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<mask> (; born 26 September 1985), artistically known as <mask>, then M<mask> (), is a French singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. In 2016, he became a coach for The Voice Kids France and The Voice: la plus belle voix. Early life

<mask> is the son of professional footballer André Tota and Brigitte. His parents divorced in 1998 when he was 13 years old. As a child, he studied in an elementary school in Hohberg, and later at Collège Paul-Émile Victor in Mundolsheim, and Lycée Aristide Briand in Schiltigheim near Strasbourg. When he was younger, football was his first ambition and he wanted to become a professional player. However, he later opted for music.<mask> Tota explained the origin of his stage name <mask> in an interview during the documentary Mise à jour broadcast on 26 August 2010 on NRJ 12 TV channel. He said he was searching for an artistic name and happened to be talking to his grandmother of Polish origin and the importance of humility came up. He asked her "how do we say 'humility' in Polish," and she said "pokora". Tota immediately decided to adopt the word as his stage name. He earned some public attention as a member of French R&B group Mic Unity. In Popstars and Linkup

In fall 2003, he participated in the third season of Popstars, a French talent reality television show broadcast on M6. The concept of the program was to present possible candidates the winners of which would take part in the formation of a boy band or girl band.He was a crowd and jury favourite, and became a member of a boy band called Linkup formed with Lionel and Otis, two other winners in 2003 Popstars. The female winners were formed into another group Diadems formed of <mask>, Angel, Pookie, Ophélie and Alexandra. In the final showdown, the boy band including <mask> Tota won the series over the girl band Diadems, who ended up runners-up. Their first Linkup single "Mon Étoile" was very successful topping French charts, and the debut album Notre Étoile was moderately successful. However the second single release "Une seconde d'éternité" was much less successful despite good sales. The band tried again their hand in a collaboration with the British boy band Blue making a bilingual English/French version with Blue based on the latter's song "Bubblin'". The bilingual English/French Blue/Linkup version was entitled "You & Me Bubblin".Soon afterwards, Linkup disbanded due to poor performance of sales on releases. Solo career

M. Pokora (2004/2005)

In 2004, soon after the break-up of Linkup, <mask> started working preparing for a solo career collaborating with the producers Kore & Skalp. Under the stage name <mask>, he released his first eponymous solo album originally entitled <mask>a. In 2005, he was forced to change his chosen name after a lawsuit from French R&B singer <mask>. As a result, he changed his stage name to M<mask> and re-released the album as M. <mask>. The debut single from M. Pokora was very successful. Called "Showbiz (The Battle)", it was a Top 10 hit in France, and also charted in Belgium and Switzerland.The second single Elle me contrôle featuring Sweety reached #6 in France and Pokora received two NRJ Music Awards for the single. Yet a third successful single was released called "Pas sans toi". The album released on Universal was certified gold. He also started collaborating with Hakim Ghorab who became his long-time choreographer and took part in many of his music videos. He also developed a close collaboration with music video director Karim Ouaret who directed most of his successful videos. Player (2006/2007)

In January 2006, his second album Player was released topping the French chart. For producing the new album, he collaborated with Belgian producers Bionix, Rachid <mask> and Christian Dessart mixing R & B with pop and crunk'n b, and artists Red Rat and Zoxea and geared toward the younger and feminine fan brackets.He also enjoyed great popularity with gay audiences. The first single from his second album was the very successful "De retour" featuring Tyron Carter. That was followed with single "Oh la la la (Sexy Miss)" with Red Rat. During a concert organized by NRJ Radio in France, he met Puerto Rican singer <mask> and <mask> asked M<mask> to make a collaboration on <mask>'s hit "It's Alright". The result was a bilingual French/English <mask>/M. Pokora release also entitled "It's Alright" that sold more than 100,000 copies. Finally, a last single from the Player album followed called "Mal de guerre", which was a relative success.M<mask> released Player in a second edition in March 2006 with the bonus track added of the duet with <mask>. To promote the album and capitalize on its success, M. Pokora engaged in a tour of more than 30 French venues under the title Player Tour that culminated in a big sold-out concert at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. At the end of the tour, a DVD containing materials from the shows was marketed under the name Player Tour Live. The DVD also included a photo book and memories from the tour. Pokora also created his own label M2theP Entertainment, signing his protégé, the rapper Tyron Carter. In addition to being featured on "De retour", Tyron Carter released "Ne me dis pas" that featured M. Pokora, a Top 30 hit, followed by an album Mon hold-up. MP3 (2008/2009)

After end of the Player Tour, Pokora left Universal and signed with EMI France.Also desiring a more international profile, he went to New York and created contacts most importantly with R&B producers Ryan Leslie and J. R. Rotem. The result was his third album MP3 that was released on 24 March 2008, containing 14 tracks, including 12 in English. The title of the album was a play on his name <mask>a (MP) and the number 3 (his third album) but also referring to the popular gadget MP3, the audio format for consumer audio storage. Pokora promoted the launching of the album with a prerelease of single "Dangerous" featuring American hip hop artist Timbaland and Sebastian, Timbaland's brother and the timing of the release was picked to coincide with the NRJ Music Awards of 2008. The album reached #7 with estimated physical sales of 200,000 copies and additional downloads of 151,000. The album was certified gold. The album also did well internationally charting in Finland, Germany, Mexico, Belgium and in his homeland Poland where he won the Polish Eska Music Awards as the "International Pop Artist of the Year".After the success of "Dangerous", Pokora released a second single "They Talk Sh#t About Me" that features the young English rapper Natalia Kills credited on the release by her stage name  Verse. The single unlike "Dangerous" (that had reached #1) was not played heavily on French radio because of English-language content and managed to reach only #24. A third release from MP3, namely "Catch Me If You Can" was made with the music video featuring Julie Ricci. She is known for her appearances on Top Model in 2007 on M6 and in Secret Story in its 4th season on TF1. The single failed to make it to the French charts, but was successful in Poland reaching #11. The follow up "Through The Eyes" was also a relative success in Poland reaching #31 in the Polish charts. To coincide with MP3 release, M<mask> launched his Catch Me Tour 2008 ending with a concert in Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on 18 November 2008.He also toured Belgium (6 December), Switzerland (13 December) ending with a final concert in Lyon, France on 14 December 2008. Mise À Jour / Updated (2010/2011)

Fourth studio album titled Mise à jour was released on 23 August 2010. The lead single "Juste une photo de toi" was released on 7 June 2010 and was a big hit reaching #4 in the French Albums Chart. It includes collaborations with Wayne Beckford, Gee Futuristic, X-Plosive, Astro Boyz, Tarz, STX and Bionix. Simultaneously a Mis à jour Édition Deluxe was released that in addition to the original 15 tracks of Mis à jour also contained seven new tracks exclusive for the Deluxe edition (including six in English). The first single from the album was "Juste une photo de toi" released concurrently with the launching of the album. On 22 January 2011, during the NRJ Music Awards, the song was chosen as "Song of the Year" in addition to M<mask> being chosen "French Male Artist of the Year".To consolidate his international drive started with the MP3 album, he announced that an English version was under preparation. Finally the English version titled Updated was launched on 14 March 2011, containing 11 songs, mostly adaptations of the French-language hits on Mise à jour. Six of the titles were already known by the French public through the August 2010 Mise à jour Édition Deluxe release. For promotion of the album, he organized a mini tour and a series of open-air concerts rather than concerts in halls. In November 2010, a follow-up single "Mirage" was released accompanied with a new music video. The single received a great number of downloads, but not enough physical sales to reach the top of the charts and the single made only up to #64 despite the top position in downloads. In January 2011, "Oblivion" an English-language version of "Mirage" was released with same arrangement but with new English lyrics for the international markets.The single was an opener for the release of Updated, destined for non-French markets of Mis à jour songs, but was made available for French markets as well. In March 2011,

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 M<mask> announced a tour of 15 French cities, venues in Belgium and a final show in the Olympia. As a prelude, he also appeared in French, Belgian and Swiss clubs with dates from April to June 2011. He also launched in March 2011 Mise à jour Version 2.0 that included extra materials including the Jean-Jacques Goldman, Carole Fredericks and <mask> classic "À nos actes manqués" which was destined to be his new single. It immediately became the number one physical single sales and reached the Top 10. The album Mise à jour Version 2.0 was made available on 18 April 2011, containing 17 titles including 14 form the original, the Jean-Jacques Goldman cover single three English-language titles from Updated and a new French track "Si on échangeait les rôles", the French version of Updateds "Finally Found Ya". À la poursuite du bonheur (2012/2013)

The fifth studio album À la poursuite du bonheur by French singer M. <mask>, was released on 20 March.The album's leading single "Juste un instant" was released on 30 January 2012 and reached number eighteen on the French singles chart. The album entered the French albums chart at number two. The second single from the album was "On est là" released in April 2012. In order to promote the album, M<mask> embarked in a national tour in May 2012. The third single from the album was announced in the end of May; "Merci d'être" was officially released on 2 July 2012. The album is set to be re-issued on 19 November 2012; the new edition is set to include five new tracks, including the Jean-Jacques Goldman cover "Envole-moi" with singer Tal. Robin Hood (2013/2014)

