final game of September against Hamilton, Cobourne rushed for a career-high 193 yards and two touchdowns with 46 yards receiving. He won the Most Valuable Player award in the 97th Grey Cup when the Montreal Alouettes defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27 on November 29, 2009.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Canadian Football League.:2011 season.

paragraph: On February 16, 2011 Avon Cobourne signed as a free agent with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He started 17 regular season games at running back as well as two playoff games for the Tiger-Cats. He was released by Hamilton on February 1, 2012 after the team had signed Martell Mallett.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Canadian Football League.:2012 season.

paragraph: After Martell Mallett suffered a torn achilles tendon, the Tiger-Cats elected to re-sign Cobourne for the 2012 season. Cobourne would go on to be named a CFL East Division All-Star for the third time of his career.

paragraph: On February 16, 2013 Cobourne was released by the Tiger-Cats.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.:2014 season.

paragraph: Running backs coach for Saskatchewan Roughriders.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.:2016 season.

paragraph: Running backs coach for Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In early April 2017 Cobourne and the Bombers mutually parted ways.

paragraph: Section::::Pre-Game Enterprises.

paragraph: Cobourne has a degree in marketing from West Virginia University. In the off-season, he is a businessman, operating and acting as president of Pre-Game Enterprises, a sporting goods company based out of Charleston, West Virginia. For now, the company is selling T-shirts, caps, and mouthpieces with Cobourne's signature slogan, Chill Son, in the shape of a football. During the season, the company is run by his wife, Rebecca.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chill-Son

description: Player of American and Canadian football

wikidata_label: Avon Cobourne

wikipedia_title: Avon Cobourne


text: Sunni

text: Islamic scholar

text: science of hadith

text: Ahmad ibn Hanbal

text: Ibn Abi Shaybah

text: Yahya ibn Ma'in

text: Basra

text: Iraq

text: Medina

text: Saudi Arabia

text: Sufyān ibn ʻUyaynah

text: hadith

text: biographical evaluation

text: "sanad", chain of narration

text: Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl al-Bukhārī

text: most authentic collection

text: Sunni

text: Islam

text: Al-Dhahabī

text: "imām"

text: theological inquisition

text: Muʻtazilah

text: Quran

text: Quran was created

text: Samarra

text: Iraq

text: Dhu al-Qa'dah

text: Al-Nawawī

text: "sanads"

text: hadith

text: biographical evaluation

text: arranged by narrator

categories: Hadith compilers,849 deaths,778 births,Hadith scholars,Iraqi writers

paragraph: Ali ibn al-Madini

paragraph: Abū al-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn ʻAbdillāh ibn Jaʻfar al-Madīnī (778 CE/161 AH – 849/234) () was a ninth-century Sunni Islamic scholar who was influential in the science of hadith. Alongside Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Abi Shaybah and Yahya ibn Ma'in, Ibn al-Madini has been considered by many Muslim specialists in hadith to be one of the four most significant authors in the field.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Ibn al-Madīnī was born in the year 778 CE/161 AH in Basra, Iraq to a family with roots in Medina now in Saudi Arabia. His teachers include his father, ʻAbdullāh ibn Jaʻfar, Ḥammād ibn Yazīd, Hushaym and Sufyān ibn ʻUyaynah and other from their era. His teacher, Ibn ʻUyaynah, said that he had learned more from Ibn al-Madīnī, his student, than his student from him.

paragraph: Ibn al-Madīnī specialized in the disciplines of hadith, biographical evaluation and "al-ʻIlal", hidden defects, in the "sanad", chain of narration. He was praised by other hadith specialists for his prowess in that field—by both his contemporaries, students and his teachers. ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī, a scholar who preceded him, described Ibn al-Madīnī the most knowledgeable person of prophetic hadith.

paragraph: His students include prominent hadith scholars in their own right. They include: Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Dhuhalī, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl al-Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd Sulaymān ibn al-Ashʻath al-Sijistānī and others. Al-Bukhārī, who went on the collect what is considered to be the most authentic collection of hadith in Sunni Islam, said that he did not consider himself diminutive in comparison to anyone other than Ibn al-Madīnī.