 R.E.D.(2015/2016)

M<mask>'s sixth studio album, R.E.D. / Rythmes Extrêmement Dangereux was released in France in February 2015. My Way (2016)

M<mask>'s seventh studio album, My Way was released in France on 21 October 2016, topping the French Album Charts in its initial week of release. Pyramide (2019)

M<mask>'s eighth studio album, Pyramide was released in France on 12 April 2019. The album reached the top of the French Charts upon its release. Acting career

In 2011 Pokora voiced Duncan Rosenblatt, the main character of Firebreather, in the French dub of the Cartoon Network movie. Robin des Bois (2013)

M<mask> appeared in the lead role of Robin Hood in the French musical comedy Robin des Bois (full title Robin des Bois: Ne renoncez jamais) that premiered on 26 September 2013 in Palais des congrès de Paris with performances in that venue extending to 10 November 2013.The act then toured all over France. The musical, a Gilbert Coullier, Roberto Ciurleo and RDB-P presentation, with musical mise en scène by <mask> and text and music by Patrice Guirao and Lionel Florence is tipped as the musical event of 2013 in France. The soundtrack for the musical was released on Capitol Records / EMI on 22 March 2013 and entered the SNEP official French Albums Chart in its first week of release eventually reaching number 3 and also reaching number 4 in the Belgian (Wallonia) francophone Singles Chart. It was released in two versions, the standard edition and the digipack limited edition. Two tracks from the album as performed by M. Pokora have been released as singles. The first was "Le jour qui se rêve", a solo performance by Pokora, and "À nous", a hit performed by M<mask> (Robin des Bois), Nyco Lilliu as Frère Tuck (Friar Tuck) and <mask> as Petit Jean (Little John). Personal life

M. Pokora was troubled by the divorce of his parents and remained greatly attached to his mother after the divorce.He lived with her in Strasbourg before renting an apartment in Paris. His autobiographical song "Sur ma route" co-written by Jack Robinson, M<mask> and Jordan Houyez from his album MP3 is about his experiences as a child in a broken home. He keeps contact with his father, who actively supports him. He is an avid football fan and dreamed of a professional football career very early on. He is a big supporter of the French football club Olympique de Marseille, and takes part in many football events. M<mask> has been friends for many years with his personal choreographer Hakim Ghorab and his wife Aline and is godfather to their daughter Lola. He is also a friend of footballer Djibril Cissé and is godfather to one of his sons.He added a tattoo reading X as a tribute to him, because Cissé makes the X sign with his hands every time he scores. Cissé carries a similar X tattoo himself. Pokora has been in a relationship with <mask> since August 2017. In July 2019, they announced that they were expecting their first child together. On January 20, 2020, <mask> gave birth to their son named Isaiah. In December 2020, they announced they're expecting their second child. They also reportedly married that month, according to a French magazine.On April 24, 2021, they welcomed their second son named Kenna. Charities and public awareness

From the start, and over many years, M<mask> has been a great supporter of charity causes particularly HIV/AIDS and children charities. In 2004, he took part in the charity single "Chanter qu'on les aime", in support of Association Mondiale des Amis de l'Enfance (AMADE). In 2005, he was in  "Protège-toi", an AIDS charity single for Collectif Protection Rapprochée. In the same year, he was in "Et puis la terre...", a charity single for the tsunami victims under the name Artistes Solidaritie Ici pour Eux (A.S.I.E.) with a great number of French artists. In 2006, he sang in "L'Or de nos vies", a charity single from Fight Aids.In 2007, he took part in two renditions: "Je fais de toi mon essentiel" by <mask> and "S'aimer est interdit" by Anne-Laure Girbal both featured on the charity album "Le Roi Soleil – De Monaco à Versailles (LIVE) – Fight Aids". In 2010, he appeared in Collectif Kilomaitre charity single "Un Respect mutuel", with many other hip hop and urban artists. He was associated with AIDES project and in 2010 sang a solo cover of Tracy Chapman's "Talking About a Revolution", on the charity album Message (AIDES)"

Pokora is a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 2012. Tattoos

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 "POKORA" meaning humility in Polish (also the artist's adopted artistic name) inscribed on his right arm in capital letters
 "Only God Can Judge Me" on the right arm in English
 Chinese calligraphy signifying "Creativity", "Peace" and "Patience" surrounded by a dragon on his left shoulder
 The letter M signifying his name (<mask>hieu) surrounded by colorful flames on his left arm
 A tattoo on the calf symbolizing dancing
 An Arabic saying on his neck: قل الخير والا فاصمت, roughly 'Say good things or keep silent']
 "Ambition" on his lower back in Chinese calligraphy surrounded by chains and two wings. Letter X on his right wrist signifying brotherhood/friendship, as a tribute to his close friend Djibril Cissé, a footballer who makes the X sign with his arms every time he scores in a soccer game. A star between his left thumb and forefinger
 Star-flower near his left ear

 In popular culture

 M. Pokora took part three times in French television game and adventure competition series Fort Boyard in 2005, 2006 and 2009 winning with his team 3690, 28230 and 3000 euros respectively, all donated to charities. In 2006, he performed "Elle me contrôle" in the TV show La chanson de l'année alongside other notable artists
 In 2006, his song "Get Down On It" appeared on the soundtrack of Asterix and the Vikings
 In 2006, he took part in the French version of Muppets TV (broadcast on 31 December 2006)
 In 2007, he took part in Symphonic show special organized by Sidaction, a French AIDS charity
 In 2008, Sony Ericsson and EMI Music France his label offered in exclusivity the downloading of 7 songs from the MP3 album through the W380i as a promotional and sponsoring campaign.In April 2008, M<mask> also gave an interview to French gay publication Têtu also appearing on its cover.Ozap: M. Pokora pose et règle ses comptes dans Têtu (in French)
 He took part in "L’Or de nos vies", a charity song recorded for "Fight AIDS Monaco", an association of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
 He also took part with a song in the album Message made available starting January 2010 with contribution from many artists including Christophe Willem, Jennifer, Anggun, Sliimy, Natasha St Pier, Daniel Powter, Lara Fabian. M<mask>'s contribution included "Talking About a Revolution", a cover of a Tracy Chapman hit. In 2011, he performed on Le show Johnny hosted by Johnny Hallyday
 Enjoying great popularity with children, M. <mask> has taken part in many broadcasts concentrated on kids, including a special on him on 25 May 2011 on L'École des fans presented by Philippe Risoli where children Gabin, Alicia, Romane, Yamin, Axel and Inès aged 5 to 7 years sang covers of his songs. He also interpreted his cover hit "À nos actes manqués" on the show. He was also co-sponsor with Hélène Ségara et Jean-Luc Reichmann of the second edition of TF1's show Le grand show des enfants broadcast on 30 April 2011. Winning Danse avec les stars
 On 19 March 2011 he won season 1 inaugural series of Danse avec les stars (the French version of Dancing with the Stars) with his partner Katrina Patchett getting 62% of the votes against 38% to runner-up Sofia Essaïdi. This table shows the route of M.Pokora and Katrina Patchett in Danse Avec Les Stars.In the final, the Freestyle wasn't

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<mask> (;  – ) was a German knight, poet and composer, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of medieval German literature. As a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry. Life

Little is known of <mask>'s life. There are no historical documents which mention him, and his works are the sole source of evidence. In Parzival, he talks of wir Beier ("we Bavarians"); the dialect of his works is East Franconian. This and a number of geographical references have resulted in the present-day Wolframs-Eschenbach, until 1917 Obereschenbach, near Ansbach in present-day Bavaria, being officially designated as his birthplace. However, the evidence is circumstantial and not without problems - there are at least four other places named Eschenbach in Bavaria, and Wolframs-Eschenbach was not part of the Duchy of Bavaria (Altbayern) in <mask>'s time.The arms shown in the Manesse manuscript come from the imagination of a 14th-century artist, drawing on the figure of the Red Knight in Parzival, and have no heraldic connection with <mask>. <mask>'s work indicates a number of possible patrons (most reliably Hermann I of Thuringia), which suggests that he served at a number of courts during his life. He was presumably not a wealthy man, as he made frequent allusions to his own poverty. In his Parzival, <mask> states that he is illiterate; while the claim is treated with scepticism by some scholars, the truth of the assertion, difficult for some moderns to believe, is impossible to ascertain. But it has been credited by many commentators. It is noted in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain that "the greatest poet of the Middle Ages, <mask> <mask>, could neither read nor write," and the Catholic Encyclopedia observes:  "<mask> in his Parzival tells us explicitly that he could neither read nor write. His poems were written down from dictation.His knowledge was extensive and varied rather than accurate. He certainly knew French, but only imperfectly; for his proper names often show a curious misunderstanding of French words and phrases." Works

Parzival

<mask> is best known today for his Parzival, sometimes regarded as the greatest of all German Arthurian romances. Based on Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished Perceval, le Conte du Graal, it is the first extant work in German to have as its subject the Holy Grail (in <mask>'s interpretation a gemstone). In the poem, <mask>'s narrator expresses disdain for Chrétien's (unfinished) version of the tale, and states that his source was a poet from Provence called Kyot. Titurel and Willehalm

<mask> is the author of two other narrative works: the fragmentary Titurel and the unfinished Willehalm. These were both composed after Parzival, and Titurel mentions the death of Hermann I, which dates it firmly after 1217.Titurel consists of two fragments, which tell the story of Schionatulander and Sigune (lovers that were already depicted in Parzival). The first fragment deals with the birth of love between the main characters. The second fragment is quite different. Schionatulander and Sigune are alone in a forest, when their peace is suddenly disturbed by a mysterious dog, whose leash contains a story written in rubies. Sigune is eager to read the story, but the dog runs off. Schionatulander sets off to find him, but, as we already know from Parzival, he dies in the attempt. Willehalm, an unfinished poem based on the Old French chanson de geste, Aliscans, was a significant work, and has been preserved in 78 manuscripts.It is set against the backdrop of the religious wars between the Christians and the Saracens. The eponymous hero Willehalm kidnaps a Saracen princess, converts her to Christianity and marries her. The Saracen king raises an army to rescue his daughter. The poem has many of the distinguishing features of medieval literature: the victory of the Christians over a much larger Saracen army, the touching death of the young knight Vivian, Willehalm's nephew and the works mirror of chivalric courage and spiritual purity. Lyric poetry
<mask>'s nine surviving songs, five of which are dawn-songs, are regarded as masterpieces of Minnesang. Dawn-songs recount the story of a knight who spends the night with his beloved lady, but at dawn has to slip away unnoticed. Mostly it is the lady who wakes the knight up in the morning, but sometimes this mission is made by the watchman.No melodies survived. Two melodies are still connected to him, the Schwarzer Thon, attributed to <mask> in a 14th-century manuscript, and the fragmentary and unfinished epic Titurel (after 1217) with a complicated four-line stanza form that was often used in later poems. Influence
The 84 surviving manuscripts of Parzival, both complete and fragmentary, indicate the immense popularity of <mask>'s major work in the following two centuries. Willehalm, with 78 manuscripts, comes not far behind. Many of these include a continuation written in the 1240s by <mask> Türheim under the title Rennewart. The unfinished Titurel was taken up and expanded around 1272 by a poet named Albrecht, who is generally presumed to be Albrecht <mask> and who adopts the narrative persona of <mask>. This work is referred to as the Jüngere Titurel (Younger Titurel).The modern rediscovery of <mask> begins with the publication of a translation of Parzival in 1753 by the Swiss scholar Johann Jakob Bodmer. Parzival was the main source Richard Wagner used when writing the libretto to his opera, Parsifal. <mask> himself appears as a character in another Wagner opera, Tannhäuser. References

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Bibliography

D. H. Green, The Art of Recognition in <mask>'s Parzival. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Groos, Arthur. Romancing the Grail: Genre, Science, and Quest in Wolfram's Parzival.Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995. James F. Poag, <mask> <mask> (Twayne's World Authors Series) Twayne Publishers 1972. Sager, Alexander. Minne von mæren: on <mask>'s "Titurel." Göttingen: V&R, 2006. Otto Springer. "Wolfram's Parzival" in Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages, Roger S. Loomis (ed.).Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. <mask> <mask>, Parzival with Titurel and The Love-lyrics, trans. Cyril Edwards (Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 2004). <mask> <mask>, Parzival, trans. A.T.Hatto. Penguin 1980. .
 Edwards, Cyril, "<mask> <mask>, Islam, and the Crusades," in James Hodkinson and Jeffrey Morrison (eds), Encounters with Islam in German Literature and Culture (Woodbridge, Camden House, 2009), pp.36–54. External links

<mask> <mask> in the Literary Encyclopedia
Works (Middle High German)
List of Parzival manuscripts (Marburger Repertorium)
List of Willhalm manuscripts (Marburger Repertorium)
Two of <mask>'s songs (Middle High German)
El Grial, including songs by <mask> <mask> performed by Capella de Ministrers & Carlos Magraner

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<mask> (August 21, 1926 – December 5, 1994) was an American football player and a pioneering television broadcaster for the forerunner to WIVB-TV in Buffalo. He played college football for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1944 and from 1946 to 1948. He was a consensus selection at end on the 1948 College Football All-America Team. <mask> played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions for one season in 1950. After retiring from football he settled in Buffalo and became a sports broadcaster. He worked as a color commentator and as a play-by-play announcer for the Buffalo Bulls. He hosted various television and radio sports shows and was eventually inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame.In college, he led the Big Ten Conference in single season receptions during his senior year and set Michigan Wolverines receptions records for both career touchdown and single-season touchdowns. He had also been a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state champion in both basketball and track and field. His college career was interrupted by World War II service, and his high school career was also affected by the war due to the MHSAA's cancellation of state championships in all sports in 1943. High school
<mask> was born in Petoskey, Michigan, and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan before his family moved to Saginaw, Michigan. <mask> was a star athlete at Saginaw's Arthur Hill High School in football, basketball, and track and field. In 1943, Michigan canceled boys high school tournaments in all sports due to World War II, and they did not return until the fall of 1944. In 1944, he led Arthur Hill High to the MHSAA Class A high school basketball championship (over Kalamazoo Central High School), scoring 24 points, including 17 in the second half, of the championship game.<mask> was also the state champion in 1944 in both the shot put  and high jump . He also led Arthur Hill in football, and his high school accomplishments are featured in Glory: The history of Saginaw County sports by Jack Tany (ASIN B0006RH9Z6), which is a book on high school sports in Saginaw County, Michigan. <mask> was named All State in football, basketball and track. It is ironic that <mask> was born in Petoskey, Michigan in 1926 for several reasons. Ted Petoskey preceded <mask> as an All-American end on the University of Michigan football team. Petoskey had excelled as a representative of Saginaw County in MHSAA competition. Petoskey posted significant football accomplishments in 1926 making 1926 a significant year for himself as well.Achieving All-American status as an end at Michigan would be <mask>'s next step after excelling in MHSAA competition. College
In the fall of 1944, <mask> enrolled at the University of Michigan. The United Press syndicate ran a feature article about <mask> in September 1944 that opened as follows: "Another great end has made his appearance on the Big Ten football horizon in the person of <mask>, 18-year-old Michigan freshman. Every so often a great offensive end comes along, a player who has to learn how to play defense, but who has the natural speed, smooth actions, height and big hands that is the mark of an outstanding pass receiver. <mask> has laid claim to that rating. A loose-limbed 180-pound freshman from Saginaw, Mich., Rifenberg is being boomed as the Big Ten's next 'freshman sensation.'" As a freshman, he caught two touchdown passes in his first college football game against Iowa.In an article titled "Teens and TNT," Time reported on <mask>'s performance: "Of the few teams already in action, Michigan's teens rang the freshman bell loudest last week by winning their opener, 12 -to-7, against the strong Iowa Seahawks (Naval Pre-Flight); 6-ft. 4 Freshman End <mask> caught passes and ran for both Michigan touchdowns." <mask>'s college career was interrupted by World War II service in the United States Navy, but after missing the 1945 season, he returned to play for the Wolverines from 1946 to 1948. <mask> played for the Wolverines in consecutive undefeated National Championship seasons in 1947 and 1948. He started nine games for the 1947 team. The 1947 team referred to as "Michigan's Mad Magicians" is considered to be the greatest University of Michigan football team of all time. Rifenberg and teammate Len Ford had the reputation as the team practical jokers. During the 1947 game against Wisconsin, <mask> started calling signals for the Badgers.Wisconsin's offense protested to officials, who "prowled the Wolverines secondary but never caught their man." <mask> continued to scramble Badger signals, as <mask>'s teammates laughed at his scheme. In the January 1, 1948 Rose Bowl that season, Michigan rolled to a 49–0 victory over USC, and they outgained the Trojans 491 yards to 133. <mask> caught a 29-yard pass for the game's final score. In the 1948 championship season, <mask> scored eight touchdowns, caught 22 passes, and gained 610 yards (508 receiving and 102 rushing). <mask> was the second highest scoring end in the nation in 1948, and he was a consensus All-American as a senior, being selected as first team on nine of the 11 All-American teams. <mask> led the Big Ten in receptions.Although <mask> finished fourth among midwestern Heisman voters in 1948, he did not finish among the top eight. By comparison, Notre Dame end Leon Hart won the Heisman Trophy in 1949 but made only eight of the 11 All-American teams. It is not clear why <mask> did not finish higher. However, it is fairly clear that sportswriters of that era had a bias against Michigan. In the Associated Press poll at the end of the 1947 season, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were ranked ahead of the University of Michigan, though both teams were undefeated. Some noted that every Southern AP voter had voted for Notre Dame, which had yet to integrate, whereas three of Michigan's star players (Bob Mann, Gene Derricotte, and Len Ford) were African-American. The Southern schools refused even to schedule games against schools that played African-American players.<mask> was considered one of the greatest Wolverines of the 1940s. In four seasons with the Michigan Wolverines, <mask> played in 32 games and had over 1,000 yards of total offense. <mask> held the University of Michigan's single season and career record for touchdown receptions (eight in a season; sixteen career) until his records were broken by Anthony Carter in 1980. Professional career
In 1948, <mask> was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 15th round of the NFL draft, and he was also drafted by the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference. He had intended to play in 1949 with the Yankees, but suffered a knee injury in a practice session for the August 1949 Chicago College All-Star Game. Press accounts at the time noted that the injury "will probably keep him out of pro football all season, if not forever." The incident led to a debate as to whether NFL owners should "bar their men from playing with the college all-stars."<mask> landed a job at WJR radio in Detroit, but he left his sportscaster's job to join the Detroit Lions. In the 1950 NFL season, <mask> came back from his injury to play for the Detroit Lions. He played in 12 games and had ten receptions for 96 yards and one touchdown for the 1950 Lions. <mask> recalled that his playing time with the Lions was limited because the Lions also signed 1949 Heisman Trophy winner Leon Hart, who played the same position. In May 1951, he announced he was retiring from professional football to become sports director at a radio station in Buffalo. He was hired as a sportscaster by WBEN (now known as WIVB), which had just started the first television station in Buffalo and the only one serving Southern Ontario. This was an early foray into television by the Buffalo Evening News.In the 1950s, <mask> hosted a popular panel show called "Let's Talk Sports" in Buffalo and also pioneered an early morning exercise program. He also worked for WBEN (AM) and WBEN (FM) and as the sideline announcer for Buffalo Bills games along with Van Miller, the long time Bills play-by-play announcer. In addition, he served as the play-by-play announcer for the University of Buffalo Bulls football team. As a radio broadcaster, he is remembered for things ranging from ski reports, to 17 years worth of "Breakfast At —" programs live from various local restaurants, to 27 years as the WBEN-AM All Night Show host. After 30 years with WBEN and a change in ownership for the station, his show was replaced with the Mutual Network's The Larry King Show. In the 1980s, <mask> taught communications at Buffalo's Medaille College and served as a disc jockey on Public Broadcasting's radio station WEBR (now WDCZ). He also sold ads for Buffalo Evening News competitor, Buffalo Courier-Express.<mask>'s final employer was Erie County, who hired him as an inmate training supervisor at the Erie County Correctional Facility. <mask> was posthumously inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame in September 2007. He was given the Golden Age Award which is reserved for "those who did it first, the people who had no pattern to follow." The Hall of Fame award was presented to <mask>'s wife, Jane. In her acceptance speech, <mask> observed that despite all of her late husband's achievements, there was one thing he had never received: "He had a great career, but he never had a trophy. And now he has." <mask> lived 37 of his years in Buffalo.His first wife, Ruth Arlene Martini, died in September 1961. His second wife, the former Jane Morris, was the head of the Buffalo Jills cheerleaders when they met. <mask>, who was survived by three sons, (Douglas A., Gary R., and Bruce R.) one daughter (Wendy J. Colf) and two grandchildren, died in Cheektowaga, New York in December 1994; he was 68 years old. Doug was a 1988 first team football All-Western New York linebacker for Clarence High School. See also
 List of Michigan Wolverines football All-Americans
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<mask> (or Harington) (3 January 1611 – 11 September 1677) was an English political theorist of classical republicanism. He is best known for his controversial publication The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656). This work was an exposition of an ideal constitution, a utopia, designed to facilitate the development of the English republic established after the regicide, the execution of Charles I in 1649. Early life

<mask> was born in 1611 in Upton, Northamptonshire, the eldest son of Sir Sapcote(s<mask> of Rand, Lincolnshire who died in 1630, and his first wife Jane Samwell of Upton, daughter of Sir William Samwell. <mask> was the great-nephew of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton, who died in 1613. He was for a time a resident, with his father, in the manor house at Milton Malsor, Northamptonshire, which had been bequeathed by Sir William Samwell to his daughter following her marriage. A blue plaque on Milton Malsor Manor marks this.Holy Cross Church in Milton Malsor contains a monument on the south wall of the chancel  to <mask>'s mother, Dame <mask>. According to the memorial, she died on 30 March 1619, when <mask> was 7 or 8 years old. The memorial reads, in modern English but punctuated as in the original:
"Here under lies the body of Dame Jane, daughter of Sir William Samwell Knight, & late wife to Sir Sapcotes Harington of Milton Knight, by whom he had issue 2 sons & 3 daughters, viz <mask>, William, Jane, Anne & Elizabeth. Which Lady died March 30, 1619". When his father died in June 1630, <mask> commissioned a second monument, which can still be seen in the Church of St Oswald at Rand in Lincolnshire. It depicts Sapcotes and his first wife Jane together with their five children. Childhood and education

Knowledge of <mask>'s childhood and early education is thin, though he clearly spent time both in Milton Malsor and at the family manor in Rand.In 1629 he entered Trinity College, Oxford as a gentleman commoner and left two years later with no degree. His eighteenth-century biographer, John Toland, says that while there one of his tutors was the royalist High Churchman William Chillingworth, which may have been the case before the latter left for the Catholic seminary in Douai in 1630. On 27 October 1631 <mask> entered the Middle Temple. Youth

By this time, <mask>'s father had died, and his inheritance helped pay his way through several years of continental travel. There is some suggestion that he enlisted in a Dutch militia regiment (apparently seeing no service), before touring the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy. He was in Geneva with <mask> in the summer of 1635 and subsequently travelled to Rome. In the light of this, Toland's reference to his visiting the Vatican, where he "refused to kiss the Pope's foot", probably refers to early 1636; meanwhile his visit to Venice helped bolster his knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, the Italian republics.The following decade, including his comings and goings during the Civil Wars, are largely unaccounted for by anything other than unsubstantiated stories, for example that he accompanied Charles I to Scotland in 1639 in connection with the first Bishops' War. In 1641–42 and in 1645 he provided financial assistance to Parliament, providing loans and perhaps also collecting money on behalf of Parliament in Lincolnshire. Yet, around the same time, he was acting as 'agent' for Charles Louis, the Prince Elector Palatine, who was nephew of Charles I and whose brother Prince Rupert led the Royalist forces in the English Civil War. Charles Louis and his mother had declared their support for Parliament in 1642. <mask>'s apparent political loyalty to Parliament did not interfere with a strong personal devotion to the King. Following the capture of Charles I, <mask> accompanied a "commission" of MPs appointed to accompany Charles in the move from Newcastle to Holdenby House (Holmby), after he had been relinquished by the Scots, who had captured him. <mask>'s cousin Sir <mask> was one of the Commissioners, which perhaps explains why the future author of Oceana was one of those who accompanied the commissioners as servants 'to wait upon' the King on the journey.<mask> continued as 'gentleman of the bedchamber' to the King once they reached Holdenby House, and we see him acting in that capacity through to the end of the year at both Carisbrooke Castle and Hurst Castle. However, while at Hurst Castle <mask> got into a discussion with the Governor and various army officers during which he voiced his support for the King's position concerning the Treaty of Newport, resulting in his dismissal. At least two contemporary accounts have <mask> with Charles on the scaffold, but these do not rise above the level of rumour. Oceana

After Charles' death, <mask> probably devoted his time to the composition of The Commonwealth of Oceana. By order of England's then Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, it was seized when passing through the press. <mask>, however, managed to secure the favour of Cromwell's favourite daughter, Elizabeth Claypole. The work was restored to him, and appeared in 1656, newly dedicated to Cromwell.The views embodied in Oceana, particularly those bearing on vote by ballot and rotation of magistrates and legislators, <mask> and others (who in 1659 formed a club called the "Rota") endeavoured to push practically, but with little success. Editorial history
<mask>'s manuscripts have vanished; his printed writings consist of Oceana, and papers, pamphlets, aphorisms and treatises, many of which are devoted to its defence. The first two editions of Oceana are known as the "Chapman" and the "Pakeman". Their contents are nearly identical. His Works, including the Pakeman Oceana and a previously unpublished but important manuscript A System of Politics, were first edited with a biography by John Toland in 1700. Toland's edition, with numerous substantial additions by Thomas Birch, appeared first in London in 1737. An edition not including Birch's additions but rather a copy of Henry Neville's Plato Redivivus was published in Dublin in the same year.The 1737 London edition was reprinted in 1747 and 1771. Oceana was reprinted in Henry Morley's Universal Library in 1887; S.B. Liljegren reissued a fastidiously prepared version of the Pakeman edition in 1924. <mask>'s modern editor is J. G. A. Pocock. In 1977, he edited a compilation of many of <mask> tracts, with a lengthy historical introduction. According to Pocock, <mask>'s prose was marred by an undisciplined work habit and a conspicuous "lack of sophistication," never attaining the level of "a great literary stylist." For example, as contrasted with Hobbes and Milton, "nowhere" to be found are:

"important shades of meaning...conveyed [through] rhythm, emphasis and punctuation; ...He wrote hastily, in a baroque and periodic style in which he more than once lost his way.He suffered from Latinisms...his notions of how to insert quotations, translations and references in his text were at times productive of confusion." By contrast, Rachel Hammersley has argued that <mask>'s literary approach was specifically designed to serve his political purposes, to persuade his readers to act on his ideas. Imprisonment
Following the Stuart Restoration, on 25 November 1661 <mask> was arrested on a charge of conspiring against the government in the "Bow Street" cabal and, without a formal trial, was thrown into the Tower. There, he was "badly treated", and in April 1662 a warrant was issued for him to be held in close custody, which led his sisters into obtaining a writ of habeas corpus. Before it could be executed, however, the authorities rushed him to St Nicholas Island off the coast of Plymouth. His brother and uncle won <mask>'s release to the fort at Plymouth by posting a £5000 bond. Thereafter, his general state of health quickly deteriorated, perhaps from his ingestion on medical advice of the addictive drug guaiacum.<mask>'s mind appeared to be affected. He suffered "intermittent delusions;" one observer judged him "simply mad." He recovered only slightly, then slipped decidedly downhill. He proceeded to suffer attacks of gout and palsy before falling victim to a paralysing stroke. At some point between 1662 and 1669 he married "a Mrs Dayrell, his 'old sweetheart'", the daughter of a Buckinghamshire noble. <mask> died at Little Ambry, Dean's Yard, Westminster. He was buried next to Sir Walter Raleigh in St Margaret's, Westminster.There is a slate wall memorial to him at St Michael's Church, Upton. [<mask> has often been confused with his cousin Sir <mask>, 3rd Baronet of Ridlington, MP, a member of the parliamentary commission which tried Charles I, and twice president of Cromwell's Council of State. He was subsequently excluded from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act which pardoned many who had taken up arms against the King during the Civil Wars (1642–46).] See also
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 R. Hammersley <mask>: An Intellectual Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019); . H.M. Höpfl, "<mask>, <mask>", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 25, eds. H.C.G.Matthew; Brian Harrison (Oxford: 2004), 386–391. cited as 'Höpfl, ODNB'. J.G.A. Pocock, "Editorial and Historical Introductions", The Political Works of <mask> (Cambridge: 1977), xi–xviii; 1–152. [hb: ]; cited as 'Pocock, "Intro"'. Portions have also been adapted from Pocock, "Intro" and Höpfl, ODNB. Further reading
Blitzer, Charles.An Immortal Commonwealth: the Political Thought of <mask> (Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1970;1960); . Cotton, <mask>. <mask>'s Political Thought and its Context (New York: Garland Pub., 1991); . Dickinson, W. Calvin. <mask>'s Republic (Washington, DC: University Press of America, 1983); . Downs, Michael. <mask> (Boston: Twayne Pubs., 1977); .Hammersley, Rachel. <mask>: An Intellectual Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019);
Pocock, J.G.A. "Interregnum: the Oceana of <mask>", chapter 6 in Pocock, The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law: a Study of English Historical Thought in the Seventeenth Century, a reissue with a retrospect (Cambridge: 1987;1957); [pb: ]. Pocock, J. G. A. “<mask> and the Good Old Cause: A Study of the Ideological Context of His Writings.” Journal of British Studies' 10#1 1970, pp. 30–48. online
Pocock, The Work of J.G.A.Pocock: Harrington section. Robbins, Caroline. The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman: Studies in the Transmission, Development, and Circumstance of English Liberal Thought from the Restoration of Charles II until the War with the Thirteen Colonies (1959, 2004). Russell-Smith, Hugh Francis. <mask> and his Oceana; a story of a 17th century Utopia and its influence in America (New York: Octagon Books, 1971); . Scott, Jonathan. "The Rapture of Motion: <mask>'s Republicanism", in Nicholas Phillipson; Quentin Skinner, eds.Political Discourse in Early Modern Britain'' (Cambridge: 1993), 139–163; . External links

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<mask> (born 2 May 1955) is a professor, speaker, editor, writer, and former head of the Department of Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education at the University of Malta, in Malta. He is responsible for the UNESCO Chair in Global Adult Education at the same university. He formerly served as the university's head of the Department of Education Studies from 2008 to 2012. <mask> was a member of the Collegio Docenti for the doctoral research programme in Educational Sciences and Continuing Education at the Università degli Studi di Verona. He teaches in the areas of sociology of education and adult continuing education, as well as in comparative and international education and sociology in general. He was previously employed as a school teacher and later as Officer in Charge of Adult Education in the then Department of Education, Ministry of Education, Malta. <mask> has held visiting professorial appointments at multiple universities and was a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Education, University College London during 2014.He was previously a member of the Collegio Docenti for the international doctorate in intercultural sociology and education at the University of Messina and was the President of the Mediterranean Society of Comparative Education (MESCE) from 2008 to 2010. He was visiting professor at the Institute of Education, University College London (October 2016 - September 2018)

<mask> has published well over 100 papers and has been serving as book series editor for Sense Publishers, Bloomsbury Academic, and Palgrave-Macmillan. He is also one of the editors for the refereed journal Postcolonial Directions in Education. He also serves on the editorial advisory boards of several international peer reviewed journals including the International Journal of Lifelong Education, Journal of Transformative Education, and Educational Philosophy and Theory. Awards and recognition

UNESCO Chair in Global Adult Education

Honourable Mention for Higher Education in a Globalising World at 2021 Book Awards of the Comparative International Education Society (CIES) Higher Education SIG. Inducted into the International Adult Continuing Education Hall of Fame Class of 2019. Liberating Praxis: Paulo Freire's Legacy for Radical Education and Politics (Praeger, Westport CT, 2004), AESA Critics Choice Award 2005; in paperback by Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, 2008;in Catalan translation, as La Praxi Alliberadora.El Llegat de Paulo Freire per a l’Educació Radical i Politica, (Xativa, Denes editorial, Crec, 2008); also published, in Turkish translation, as Özgürlestiren Praksis - Paulo Freire'nin Radikal Eğitim ve politica Mirasi (Ankara, Dipnot, 2012). Learning and Social Difference. (co-authored with Carmel Borg, London and New York City, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2006 - originally published by Paradigm)
Education, Society and Leadership (co-edited with Mary Darmanin, Allied Publishers, Malta, 2007),
Adult Education in Malta (DVV-International, Bonn, 2007)
Public Intellectuals, Radical Democracy and Social Movements. A Book of Interviews (with Carmel Borg, Peter Lang Publishers, New York, 2007). Mediterranean Studies in Comparative Education, (co-edited with Carmel Borg and Ronald G. Sultana, MESCE and EMCER, 2009). Education in Small States. Global Imperatives, Regional Initiatives and Local Dilemmas (edited, London & New York City, Routledge, Taylor & Francis 2009)
 Gramsci and Educational Thought (edited, Oxford and New York, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) also published in Turkish translation, as Gramsci ve Eğitsel Düşünce (Istanbul, Kalkedon, 2010).Learning with Adults. A Critical Pedagogical Introduction (co-authored with Leona English, Rotterdam, Sense Publishers, 2012). Winner of 2013 Cyril Houle Award for "outstanding literature in adult education" ; also published in Spanish translation, as Aprendiendo con personas adultas. una introducción crítica y pedagógica (Xativa, Instituto Paulo Freire de España, Dialogos, CREC, 2013); also published, in Catalan translation, as Aprenent amb persones adultes: una introducció crítica i pedagògica (Xativa, Instituto Paulo Freire de España, CREC, 2013)
 Echoes from Freire for a Critically Engaged Pedagogy (New York City & London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)
 Politics of Indignation. Imperialism, Postcolonial Disruptions and Social Change (Alresford, Hants, Zer0 Books/John Hunt Publishers, 2012)
 Learning with Adults. A Reader (edited) (Rotterdam, Boston & Taipei: Sense, 2013)
 Lorenzo Milani, the School of Barbiana and the Struggle for Social Justice (co-authored with Federico Batini and Alessio Surian, New York & Frankfurt, <mask> Lang, 2014). Práctica de la Práctica.compromiso y libertad en las experiencias educativas emancipadoras, (Xativa: Instituto Paulo Freire de España, Dialogos, Tarepa PV, 2014). Hegemony and Education under Neoliberalism. Insights from Gramsci (New York City & London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis 2015)
 International Critical Pedagogy Reader (co-edited with Antonia Darder and João Paraskeva), New York and London, Routledge, Taylor & Francis 2015)
Saggi di Pedagogia Critica.Oltre il Neoliberismo. Analizzando educatori, lotte e movimenti sociali, co-authored with Paolo Vittoria (Florence: Società Editrice Fiorentina, 2017). Higher Education in a Globalising World. Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2019 hbk, 2021 pbk)
 Lifelong Learning, Global Social Justice and Sustainability (co-authored with Leona English)(New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2021)
 Critical Education in International Perspective (co-authored with Paolo Vittoria) (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021)

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<mask> (born 17 August 1940) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield, previously Huddersfield East, since 1979. He is also Labour's longest continuously serving MP in the current parliament; only Margaret Beckett has longer total service. <mask> has announced he will not seek re-election at the next general election. Early life
<mask> was born on 17 August 1940 in Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, and went to Hampton Grammar School (which became the independent Hampton School in 1975) on Hanworth Road in Hampton, then to Kingston Technical College. He graduated from the London School of Economics (BSc Economics 1965) and from the University of London (MSc 1967). He became a lecturer at the University of Wales, Swansea, in 1966 and remained there until his election to parliament in 1979. Parliamentary career
<mask> unsuccessfully contested Taunton at the October 1974 election.He became the MP for Huddersfield East from 1979 to 1983 and for Huddersfield since the 1983 general election, holding the seat since then, with a majority as low as 3,955 in 1983 and as high as 15,848 at the 1997 general election. At the most recent general election, in 2019, <mask>'s majority fell to 4,937 with a swing of 7.8% to the Conservatives, in line with many other seats in Yorkshire. As the shadow Employment and Training minister from 1983 to 1988, he was the opposition spokesperson for post-16 education in both the education and employment teams. He served as a shadow Home Affairs minister from 1988 to 1992, focusing on police, prisons and probation as the deputy to Roy Hattersley, the Shadow Home Secretary. Following John Smith's election as Labour leader, <mask> served as the shadow Disabled People's Rights minister from 1992 to 1994. He chaired the House of Commons Education and Skills select committee from 2001 to 2007, and remained chair of the renamed Children, Schools and Families Select Committee from 2007 to 2010. Under his chairmanship, the committee was often critical of government policy.<mask> warned the government not to "lose their nerve" over reforming secondary education exam system back in 2005, and in 2006 said it was "naive" to allocate local school places through parental choice, with lottery selection being the best way to avoid "bloody awful" schools existing as a side effect of parents pushing for their children to study elsewhere. During <mask>'s chairmanship, the select committee produced reports on subjects such as home education, education outside the classroom, and young people not in education employment or training (NEETs). He is Chair of the Labour Forum for Criminal Justice and of the Cross-Party Advisory Group on Preparation for European Monetary Union. Outside parliament, he is Chair of the National Educational Research and Development Trust, and a trustee of the National Children's Centre. His political interests are listed as trade, industry, finance, further education, education, economy, the European Union, South America and the United States. In June 2009, <mask> called for a secret ballot of the Parliamentary Labour Party on whether Gordon Brown should continue in office as prime minister. This followed widespread criticism of Brown's performance and the resignation of Cabinet member James Purnell.<mask> later reassured his local party chairman that he had not directly called for Brown's resignation. <mask> called for a London catering company to employ "English workers" in a Twitter exchange on 23 April 2012. The comments reached the national press. In response, <mask> said the objection to him speaking out was "pernicious political correctness". He is founder and chairman of Policy Connect, a cross-party, not-for-profit based in London, where he regularly chairs seminar events and research inquiries. <mask> is also chair and co-chair of a number of official All-Party Parliamentary Groups, including the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group, the All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group, and the Bullying All-Party Group. Since 2012, He has led the Schools to Work Commission, the Labour Party's policy review on the transition from education to employment.In June 2015, <mask> caused controversy when he argued that lowering the voting age to 16, by reducing childhood, might raise the risk of sexual abuse. On 5 December 2021, <mask> announced his intention to stand down at the next election; at the time of the announcement he was the longest-serving Labour MP. Political positions
<mask> consistently voted for the Iraq War, and has nearly always voted to block subsequent independent investigations into the war, with the most recent such vote in 2016. He is a member of Labour Friends of Israel. He supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election. <mask> supported the UK remaining within the EU in the 2016 membership referendum. During the COVID-19 pandemic, <mask> suggested that "on the spot fines" would increase compliance with mask mandates.Personal life
<mask> married Pamela Elizabeth Brenchley in 1965 in north Surrey, with whom he has one son (born in 1978) and three daughters (born in 1970, 1972 and 1981). His recreations include walking, biography and films. In 1993, <mask> co-wrote, with Isaac Kramnick, a biography of the Labour intellectual Harold Laski. Notes

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<mask><mask> was a steamboat captain in the Pacific Northwest from 1851 to 1903. He became well known for his long length of service, the large number of vessels he commanded, and the many different geographical areas in which he served. Early life and migration to Oregon
Capt.. <mask><mask> was born in Salem County, New Jersey on February 13, 1830. He was the son of <mask> and Julia Alderman. He arrived on the Pacific Coast in 1848. Arriving in Oregon <mask> traded his horses and mules for an acre of land just north of Oregon City, Oregon at a place called Clackamas City. Flatboat navigation on the Willamette

In the spring of 1850, <mask> began running a flatboat between Canemah just above Willamette Falls on the Willamette River and Dayton, on the Yamhill River.<mask> built a flatboat 65 feet long, which was capable of hauling 350 bushels of wheat. He hired four members of the Klickitat First Nation as crew and poled and rowed the boat up the Yamhill River to Dayton and Lafayette. It took two days to go up from Canemah, and one day to return. <mask> charged $35 a ton to haul cargo to upriver farmers, mostly consignments from merchants on the lower Willamette (the part of the river below Willamette Falls). Coming down river <mask> charged 50 cents a bushel to carry out the farmers' wheat. His chief expenses were the salaries of his First Nations crew, which were $16 per man for each trip. Start in steamboating
<mask> had been in the flatboat business for about a year when on May 19, 1851, the first steamboat appeared on the upper Willamette.This was the small sidewheeler Hoosier. Although small and crude, Hoosier was capable of hauling much more cargo and wheat than any flatboat. <mask> was soon out of business, however he did manage to be hired by Hoosier'''s owner, John Zumwalt. On board Hoosier, <mask> worked as the bookkeeper, purser, pilot, deckhand and roustabout.Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon and Alaska, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000   In the fall of 1856 with his brother-in-law Silas R. Smith, <mask> bought Hoosier and the next year built another steamboat Hoosier No. 2 and operated the vessel on the Willamette between Champoeg and Butteville and up the Yamhill River. Later, they rebuilt Hoosier' No. 2 and called her Hoosier No.3. In 1858 <mask> sold an interest in Hoosier No. 3 to E.M. White and with his associates purchased the sternwheeler <mask> and ran her until April 23, 1861, when the Clinton was destroyed by a dockside fire at Linn City, Oregon. In 1860 he took the machinery out of Hoosier and placed it in the steam scow Yamhill. Snake River mines and purchase of the Unio/Union
Soon after this <mask> sold his interest in Yamhill to Capt. John T. Apperson, and with Capt. George A. Pease went to the Snake River mines.Meanwhile Apperson had built the sternwheeler Unio whose unusual name derived from Captain Apperson's uncertainty about who might prevail in the American Civil War which had just begun, as well as a significant number of Confederate sympathizers who might be among his customers. Returning from there in December, 1861, <mask> bought the Unio from Captain Apperson, and, not caring what his Southern-inclined customers might think, quickly added the final "n" to her name. House washed away by flood
<mask>'s home was destroyed, along with most of Linn City, in a flood of the Willamette River on December 1, 1861. <mask>'s home was thought to be the safest structure in the town, and other people sheltered there. But as the water rose, it became obvious they would have to evacuate the structure, which was done just before the building was swept away. Steamboat pilot on the Willamette

Except for a short time in 1862, when he was on the Mountain Buck and Julia Barclay, <mask> ran Union on the Willamette River until 1866 when the vessel was acquired by the People's Transportation Company. From the Union Miler went as pilot on the Fanny Patton with Capt.George Jerome. After that, <mask> moved to the Enterprise (built 1863) with Capt. Sebastian "Bas" <mask>, remaining with Enterprise until that vessel was dismantled.One source indicates Enterprise was dismantled in 1875 but this may be too late a date for <mask>'s service. See Affleck, at 12. In 1868 <mask> piloted the new steamer Albany with Capt. Lon Vickers. After a short term on Albany <mask> entered the milling business at Oregon City.Soon afterward he served on the People's Transportation Company's steamers Onward, Senator and E.N. <mask> was a passenger on Senator when she was blown up in 1875 near the Alder Street dock in Portland, Oregon. The <mask> next day took command of the E. N. Cooke, and ran her until the Oregon Steam Navigation Company absorbed the People's Transportation Company. Financial losses in the flour business

In 1878 he purchased C. P. Church's interest in some flour mills, and also bought the steamer A.A. McCully. <mask> removed the geared machinery from A.A. McCully and installed it in the steamer Success. <mask> ran Success up the Willamette River to Eugene, Oregon. In 1879 <mask> suffered some financial reverses, losing not only his mill interest but Success as well, which he had turned over to Z.J.Hatch. <mask> then took command of the City of Salem, and ran her until 1881 for William Reid, carrying railroad material to Ray's Landing and Dayton, Oregon. Work in Idaho and eastern Washington
For health reasons <mask> resigned from the command of City of Salem, and with Church and others bought the flour mills at Walla Walla, Wash. Terr. From there <mask> went to Sand Point, Idaho and ran the Henry Villard on Lake Pend Oreille. From the Henry Villard he went to the Katie Hallett, running on the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River. Return to the Willamette Valley

In the spring of 1882 <mask> returned to Walla Walla, sold out the mill and went to Dayton, Oregon. In 1886, he retired to a farm, returning to the river again in 1889, again running the City of Salem, this time between Fulquartz and Ray's landings until 1890.Construction of sternwheeler Norma in Idaho
<mask> then went to Huntington, Oregon and superintended the building of the Norma, making the first trip with her into the Seven Devils' Country. This was a run 60 miles downriver into Hells Canyon to Seven Devils Landing, and then back upriver to Huntington.Carrey, Johnny, Conley, Cort, and Barton, Ace, Snake River In Hells Canyon, at page 43, Backeddy Books, Cambridge, ID 1979   Returning to Portland he served on the Governor Newell, Three Sisters, Toledo and Joseph Kellogg during 1891-92. Relocation to the Kootenay region

In 1893, <mask> went to Montana and took command of the steamer Annerly, running on the upper Kootenay River between Jennings, Montana and Fort Steele, BC.. He remained there until August 1894, when he went to Puget Sound,  purchased the steamer Halys, and had her shipped inland to be placed on the lower Kootenai River, running out of Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. <mask> commanded steamboats in the Kootanay region until 1901. Destruction of the Gwendoline

Completion of the British Columbia Southern Railway in October 1898 had the effect of idling the three major steamboats on the upper Kootenay River, all of which <mask> had commanded at various times:  J.D. Farrell, North Star, and Gwendoline.<mask> had the idea of moving Gwendoline by rail to the Lardeau River and Kootenay Lake which appeared to be a route where she could generate revenue. (The Kootenay River, which ultimately flowed into Kootenay Lake, was unnavigable below Jennings because of Kootenay Falls. <mask> paid $500 in shipping fees and arranged to have Gwendoline'' loaded on three flat cars. The rail line tracked along the canyon face, and at one point there appeared to be not enough room for the steamer to squeeze past. The rail crew shifted the steamer over away from the cliff face and a bit closer to the canyon rim. Unfortunately the steamer was shifted too far, and tipped over off the flat cars and tumbled down into the canyon, landing bottom up, a total loss. Steamboat operations out of Wenatchee
In 1902 to 1903, <mask> commanded steamboats on the reach of the Columbia River above Wenatchee, Washington.Death and legacy
Captain <mask> died in Spokane, Washington on July 24, 1914. Probably no other person had a longer career in the steamboat business in the Pacific Northwest. Over the course of his career, <mask> commanded 36 steamboats, on the Tualatin, Willamette, Columbia and Kootenay rivers, among which were the vessels already named as well as Elwood, Multnomah, Undine,  and Chelan. Captain <mask>'s son, <mask><mask>, was also a steamboat pilot. References

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<mask>  (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, <mask> is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania – including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. <mask> has also won tournaments in four decades, the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. <mask> was named European Tour Golfer of the Year for the 1998, 2000, 2009 and 2020 seasons. He has won the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit, and the renamed 2009 and 2020 Race to Dubai. <mask> has frequently been mentioned as one of the best golfers without a major championship victory, despite several near misses including three runner-up finishes. He has represented Europe in ten Ryder Cups.In October 2010, <mask> became the World number one golfer, ending the reign of Tiger Woods, and becoming the first British golfer since Nick Faldo in 1994 to hold that position. He held the number one position for a total of 22 weeks. <mask> and fellow countryman Luke Donald share the distinction of reaching the number one world ranking despite never winning a major. After the 2021 Open Championship he held the record, that he previously shared with Jay Haas, of playing in the most major championships (88) without winning one. Early life
Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, <mask> began to play golf aged 13 with a half set bought by grandparents. His father John, a mathematics teacher, took up the game at the same time to encourage his son. A talented sportsman at school, <mask> played rugby, cricket and football.<mask>voy Trophy. In 1993 he won the British Youths Open Amateur Championship and turned professional. Professional career
In 1996, <mask> won his first professional tournament, the Volvo Scandinavian Masters, closely followed by the Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters in Japan. His success continued in 1997, defending his Japanese title and winning the Malaysian Open, the Volvo Masters in Spain, and the Holden Australian Open, beating Greg Norman in a playoff. He also partnered with Nick Faldo in the Ryder Cup that year.<mask> has won 25 events on the European Tour and has also won tournaments in North America, Africa, Asia and Australia. His most successful year to date has been 2000 when he won seven tournaments worldwide and was ranked first on the European Order of Merit, ending Colin Montgomerie's long run of European Tour dominance. His win on the Sunshine Tour's Dimension Data Pro-am in 2000 made him the first golfer to win events on all 6 of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Ernie Els (2005) and Justin Rose (2017) are the only golfers to have joined him on this list. <mask> took a significant break from the game following the birth of son Samuel Bevan in 2001, and together with a restructuring of his swing under David Leadbetter, led to him being out of contention in tournaments until his 2003 victory in Germany, his 25th worldwide. <mask> returned to the winners circle in 2007 by winning both the Valle Romano Open de Andalucía and the Quinn Direct British Masters to bring his total European Tour wins to 18. As a result, he moved back into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.<mask> finished the 2007 season with five top 10 finishes in the last five events. He carried this form into the 2008 season, starting with two tied second places and a fifth, moving back into the top 20 in the world rankings. At the Masters, <mask> finished tied for 11th and he narrowly missed out on becoming the first European in 38 years to win the U.S. Open, finishing 3rd on level-par. In 2009, <mask> had two further 3rd-place finishes at major championships, in the Open and the PGA Championship. In October 2009, <mask> ended his two-year wait for a tournament win by winning the Portugal Masters. This was followed the next month with a win at the Dubai World Championship, which also brought with it the inaugural Race to Dubai title. <mask> has played in the Gary Player Invitational charity event several times to assist Player raise money for children in need around the world.<mask> earned a career-best second place at the 2010 Masters Tournament, leading by one shot going into the final day before being overtaken by eventual champion Phil Mickelson. <mask> came through with his 2nd tour victory at the St. Jude Classic the week before the U.S. Open. <mask> claimed another second-place finish at the 2010 Open Championship, although he was a distant runner-up to Louis Oosthuizen. Despite the two 2nd-place finishes at the season's first three majors, <mask> did not compete in the PGA Championship due to injury. In May 2011, <mask> contested a playoff at the BMW PGA Championship with fellow Englishman and at the time world number two Luke Donald. On the par five 18th, Donald hit his approach shot into the green leaving six feet for birdie. <mask> attempted to follow him in close to the hole but got too much backspin on his pitch and the ball spun back into the water hazard.<mask> eventually chipped up from the drop zone and went on to make double bogey. Donald then holed his birdie putt to win the championship and in the process became the new world number one. In June 2011, <mask> equalled his best performance at the U.S. Open finishing in a tie for third place at Congressional CC, an event which was dominated by Rory McIlroy. This was the fourth time in his career that <mask> had finished third in a major. In December 2011, <mask> shot the lowest round of his career, a 60, at the Thailand Golf Championship. He followed that up with a 64 to equal the lowest 36-hole total on the Asian Tour and won the tournament by seven shots. <mask> rejoined the PGA Tour for the 2012 season, stating that "It felt right in a Ryder Cup year" and intimated that he would like to experience the challenge for the FedEx Cup in the end of season playoffs for the first time.In February 2012, <mask> recorded his best ever performance at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship when he reached the semi-finals for the first time. In all eleven previous attempts he had never once made it past the second round. He beat Nicolas Colsaerts, Robert Karlsson, Nick Watney and Martin Laird en route before falling, 3&1, to Rory McIlroy in the semi-finals. He finished in 4th place after losing the consolation match to American Mark Wilson, 1 up. Had he won the tournament, he would have regained the number one ranking. <mask> continued his fine run of performances in the major championships with a tied third finish at the Masters in April 2012. He finished two strokes behind Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthuizen and bemoaned his putting performance as the reason he did not win the tournament.This was the seventh occasion that he had recorded a top three finish at a major without actually winning one. In April 2012, he successfully defended his title at the Indonesian Masters on the Asian Tour, winning by two strokes. In June 2012, <mask> won the Nordea Masters for the third time, the week prior to the U.S Open, with a five stroke victory over Ross Fisher. This was <mask>'s 22nd victory on the European Tour and moved him into ninth place alone on the all time European Tour winners list. At the 2012 U.S. Open, <mask> was in contention again after firing a three-under-par round of 67 in the third round to position himself three strokes behind the leaders. During the final round, <mask> lost his ball in a tree on the par-four fifth hole after his drive clattered into the pines. The ball was declared lost and he had to play his third shot from the tee, resulting in a double-bogey six which effectively ended his challenge.He finished in a tie for 10th. In the 2013 Open Championship, <mask> led after 54 holes by two strokes over Hunter Mahan and Tiger Woods. They were the only three players in the field under par for the tournament. <mask> shot a four-over-par 75 in his final round to finish in a tie for third, four strokes back at one-over-par. Phil Mickelson went on to win the tournament with a total of three-under-par, the only player to complete the tournament under par. This was the second time <mask> had taken the lead into the final round of a major championship, with the other being in the 2010 Masters, which Mickelson also won. <mask> has now finished in the top-three eight times in majors without ever winning one.In April 2015, <mask> won the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters for the third time in his career. He won in a sudden-death playoff over Chapchai Nirat, having held a five-stroke lead at the 54-hole stage. This was <mask>'s ninth victory in Asian Tour events. At the 2016 Masters, <mask> finished joint runner-up with Jordan Spieth, three strokes behind winner Danny Willett. He was briefly only one stroke off the lead during the final round following an eagle on the par five 15th, but bogeyed the 16th to end his chances. This was the third time <mask> has finished as runner-up in a major championship. At the 2016 U.S. Open, <mask> was again near the top of the leaderboard after the first three rounds, but playing in the penultimate group during the final round he fell away badly shooting a round 80 (+10) to finish T32.<mask>, with 87 starts, is tied with Jay Haas for most major championship appearances without winning. In an interview with CNN in November 2017, <mask> spoke of his desire to go into the golf course design industry once he had finished playing, saying he would vow to make courses "more playable and enjoyable". On 11 November 2018, <mask> fired an eight-under 64 to storm to a three-shot victory in the Nedbank Golf Challenge. <mask>'s win in Sun City, South Africa claimed his 24th European Tour victory and his first since the 2014 Malaysian Open. The victory was worth $1,250,000.

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 The Nedbank was his first Rolex Series title and third victory at Gary Player Country Club following wins in 2010 and 2011 before the tournament joined the European Tour international schedule. He also won the Dimension Data Pro-Am in 2000 also played at the Gary Player Country Club.In July 2019, <mask> finished tied for fourth in the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. He has now finished 12 times in the top five of a major without actually winning. This was his best finish at the Open since 2013 and it earned him entry into the 2020 Masters Tournament. "It's brilliant," said <mask>. "Augusta is a very special place. I've played great there in the past and had a chance to win it. It is another course like Royal Portrush Golf Club that I don't strictly think is a bomber's paradise, although I think it helps.If you've played it a lot and you play it well, there are a lot of repeat winners. It will be lovely to go back." In January 2020, <mask> won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on the European Tour. This tournament was part of the Rolex Series. This win meant he had won titles in four different decades on the European Tour. <mask> finished on 19 under par, two shots ahead of Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick and Victor Perez. The 46-year-old shot a five-under-par 67 at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club to win the event for the first time.In December of that year, <mask> claimed his third Race to Dubai by finishing solo second in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. At 47 years of age, he became the oldest winner of the title. In March 2021, <mask> held the 54-hole lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He eventually missed out by one shot to Bryson DeChambeau. This was his best result on the PGA Tour since his tied for second place at the 2016 Masters. The following week, <mask> again held the 54-hole lead at a PGA Tour event; The Players Championship. He shot an even-par 72 and finished second by one shot to eventual champion Justin Thomas.He won more than $1.6 million for this finish, the largest official cheque of his career to date. World ranking
<mask> first reached the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking in July 1998 and spent a total of 160 weeks in the top 10 between then and August 2001. <mask> dropped out of top 100 in mid-2002. Returning to the top 100 in late 2003, <mask>'s ranking remained in the 20 to 80 range from 2004 and 2007. Early in 2008 he returned to the top 20 where he has remained since. He returned to the top 10 briefly at the end of the 2008 season and again after the 2009 PGA Championship. On 31 October 2010, <mask> became the World number one golfer, ending the reign of Tiger Woods.He remained World number one for 17 weeks, before being replaced by Martin Kaymer who held the top spot for 8 weeks. <mask> regained the number one spot after winning the Indonesian Masters on 24 April 2011 and held it for 5 weeks before being replaced by Luke Donald. He spent over 350 weeks in the top-10. Ryder Cup
<mask> made his Ryder Cup debut in 1997 where he partnered fellow Englishman Nick Faldo in both sets of fourballs and foursomes. In the 1999 Ryder Cup, he partnered Darren Clarke for the fourballs and foursomes, picking up 2 points. At The Belfry in 2002 he teamed up with Sergio García in a successful partnership in which they won 3 and lost 1 of their four matches. In the 2004 Ryder Cup, <mask> sank the putt which took Europe's points tally to 14 and thereby ensured that they retained the Cup.Europe eventually won 18½–9½. It was his first victory in singles. He and Darren Clarke were the wildcard selections in 2006 and <mask> justified his selection by not losing a game, a feat he had also achieved in 2004. He is the eighth most successful European golfer on points scored, with the second highest scoring rate. During the 2008 Matches, <mask> sat out for the first session in his Ryder Cup career during the matches after a controversial decision by captain Nick Faldo. The European Team ended up losing to the U.S. 16½–11½. In October 2010, <mask> was a member of the European team that won the 2010 Ryder Cup with a one-point win over the USA.For the 2012 and 2014 tournaments, <mask> was once again a member of winning teams, with Europe beating USA at Medinah Country Club and Gleneagles. In 2016, his friend Darren Clarke was captain and he was once again chosen as a wildcard, this time part of a losing team for the first time since 2008. In 2018, Thomas Bjørn selected <mask> as one of his five vice-captains for the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National, alongside Graeme McDowell, Luke Donald, Pádraig Harrington and Robert Karlsson. In September 2021, <mask> played on the European team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and <mask> went 1–2–0 and won his Sunday singles match against Harris English. He is the European player who has the greatest number of appearances in Ryder Cup winning teams (7 wins, 4 losses). Singles: played 11, won 4, lost 7, halved 0
Foursomes: played 20, won 9, lost 7, halved 4
Fourballs: played 16, won 8, lost 6, halved 2

Personal life
<mask> married Laurae Coltart, the sister of Scottish Ryder Cup player Andrew Coltart, in January 1999.The couple have two children, Samuel Bevan and Poppy Grace. The two divorced in 2017. After his divorce, <mask> moved back to Europe from his residence in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. <mask> now lives in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne with his wife, Helen Storey, who also caddies for him on tour. The pair married in Las Vegas in June 2021. He is good friends with fellow Ryder Cup star Darren Clarke and from April 2006 he co-owned a private jet with him. In 2007, <mask> was presented with an Honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Nottingham Trent University.The University named its sports hall after the golfer in October 2010. He announced the creation of the Lee Westwood Golf School in 2010, which offers young golfers the ability to combine golf training with their education as part of their school life. In addition, since 2010 <mask> has created a Junior Lee Westwood Golf Tour and Lee Westwood Golf Camps. In recognition of his work with young golfers, he was awarded with the Golf Foundation's 'Spirit of Golf' Award just before the Open Championship, an award which was previously held by Gary Player and Tony Jacklin. <mask>'s major passion is horse racing, in which he has had an interest in several successful horses, including Hoof It which won the Stewards Cup twice. Other interests include films, snooker and cars. He is a keen football fan who supports Nottingham Forest.He also supports and sponsors his local semi professional side Worksop Town FC. <mask> is a follower of Dumfries based football club Queen of the South, most likely due to having Andrew Coltart as a former brother-in-law, who himself is a passionate supporter of the Scottish club. <mask> was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours. Amateur wins
1991 Peter McEvoy Trophy
1992 Lagonda Trophy
1993 British Youths Open Amateur Championship, Leven Gold Medal

Professional wins (44)

PGA Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

European Tour wins (25)

*Note: The 1997 Volvo Masters was shortened to 54 holes due to weather. 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

European Tour playoff record (2–6)

Japan Golf Tour wins (4)

*Note: The 1996 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters was shortened to 54 holes due to fog. Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

Asian Tour wins (8)

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (2–1)

Sunshine Tour wins (3)

Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–1)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–1)

Other wins (2)

Other playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order in 2020. CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

Most consecutive cuts made – 14 (2014 PGA – 2018 Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships
Results not in chronological order before 2015.1Cancelled due to 9/11
2Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
WD = Withdrew
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009. Career earnings and year-end ranking by year

*As of 2020 seasons. †Non-member earnings. Team appearances
Amateur
Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1990 (winners), 1991 (winners)

Professional
Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1997 (winners), 1999, 2002 (winners), 2004 (winners), 2006 (winners), 2008, 2010 (winners), 2012 (winners), 2014 (winners), 2016, 2021

Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2000, 2002 (winners), 2003 (winners), 2011 (winners)
Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2007 (winners)
EurAsia Cup (representing Europe): 2016 (winners)

See also
List of golfers with most European Tour wins
List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins

References

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European Tour golfers
PGA Tour golfers
Ryder Cup competitors for Europe
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
English expatriates in the United States
Sportspeople from Worksop
People from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1973 births
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