paragraph: Al-Dhahabī lauded Ibn al-Madīnī as an "imām" and as exemplary to subsequent scholars in the field in hadith, a description he considered tarnished by Ibn al-Madīnī's adopted position in the theological inquisition of the ninth century. According to Al-Dhahabī, he adopted a position in favor of the Muʻtazilah regarding the uncreated origin of the Quran, but later regretted this and declared the claimant that the Quran was created as an apostate.

paragraph: Ibn al-Madīnī died in Samarra, Iraq in June, 849/Dhu al-Qa'dah, 234.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Al-Nawawī said Ibn al-Madīnī authored approximately 100 works some on subjects not previously written about and many not since superseded.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "al-ʻIlal" – on the subject of hidden defects ("`ilal") in the "sanads" of hadith; of which a small segment has been published

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kitāb al-Ḍuʻafāʼ" – on the subject of weak hadith narrators in the discipline of biographical evaluation

paragraph: BULLET::::- "al-Mudallisūn" – on the subject of hadith narrators who utilize ambiguous terminology in narrating

paragraph: BULLET::::- "al-Asmāʼ wa al-Kunā" – on names paidonymics

paragraph: BULLET::::- "al-Musnad" – a collection of hadith arranged by narrator

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kitab Ma'rifat al-Sahaba" – "The Book of Knowledge of the Companions"

description: Islamic scholar

wikidata_label: Ali ibn al-Madini

wikipedia_title: Ali ibn al-Madini


text: Alfonso VIII of Castile

text: Eleanor of England

text: Aragon

text: James I of Aragon

text: Henry II of England

text: Eleanor of Aquitaine

text: Berengaria

text: Castile

text: Henry I of Castile

text: Blanche

text: Queen of France

text: Louis VIII of France

text: Ágreda

text: Alfonso of Bigorre

text: Violant of Hungary

text: nun

text: Castile

text: Leon

text: Philip

text: Sancho IV

text: María de Molina

text: Peter

text: Arabic

text: Manuel Gómez Moreno

text: Philip

text: Eleanor’s nephew Ferdinand III

categories: 1244 deaths,Aragonese queen consorts,13th-century Spanish women,Countesses of Barcelona,Castilian infantas,Consorts of Montpellier,Year of birth unknown,13th-century Castilians,Burials at the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas,Castilian House of Ivrea

paragraph: Eleanor of Castile (died 1244)

paragraph: Eleanor of Castile (1200 –1244) was a daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England. She was Queen consort of Aragon by her arranged marriage to James I of Aragon.

paragraph: Her mother was a daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor’s sister Berengaria became Queen of Castile since their brother Henry I of Castile died with no issue and because Berengaria was the eldest of the daughters. Another sister, Blanche became Queen of France by her marriage to Louis VIII of France.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage.

paragraph: In 1221 at Ágreda, Eleanor married James I; she was nineteen and he was fourteen. The next six years of James’s reign were full of rebellions on the part of the nobles. By the Peace of Alcalá of 31 March 1227, the nobles and the king came to terms. The pair were married for political reasons rather than love.

paragraph: The marriage produced one son:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alfonso of Bigorre, married Constance of Montcada, Countess of Bigorre.

paragraph: When the marriage was annulled in 1230, the divorce agreement prohibited her from remarrying. Alfonso was declared legitimate, but pre-deceased his father. As a result, his half siblings by James’ second wife Violant of Hungary inherited James’ kingdom when he died.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Eleanor became a nun after her marriage. She went to the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas to join her elder sister Berengaria who had retired from ruling Castile and Leon, and their other sister Constance, who was long a nun there. All three sisters died there, Constance in 1243, Eleanor in 1244, and Berengaria in 1246. All are buried in the Abbey.

paragraph: Section::::Burial.

paragraph: Eleanor was buried in the Monastery of Las Huelgas in Burgos.

paragraph: Her remains were deposited in a tomb which is now located in the Nave of Santa Catarina of the Gospel, and lies between the tomb containing the remains of Philip, son of Sancho IV and María de Molina, which is placed to the right, and the tomb containing the remains of Peter, brother of Philip.

paragraph: During work on the Monastery in the middle of the twentieth century it was found that the remains of Eleanor, mummified and in good condition, lay in her tomb of limestone; the roof had two slopes and was smooth, although in the past was polychrome.

paragraph: Her coffin was wooden and devoid of cover, although there were still remnants of its shell and lysed cross made of studded gold braid, as well as clothing that was buried with the Queen, among which highlighted three brocade garments in Arabic, which in the opinion of Manuel Gómez Moreno are similar to those found in the grave of Philip, son of Eleanor’s nephew Ferdinand III.

description: Queen of Aragon and Roman Catholic Blessed

wikidata_label: Eleanor of Castile I

wikipedia_title: Eleanor of Castile (died 1244)


text:
ice hockey
defenceman
HC Slovan Bratislava
Kontinental Hockey League
Pittsburgh Penguins
2004 NHL Entry Draft
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Rimouski Océanic
Sidney Crosby
2005
Quebec Remparts
Memorial Cup
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Tampa Bay Lightning

categories: Quebec Remparts players,HC '05 Banská Bystrica players,People from Gelnica,Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks,1985 births,HC Lev Praha players,Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg players,Rimouski Océanic players,Memorial Cup winners,HC Slovan Bratislava players,Slovak expatriates in Russia,Slovak ice hockey players,HC Sparta Praha players,Living people

paragraph: Michal Sersen

paragraph: Michel Sersen (born December 28, 1985) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays HC Slovan Bratislava of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Sersen was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins 130 overall in the 5th round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: Sersen began his professional career with Bratislava at age 17 in 2002. During the 2002–03 season he had five goals and four assists in 33 games with the junior team before being promoted to the top-level Extraliga team. At the end of the season he entered the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Import Draft and was selected first overall by the Rimouski Océanic, where he was teammates with the Sidney Crosby, the Penguins' first selection in 2005. In his first season, he scored 25 points in 45 games and 6 points in 9 playoff games. He played the 2005–06 season for the Quebec Remparts, scoring 79 points in 63 games, and 21 points in 23 playoff games. That season he was on the Memorial Cup All-Star team, second-team QMJHL for the regular season and the 2005–06 QMJHL Plus-Minus champion.

paragraph: After failing to earn a spot on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins roster in 2006, Sersen returned to Slovakia to again play for Bratislava. Pittsburgh traded the rights to Sersen to the Tampa Bay Lightning in October 2008.

description: Slovak ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Michal Sersen

wikipedia_title: Michal Sersen


text: Coptic calendar

text: Anno Martyrum

text: Gregorian calendar

text: Anno Domini

text: Damanhour

text: Egypt

text: Coptic Orthodox

text: Paromeos Monastery

text: Saint Mina

text: Cairo

text: Church of the Holy Virgin in Babylon

text: Pope of Alexandria

text: monk

text: bishop

text: Metropolitan

text: bishop

text: Metropolitans

text: Pope John XIX

text: Pope Macarius III

text: Pope Joseph II

text: Pope Shenouda III

text: Saint Mark the Evangelist and Apostle

text: Alexandria

text: Venice

text: Cathedral of Saint Mark

text: Cairo

text: Nasser

text: Haile Selassie

text: Seat

text: Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral

text: Cairo

text: Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral

text: Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope

text: Pope Shenouda III

text: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

text: Patriarch

text: Catholicos

text: Abuna Basilios

text: Ethiopia

text: Ethiopia

text: Pope Joseph II

text: Ethiopia

text: Haile Selassie

text: Monastery of Saint Mina

text: Mariout

text: Oriental Orthodox

text: Addis Ababa

text: ecumenical

text: non-Chalcedonian

text: synod

text: List of Copts

text: List of Egyptians

text: Battle of Anchem

text: Short Bio of Pope Kyrillos VI

text: Pope Saint Kyrillos VI

categories: 1971 deaths,Coptic Orthodox saints,People from Damanhur,20th-century Christian saints,Egyptian Christian monks,1902 births,Oriental Orthodox monks,Popes of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria,Egyptian hermits

paragraph: Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria

paragraph: "This article uses dates and years written in the Coptic calendar, using the A.M. (Anno Martyrum) calendar era, in addition to the Gregorian calendar, using the A.D. (Anno Domini) calendar era."

paragraph: Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria also called Abba Kyrillos VI, ; born (8 August 1902 – 9 March 1971; 2 Mesori 1618 –30 Meshir 1687), 116th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 10 May 1959 (2 Pashons 1675) to his death on 9 March 1971 (30 Meshir 1687).

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Pope Cyril VI was born in Damanhour, Egypt, into a Coptic Orthodox family. He resigned a civil service position to become a monk in July 1927 (Paoni–Epip 1643). He passed his probationary period and, on 24 February 1928 (21 Meshir 1644), took his monastic vows at the Paromeos Monastery, assuming the name of Father Mina el-Baramosy (Father Mina of the Paromeos Monastery). He was also known as Father Mina the Elder.

paragraph: In 1947 (1663-1664), Father Mina built the Church of Saint Mina in Cairo. He also used to pray in the Church of the Holy Virgin in Babylon before assuming the papacy.

paragraph: Section::::Coptic Pope.

paragraph: Father Mina became Pope of Alexandria on 10 May 1959 (2 Pashons 1675). In accordance with the old Coptic church tradition, Pope Cyril VI was the only monk in the 20th century A.D./17th century A.M. to be chosen for papacy without having been a bishop /Metropolitan first. Before him, there were three bishops / Metropolitans who became Popes of Alexandria: Pope John XIX (1928–1942), Pope Macarius III (1942–1944) and Pope Joseph II (1946-1956). After him, Pope Shenouda III was also a bishop before becoming Pope.

paragraph: In June 1968 (Pashons–Paoni 1684), Pope Cyril received the relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Apostle, which had been taken from Alexandria to Venice over eleven centuries earlier. The relics were interred beneath the newly completed Cathedral of Saint Mark in Cairo, which was built under Pope Cyril and was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by President Nasser, Emperor Haile Selassie, and delegates from most other churches.

paragraph: Cyril's papacy also saw marked the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Zeitoun, Egypt (starting on 2 April 1968/24 [Paremhat 1684]).

paragraph: The Seat of Pope Cyril VI was initially located in Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Azbakeya, Cairo. However, during his papacy he built the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasseya, also in Cairo, which then became the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope.

paragraph: Pope Cyril died on 9 March 1971 (30 Meshir 1687), after a short illness. Pope Shenouda III spoke about his predecessor: "There is no man in all the history of the church like Pope Cyril VI, who was able to pray so many liturgies. He prayed more than 12,000 liturgies. This matter never happened before in the history of the Popes of Alexandria or the world, or even among the monks. He was wondrous in his prayers." On 20 June 2013 (13 Paoni 1729), 42 years after his death, he was canonised as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

paragraph: Section::::Inter-Church Relations.

paragraph: Pope Cyril VI elevated the Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church to the title of Patriarch-Catholicos. Abuna Basilios, who was the first Ethiopian to be appointed Archbishop of Ethiopia by Pope Joseph II, became Ethiopia's first Patriarch. Pope Cyril VI was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Star of Solomon by Emperor Haile Selassie in gratitude. In November 1959 he laid the foundation stone of the new Monastery of Saint Mina in the Desert of Mariout.

paragraph: In January 1965 (Koiak–Tobi 1681), Pope Cyril VI presided over the Committee of Oriental Orthodox Churches in Addis Ababa, the first ecumenical and non-Chalcedonian synod of these churches held in modern times.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Copts

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Egyptians

paragraph: BULLET::::- Battle of Anchem

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Short Bio of Pope Kyrillos VI

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bio of Pope Kyrillos VI, long version (Zipped PDF)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: Pope Saint Kyrillos VI

description: Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church

wikidata_label: Saint Pope Kirolos III

wikipedia_title: Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria