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<mask> (born 18 June 1983), is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international and one-time captain of the Queensland State of Origin team, he played his entire club career in the National Rugby League for the Melbourne Storm, with whom he played in seven NRL Grand Finals. <mask> also set the club's record for most ever tries and NRL record for most ever tries by a fullback. <mask> amassed 190 NRL tries for the Melbourne Storm, which is the second most in an Australian first-grade career, behind Ken Irvine. <mask> also won two premierships, the Clive Churchill Medal twice and the Dally M Medal with the Storm. With the Kangaroos he was the 2008 World Cup's top try-scorer and player of the tournament and won the 2008 Golden Boot Award as the World player of the year. <mask> was also the winner of the television game show Australia's Greatest Athlete in 2009 and 2010.<mask> was born in Nambour, Queensland, Australia on 18 June 1983. He began playing rugby league football for the Brothers club in Innisfail, Queensland. A North Queensland Cowboys fan growing up, he never made a representative side with the club. At sixteen years of age, <mask> left school at Innisfail State High School and decided to follow his personal passion for thoroughbred racing, working initially in Sydney for 6 months as a roustabout for the racehorse trainer Gai Waterhouse. Playing career

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<mask> commenced playing for the Melbourne Storm in 2003. In Round 1 of the 2003 NRL season, <mask> made his first grade NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Remondis Stadium. <mask> started on the  and scored a try in Melbourne's 36–32 win after overcoming a 22–0 deficit early in the first half.In <mask>'s next match in Round 2 against the Penrith Panthers, <mask> played his first match for the Storm at , scoring 2 tries in the Storm's 42–16 win at Olympic Park. From Rounds 4–8, <mask> played in the centre position before moving back to fullback in Round 10 against the Brisbane Broncos in the Storms 36–16 loss at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre. <mask> played the rest of the year at fullback. After a stellar début season saw him crowned Dally M Rookie of the Year (although the awards that year were cancelled in protest). <mask> was the Storm's highest try scorer in the 2003 NRL season with 19 tries in their 26 matches. 2004
<mask> made his debut on the  for Queensland in game one of the 2004 State of Origin series. <mask> had a quiet but solid first game in QLD's 9–8 loss at ANZ Stadium.<mask> retained his spot on the team for the second game of the series at Suncorp Stadium. In game two, just days shy of his 21st birthday, <mask> was named man of the match after scoring two tries. His second try is considered one of the great individual Origin tries. Trailing 12–10, <mask> latched onto a grubber kick from Darren Lockyer, chip-kicked the ball over Blues fullback Anthony Minichiello, regathering the ball and scoring in QLD's 22–18 win. <mask> scored a try in the decider but could not stop a Brad Fittler inspired New South Wales side from clinching the series in QLD's 36–14 loss. <mask>'s club form helped his team finish 6th on the ladder, defeating the Brisbane Broncos 31–14 at Suncorp Stadium in the first game of the finals before succumbing to eventual premiers the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 43–18 at SFS. <mask> played 22 matches and scored 14 tries for the Storm in the 2004 NRL season.He was named in the Kangaroo squad to tour Europe but injury prevented him from joining in the tour. 2005
<mask> once again impressed in his third NRL season. Once again <mask> was picked for the Queensland State of Origin team, this time at his preferred position of fullback. <mask> returned for the second game in Sydney which saw the return of Andrew Johns, who spearheaded a New South Wales victory. Despite losing the match 32–22, <mask> took advantage of a knock-on from the Blues Anthony Minichiello to score a length of the field try during the match. <mask> was dumped from the Queensland side for the deciding third game in Brisbane which led to outrage from some Maroons fans. With injuries and suspensions, <mask> had to wait three years for another chance at State of Origin.<mask> continued his brilliant form throughout 2005, topping the try scoring charts with 20 tries in 21 matches for the Storm. Melbourne once again finished 6th in the league and defeated the Brisbane Broncos 24–18 at Suncorp Stadium in the first game of the finals before missing the Storms 24–16 season ending loss succumbing to an in-form North Queensland Cowboys team at SFS. 2006
<mask> had a less successful 2006 season. <mask> was suspended in Round 4 for seven matches for kicking Wests Tigers prop John Skandalis, but also scored two tries in the match. Injuries and suspensions kept <mask> out of contention for a spot in the Queensland team in 2006. In his comeback game in Round 13 against the Sydney Roosters in the Storms 20–16 win at Olympic Park, <mask> only played 25 minutes of the second half on the wing and was later found guilty of using a dangerous throw on Roosters centre Ryan Cross. <mask> was suspended for 2 matches.After <mask>'s second suspension, Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy decided to give <mask> some warm up matches for his comeback into first grade with both North Sydney Bears (Melbourne's feeder club in the NSWRL Premier League) and Norths Devils (Melbourne's feeder club in the Queensland Cup). <mask> made his NRL comeback in Round 18 playing his preferred fullback position when the Storm defeated the Brisbane Broncos 10–4 at Olympic Park. In Round 22 against the Wests Tigers in the Storms 46–4 win at Olympic Park, <mask> was given a two match suspension for a late forearm, which was his third suspension for the season. <mask> came back to the main line-up in Round 25 against the Canberra Raiders in the Storms 22–18 win at Canberra Stadium. A few weeks later, after having claimed the minor premiership the Storm again met the Brisbane Broncos, this time in the 2006 NRL Grand Final. It was <mask>'s first and he played at fullback in what was Melbourne's first grand final loss after succumbing 15–8 to a Broncos team in Melbourne player Scott Hill farewell NRL match before moving to the ESL. <mask> played in 15 matches and scored 5 tries for the Storm in the 2006 NRL season.2007
<mask> had a quiet start to the 2007 season. In Round 8, he suffered a badly broken cheekbone against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles when he tried to charge down former teammate Matt Orford's kick, and collided with teammate Sam Tagataese in Melbourne's 13–12 loss at Brookvale Oval. On his return from injury in Round 17, <mask> scored 8 tries from 9 appearances and became a vital cog in the back line of the Storm, setting up over 20 tries during the season. In Round 21 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Remondis Stadium, <mask> played his 100th NRL career match in the Storms 17–16 win. <mask> was part of the Melbourne Storm 2007 NRL Grand Final winning team at , defeating the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 34–8, which was later stripped from them for cheating the salary cap. <mask> played in 23 matches and scored 12 tries for the Storm in the 2007 NRL season. <mask> won the Storms Back of the Year Award.In the post season <mask> was named at  in the Melbourne Storm Team of the Decade. 2008
<mask>'s start to the 2008 season can be described as nothing short of sensational. He scored 3 tries in Melbourne's 32–18 Round 1 win at Etihad Stadium, one at SFS in Round 3, a 10–6 loss to the Sydney Roosters and two at Olympic Park in Melbourne's 26–4 win over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. After his start to the season, <mask> garnered praise from league experts such as Laurie Daley and Andrew Johns as being the best player in the game. <mask>'s form was rewarded when he was selected at fullback for the Australian national team in the Centenary Test against New Zealand, displacing the incumbent Brett Stewart. <mask> had a modest game in attack for Australia but proved his worth by making numerous try-saving tackles in Australia's 28–12 victory at SCG. Two weeks later, <mask> was selected to once again represent Queensland in the 2008 State of Origin series, this time displacing incumbent, Karmichael Hunt from fullback to five-eighth, <mask> had a mixed performance for Queensland throwing a few loose passes despite running over 220 metres and making a line break that nearly resulted in a try to Greg Inglis.Queensland eventually lost, 18–10. <mask> returned for Game 2 but was dropped to the interchange bench before replacing Karmichael Hunt 30 minutes into the match at ANZ Stadium. In Game 2 <mask> played off the interchange bench in QLD's 30–0 win in Brisbane. In Game 3, <mask> once again started from the interchange bench with Karmichael Hunt starting at fullback. A broken arm to Scott Prince at the 17-minute mark forced <mask> to fullback with Karmichael Hunt switching to five eighth. <mask> broke the line with his first touch and kick return of the game. He was excellent under the high ball, thwarting many attacking kicks.With just 10 minutes to go, Johnathan Thurston broke the New South Wales line, drawing in the fullback before passing the ball to <mask> who ran the remaining 30 metres to score the match-winning try and a 16–10 victory. It was <mask>'s first series win for Queensland. In Round 19, <mask> was involved in an all-in brawl in a match against the St George Illawarra Dragons in the Storms 26–0 win at Olympic Park. He was sin-binned for throwing several punches at winger, Jason Nightingale. He had a two-match suspension downgraded to one match after claiming Nightingale had provoked him with several head-butts throughout the match. In August 2008, <mask> was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 World Cup. In September 2008; <mask> narrowly missed out on the Dally M Medal, Player of the Year, finishing 2 points behind the Sea Eagles Matt Orford.The one-week suspension in Round 19 deducted 3 points from <mask>'s tally, which would have won him the medal. Days after playing in the 2008 NRL Grand Final 40–0 defeat the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, <mask> was named the Melbourne club's Player of the Year. <mask> played in 24 matches and scored 14 tries for the Storm in the 2008 NRL season. <mask> capped off a brilliant year by winning the Rugby League World Golden Boot Award as the best player in the world. In 2008 he also received the Rugby League International Federation's International Player of the Year award. In October 2008 <mask> was selected in the final 24-man Australian squad but hesitated playing since he and his wife were expecting their first child. <mask> went on to play fullback for Australia in the 2008 World Cup, scoring hat-tricks in matches against England (52–4 win at Etihad) & Fiji (52–0 win at SFS).<mask> won the Man of the match twice in tournament for his performance in both games. About midway through the second half of the World Cup final <mask>, who had set up Australia's first two tries, made a grave misjudgement, <mask> threw a wild pass back in field after attempting to go the short side from a kick return and it was snapped up by Benji Marshall for a gift four-pointer. Although Melbourne teammate Greg Inglis bought them back within 2 points with a try, a penalty try, courtesy of a Joel Monaghan infringement, ruled out any possible comeback. Despite his costly error and Australia losing the game 34–20 to New Zealand, <mask> was named Player of the Tournament following the World Cup final in Brisbane. <mask> was also the competition's top tryscorer with 7 tries. 2009
<mask> was selected for Australia in the 2009 Anzac Test match at  against New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium in the Kangaroos' 38–10 redemption win over the Kiwis. In April 2009, he was named in the preliminary 25-man squad to represent Queensland in the opening State of Origin match for 2009, and was subsequently picked at fullback for the opening State of Origin match.<mask> was the first try scorer in the 2009 State of Origin Series scoring in Queensland's 28–18 win in Sydney. <mask> played in the other 2 matches in the Queensland's 2009 winning State of Origin team. In Round 22 against the North Queensland Cowboys at Olympic Park, <mask> played 150th NRL career match in the Storms 20–8 win. Melbourne finished the season 4th on the NRL table and avenged their 2008 Grand Final loss to Manly by defeating them 40–12 in the first week of the finals at Etihad Stadium. <mask>'s four try haul earned him man of the match honours. <mask> notched up his 100th NRL career try in Melbourne's 40–10 victory over the Brisbane Broncos in the preliminary final at Etihad Stadium, becoming only the second Melbourne player to do so after Matt Geyer. In the next week, the Grand Final was won by the Melbourne Storm over the Parramatta Eels 23–16.Again this was also stripped from Melbourne for systematic salary cap cheating. <mask> scored a try and was judged best on ground, earning the Clive Churchill Medal. <mask> was named the Storms highest tryscorer in the 2009 NRL season with 18 tries in 26 matches. The following week <mask> was named Melbourne's Player of the Year making it the second consecutive year he won the award. During the off-season he was given the first 'Player of the Finals' award, presented by the Rugby League Writers' Association. <mask> topped off the season with selection for Australia in the 2009 Four Nations tournament in Europe. <mask> played in the first two matches against New Zealand and then England.<mask> scored three tries in Australia's 46–16 win over England in the final and also acrobatically tapped the ball back infield setting up a try for teammate, Cameron Smith. 2010

For the 2010 Anzac Test, <mask> was selected to play for Australia at  in their 12–8 victory against New Zealand at AAMI Park. Despite Melbourne being stripped of their 2007 and 2009 premierships due to the discovery of a salary cap breach, <mask> was allowed to keep his Clive Churchill Medal. <mask> was also involved in Queensland's 3–0 whitewash in the 2010 State of Origin series and received the Wally Lewis Medal for player of the series. In the third match, he saved a certain try, before scoring the match-turning and winning try with five minutes remaining in Queensland's 23–18 win in Sydney. <mask> played in 22 matches and scored 10 tries in the Storms drama filled 2010 NRL season. In the post season, <mask> was included in the Australian 2010 Four Nations squad.<mask> scored 3 tries in 3 matches, including scoring a try in the Kangaroos 16–12 Four Nations Final match loss to New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium. 2011
In Round 2 against the Gold Coast Titans at AAMI Park the Storms 40–12 win, <mask> scored two where he broke the record for the number of tries scored for Melbourne Storm with 114 tries, previously held by Matt Geyer with 113 tries. For the 2011 Anzac Test, <mask> was selected to play for Australia at , scoring two tries in the Kangaroos 20–10 victory against New Zealand at Cbus Super Stadium. <mask> played in all three 2011 State of Origin matches, as  for the Queensland Maroons. <mask> scored in the last 10 minutes of Game 1 in the Queensland's 16–12 win in Brisbane, and scored in the last 15 minutes of Game 3 in QLD's 34–24 series winning match in Brisbane. In Round 24 against the St George Illawarra Dragons at AAMI Park, <mask> played his 200th NRL career match in the Storms 8–6 win. The Melbourne Storm won the minor premiership, but were defeated by the New Zealand Warriors 20–12 in the Preliminary Final at AAMI Park, ending <mask>'s season.<mask> was awarded the 2011 Dally M Medal for best and fairest player of the year in the NRL. Following the awarding of the Dally M Medal, there was commentary about <mask>'s progress. Sports reporters Ray Warren said that he "didn't think <mask> was as good a player as he had been in the past", while Andrew Johns labelled <mask> as "the best fullback he has seen". After playing in 24 matches, <mask> was the Storms joint highest tryscorer with 12 tries alongside Cooper Cronk and Matt Duffie in the 2011 NRL season. On 3 October, <mask> was selected for the Australian Kangaroos, to play as  in the 2011 Rugby League Four Nations tournament. While on tour, <mask> was named the Rugby League International Federation's International Player of the Year for the second time. <mask> suffered a collarbone injury and was

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<mask> started the year scoring 9 tries in 5 games, including 2 tries per game in the opening 4 rounds of the season. For the Anzac Test, <mask> was selected to play at fullback in the Kangaroos 20–12 victory against New Zealand at Eden Park. <mask> was Queensland's fullback for Games 1 and 2 of the 2012 State of Origin series which saw the Maroons record winning streak extend to seven series. <mask> finished the 2012 NRL season with him scoring 16 tries in 21 matches for the Storm, which made him the highest fullback try scorer in the NRL with 140 tries, going past previous holder Rhys Wesser with 129. <mask> scored a try in Melbourne's 14–4 premiership victory over Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, where <mask> was bitten in the ear by James Graham during a scuffle. <mask> was selected at  for the Kangaroos October Test against New Zealand at 1300SMILES Stadium.The Kangaroos won the match 18–10. An established ambassador for Adidas, in 2012 <mask> appeared as part of a promotional campaign for their F50 adizero III boots alongside Dale Thomas of Aussie Rules and European football (soccer) player David Villa. 2013
<mask> scored the first try in Melbourne's 2013 World Club Challenge 18–14 win over Leeds Rhinos. In the 2013 Anzac Test, <mask> played at  for Australia in the Kangaroos' 32–12 victory against New Zealand at Canberra Stadium. <mask> played all three games of the 2013 State of Origin series in which Queensland extended their record for consecutive series victories to eight. In Round 21 against the Canberra Raiders at Canberra Stadium, <mask> also became the 8th player in history of the League to score 150 tries, <mask> scoring 2 tries in the Storms 68–4 win. <mask> was the Storm's highest tryscorer in the 2013 NRL season with 18 tries in 24 matches.In the post season, <mask> was chosen in Australian 24-man squad for the 2013 World Cup which Australia won the Final against New Zealand 34–2 at Old Trafford, where <mask> scored 2 tries. <mask> played in 4 matches and scored 4 tries in the tournament. 2014
In Round 2 against the Penrith Panthers, <mask> reached a milestone of having played 250 games for Melbourne Storm in the 18–17 win at AAMI Park. In the 2014 Anzac Test, <mask> played at  for Australia in the Kangaroos' 30–18 victory against New Zealand at SFS. <mask> played all three games of the 2014 State of Origin series in which Queensland lost the series 2–1, the first series the NSW Blues won since the 2005 series. In Round 22 against the Newcastle Knights in the Storms 32–30 loss at Hunter Stadium, <mask> eclipsed Andrew Ettingshausen tryscoring record with 166 tries, <mask> now currently being third in the highest tryscorer ranks. <mask> finished the Storm's 2014 NRL season with him playing in 22 matches and scoring 12 tries.On 9 September 2014, <mask> was selected for the Australia Kangaroos 2014 Four Nations train on squad but withdrew due to injury. 2015
<mask> started the 2015 season, playing featuring in the first 5 rounds of the season. He picked up a shoulder injury in the Storm's 30–14 home game win over the Warriors, which resulted him missing the next 4 weeks of action; including the Kangaroos' Annual Trans-Tasman ANZAC Test match clash to the Kiwis, with Greg Inglis filling his Fullback position. He returned to action in round 8, producing a strong 80-minutes man-of-the-match performance against the Parramatta Eels, scoring 2 tries and producing a try-saving tackle on Semi Radradra. Carrying a shoulder injury (not 100% fully recovered) from the Storm's Round 5 game (in April) that resulted him being ruled out the Trans-Tasman ANZAC Test, <mask> featured for Queensland in Game 1 and Game 2 of the 2015 State of Origin series. After the Storms' Round 10 match against the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the 16–12 win at AAMI Park and following game 2 of the 2015 State of Origin series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, <mask> was ruled out of Origin Game 3 (the decider) and for the rest of the 2015 NRL season due to him having surgery on his troublesome injured shoulder (he originally injured in April, in Round 5). <mask>'s incumbent fullback position was filled by Greg Inglis for Queensland for game 3 of the Origin Decider, while Cameron Munster who had a stellar year for the Storm filled his Fullback position for the Storm.<mask> finished the season with him only playing in 7 matches and scoring 2 tries for the Storm. 2016
After starting round 1 of the 2016 NRL season playing 80-minutes and producing an outstanding performance; <mask> was a late withdrawn from the Storm's round 2 clash against the Titans and after having an arthroscope, he was then later again ruled out for 6–8 months as well as for the season; after pulling up sore following the Storm's victory over the Dragons. With speculations surrounding his playing future following that shoulder reconstruction, his Melbourne Storm Fullback role was filled again by Cameron Munster. During his time on the sideline, his Fullback positions was filled by Darius Boyd for both Australia (during the International Trans-Tasman ANZAC Test match, which was played at Newcastle's Hunter Stadium) and Queensland (for the State of Origin Series). Despite still being out of action, he missed being part of Queensland's State of Origin victorious campaign although he worked closely with new Maroons coach Kevin Walters as a consultant during the 2016 State of Origin series period, assisting him in coaching and working with the backs, as well as working closely with the team. <mask> also missed being part of Storm's Grand Final home-away-from-home clash to the Cronulla Sharks
 and Australia's successful Four Nations campaign, as well as missing the first ever Perth International Rugby League Trans-Tasman Test match. At the end of the 2016 season, <mask> was awarded (and received) the Peter Jackson Medal for his outstanding contribution in assisting Kevin Walters with the coaching during the 2016 State of Origin series for Queensland.2017
<mask> was set to return to action in the Storm's trial match clash against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at North Hobart Oval in Hobart, Tasmania. However, coach Craig Bellamy opted to rest him for the opening 2 rounds of the 2017 season and <mask> had to wait until round 3 to returning to action. In Round 3, <mask> made his successful return against the Brisbane Broncos at AAMI Park, starting from the bench and playing for 52 minutes in the Storm's 14–12 win. The following week, he started at Fullback in the Storm's 22–14 win over the West Tigers playing 80 minutes at Leichhardt Oval, which was his first full-game and away game. In Round 9, <mask> finally broke his long try-scoring drought by scoring 2 tries in a strong man-of-the-match performance in the Storm's 34–22 win over the Dragons. This was the first time he scored a double of tries, since round 9 of the 2015 season. Despite playing consistently well since coming back from injury; <mask> was left out of the Australian Kangaroos Test Squad for the International Trans-Tasman ANZAC Test match to New Zealand, with coach Mal Meninga opted to stay loyal and stick with Darius Boyd at Fullback, as well as the players who were part of last year's successful Four Nations Campaign.Playing his first game in his home state of Queensland in over 1000 days and since round 4 of the 2015 season (which was against the Cowboys at 1300SMILES Stadium in Townsville) in the NRL Indigenous Round and the Round 10 double-header at Suncorp Stadium; <mask> continued his consistent form by producing an outstanding performance scoring a try, setting-up 2 tries, making 8 tackles, 16 runs (174 metres), 2 line-breaks and a line-break assist; despite the Storm narrowly losing 36–38 to the Titans. This was also his first game playing at Suncorp Stadium, since round 20 of the 2014 Season which was against the Brisbane Broncos; despite missing Game 3 (the decider) of the 2015 State of Origin series and last year's Game 2 of the 2016 State of Origin series. With Greg Inglis already sidelined and ruled out of the season with a season-ending knee injury, <mask> was expected to return to the Queensland Squad for the 2017 State of Origin series. Despite this, coach Kevin Walters opted to stick with Darius Boyd at Fullback, keep Justin O'Neill at right centre, Corey Oates at left wing, Dane Gagai at right wing and bring in Will Chambers to play left centre; which resulted him being controversially left out of the Game 1 Squad. Following Queensland's Origin Game 1 loss to New South Wales, <mask> continued-on with his outstanding consistent performances helping the Storm to victories over the Knights and Sharks. He was then recalled to the Queensland squad along with Johnathan Thurston for game 2, which resulted incumbent Australian Test Fullback Darius Boyd shifting to Centre and Justin O'Neill dropped from the team. In Game 2 of the Origin Series, <mask> produced an outstanding performance setting-up 2 tries (the first try of the game to debutant left winger Valentine Holmes, when he combined with Johnathan Thurston and Darius Boyd; and the game-winning try to right winger Dane Gagai, when he combined with Michael Morgan leading-up to Johnathan Thurston kicking that winning conversion goal) helping QLD to level the series margin to 1-all in the 18–16 win over NSW at ANZ Stadium.<mask> remained in the team for game 3 and he produced another outstanding performance in the decider, combining with Storm teammates Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk and Cameron Munster in QLD's NRL one-club spine combination; to guide QLD to a series win in the 22–6 victory over NSW at Suncorp Stadium. Playing his first NRL final series appearance since 2014 (despite missing the 2015 and 2016 play-offs due to shoulder injuries) and during the first week of the NRL play-offs final series; <mask> played a key part in his side's 18–16 win over the Parramatta Eels at AAMI Park, scoring a try (his 180th NRL career try) in the 2nd half of the game which resulted him drawing level to former Manly Sea Eagles player Steve Menzies as the game's all-time second-equal highest top try-scorer. With the Storm fresh off their break (after Week 2 of the NRL Final Series) and after their 18–16 victory over the Parramatta Eels (in the first week of the Final Series), <mask> featured in the club's Grand Final qualifier match against the Brisbane Broncos scoring 2 tries (both in the second half – the 59th minute and in the 71st minute) in the 30–0 win, allowing the Storm progressing through to the Grand Final and resulted him to move past Steve Menzies as the game's stand-alone second highest top try-scorer (behind another former Manly Sea Eagles player Ken Irvine, who had scored 212 tries). On 27 September leading into the Grand Final; <mask> was awarded the Fullback of the Year Award at the NRL Dally M Awards Event. Playing in the Grand Final at ANZ Stadium on 1 October; <mask> produced an outstanding performance guiding the Melbourne Storm to win the 2017 NRL Premiership (their first Premiership since 2012), beating the North Queensland Cowboys 34–6. Following the game, he received the Clive Churchill Medal as the best player on the field. Two days following the Grand Final victory, <mask> was named in the Australian Test Squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup Tournament.He also signed a one-year extension, committing to the Melbourne Storm for the 2018 season. Playing at Fullback in his first international test match for Australia since 2014, <mask> scored a try and produced an outstanding man-of-the-match performance in the 18–4 win over England at Melbourne's AAMI Park. The following week, he equaled the record of Bob Fulton and Jarryd Hayne in becoming the Tournament's Top Try-Scorer in Rugby League World Cup history by producing another outstanding performance and scoring his 13th World Cup try (his 24th Test-Career Try) in Australia's 52–6 win over France in Canberra. Coach Mal Meninga opted to rest <mask> for the Lebanon clash in Sydney, leading into the play-offs. <mask> then returned to the starting line-up at Fullback for the quarter-final game, scoring a try in Australia's 46–0 win against Samoa in Darwin. He then played in Australia's semi-final game against Fiji, scoring 2 tries (which resulted him breaking the all-time World Cup Try-Scoring Record; scoring his 16th World Cup try, as well as his 27th Test try) in the 52–6 win at Suncorp Stadium, guiding the Australians to the World Cup Grand Final. Playing Fullback in the World Cup Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium, <mask> featured in Australia's 6–0 win over England, playing an important role and producing another fine performance in the green-and-gold jersey.2018
<mask> started the season, sitting out of the Round 1 game (to the Bulldogs in Perth) due to injury. He returned to the field in Round 2, playing his 300th NRL Career game in the 8–10 loss the West Tigers at AAMI Park. <mask> earned criticism during a home Round 6 game against the Newcastle Knights where he was accused of diving which led second-rower Lachlan Fitzgibbon to be sin-binned. While <mask> had the right to go for a quick-tap because he was outside the 10-metre, many disapproved when Fitzgibbon stuck out his hand out on shoulder lightly to make <mask> hit the deck. Both fans and social media users were questioning the physics of <mask> falling, thus drawing accusations of diving. <mask> also captained the Melbourne Storm for the first time in his NRL Career and during Cameron Smith's suspension absence, against the Manly Sea Eagles in the 4–24 loss during Round 11. <mask> announced his intentions to retire from representative football after the 2018 State of Origin series and was yet to make a decision on playing only at the club level in 2019.<mask> was set to play in the opening game of the Origin series at the MCG; however, he withdrew from the Game 1 squad due to a hamstring injury, in what would have been his last Origin match in Melbourne. He returned from injury in game 2 to play his 30th Origin game, producing an outstanding performance despite Queensland losing game 2 and the series in New South Wales' home game victory at ANZ Stadium. Following an injury to Queensland teammate and captain Greg Inglis, <mask> was named captain for game 3 in his final Origin game. Producing yet another outstanding performance, <mask> led Queensland to an 18–12 victory at Suncorp Stadium, thus avoiding a potential 3–0 series whitewash by New South Wales. For his efforts, <mask> received the Wally Lewis Medal for Player of the Series, despite having only participated in two of the three Origin games and Queensland's overall series loss. On 8 August, <mask> announced that he would be retiring from the NRL at the end of the 2018 season. He played his final game, a grand final loss to the Sydney Roosters, on 30 September 2018.Post-playing career
On 10 October 2018, <mask> joined Australian Football League (AFL) club  in a leadership role. He also joined the Nine Network’s NRL commentary team in 2019 On 14 March 2019 Melbourne Storm Announced the renaming of the Northern Stand of AAMI Park to Slater Stand. On 30 August 2019, <mask> was chosen at Fullback in the Queensland Maroons team of the decade. They were married in Cairns in November 2009 and have two children, a daughter, Tyla Rose and a son, Jake. <mask> participated in the television show Australia's Greatest Athlete and was the winner for both Season 1 (broadcast on Channel 9) and Season 2 (on Channel 7) against a diverse range of athletes such as Olympic gold medalist Steve Hooker, ironman Ky Hurst and V8 Supercar champions Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes. A regular contributor to Canterbury Junior Football Club in Melbourne, <mask> also frequently gives up his time to help other Junior Sport Programs around Australia. See also

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<mask> (born October 24, 1979) is an American lawyer and former politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a member of the Nevada State Assembly representing the 28th district in the eastern Las Vegas Valley from 2010 to 2014. She unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 2014, losing to Republican nominee Mark Hutchison. Early life and education
<mask> was one of 13 children. Only one brother graduated high school, and all of her sisters became pregnant in their teens. <mask>'s mother left her family when she was nine, and her father worked multiple jobs, so she had to care for her younger siblings. When her mother left, <mask>'s school performance suffered, and she became involved with local gangs.She spent months in juvenile detention after stealing a car. Leslie Camp, <mask>'s parole officer, became an important role model for her and helped her turn her life around. <mask>'s difficult early life informs her political views, and she advocates job retraining and educational opportunities to help others who came from difficult backgrounds. <mask> dropped out of Rancho High School, but passed the GED test. After working as a receptionist and office manager, she attended the College of Southern Nevada, then transferred to and graduated from the University of Southern California. She earned a J.D. degree from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2010.While there, she pushed the school to create a course on investigating potential wrongful convictions. In 2013, while explaining why she supported a sex education bill, <mask> said that she had an abortion when she was 16. She later received death threats for the statement. Career

State Assembly
A progressive Democrat, <mask> was elected to the Nevada State Assembly in 2010, and became vice-chair of the Nevada Hispanic Legislative Caucus in 2012. She became one of the first Latina members of the Nevada Assembly, representing the neighborhood she grew up in. She served on the transportation, ways and means, and legislative operations and elections committees. She was reelected in 2012 without opposition.In 2012, she became an assistant majority whip. <mask> introduced an education bill to use end-of-course final exams in high school rather than Nevada's proficiency exams. Other bills she introduced were one to allow domestic violence abuse victims to break leases to avoid the abuser, and one that would require professional sporting events to have medical personnel present. She also helped to organize a conference of teachers and legislators on how to improve education success among Latinos. She supports expanding early childhood education, and considers education her most important priority as a legislator. In 2013 she introduced a bill to require chain restaurants to post calorie counts. The measure passed both houses of the Nevada legislature, but was vetoed by Governor Brian Sandoval.<mask> established a PAC, Impacto Fund, to help elect Latinos in the Southwest United States. She believed Latinos were underrepresented in politics, and that there should be an effort to recruit and encourage them as candidates. In the 2012 presidential election, <mask> was a campaign surrogate for President Barack Obama's reelection campaign, where, among other work, she debated members of the Republican Party on Univision. While campaigning, <mask> was hospitalized for exhaustion. <mask> was honored with the Excellence in Legal Clinics Award by UNLV in 2010 and the Hubbard Award by the Mexican-American Alumni Association of USC in 2007. Latism named her the best politician at using social media to reach Latinos. In 2013, she was named a Rodel Fellow by the Aspen Institute.She has been affiliated with the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, the Nevada Council of the Blind, Seniors United, and the Stonewall Democratic Club of Southern Nevada. Lieutenant governor campaign

<mask> decided against seeking reelection to her Assembly seat for the 28th district, choosing instead to run for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. Her seat was taken by <mask> (no relation). In the 2014 Lieutenant Governor of Nevada elections, <mask> was defeated by Republican Mark Hutchison in a landslide, 60% to 34%, despite personal appearances by then-vice-president Joe Biden and an endorsement by then-Senate Leader Harry Reid. The election was seen as particularly important because Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, a Republican, was speculated to possibly vacate his office (after winning the reelection bid) to run for the United States Senate in 2016. (Contrary to speculation, he opted not to run.) Congressional campaign
In April 2015, <mask> announced her candidacy for the United States House of Representatives seat in  against incumbent Republican Cresent Hardy in the 2016 election.The primary was crowded, including State Senator (and eventual winner) Ruben Kihuen, as well as future Congresswoman Susie Lee, former Assemblyman Morse Arberry Jr., and a number of others. <mask> endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries, saying "this is about real lives" and that "this is a system that isn’t working for the everyday person . . . It’s one of the reasons why I decided to endorse Bernie Sanders." On April 13, 2016, Sanders emailed his supporters asking them to split a contribution to his campaign and <mask>' congressional campaign. His reason for this request was that EMILY's List, a group that helps elect pro-choice female Democrats, including Sanders' opponent Hillary Clinton, endorsed <mask>' opponent Susie Lee instead of her, even though they had endorsed her three times previously. Sanders claimed that the group did not endorse <mask> because she had endorsed Sanders. In another email the same day, he asked recipients to split their contributions four ways, adding Zephyr Teachout and Pramila Jayapal.<mask> took second place in the primary, with 7,854 votes (25.66%) to Kihuen's 12,221 (39.94%). Prominent commentator Jon Ralston described Kihuen's victory as a result of his having been "anointed" by Harry Reid. Kihuen went on to win the general election and serve in Congress for one term, before retiring due to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Subsequent career
<mask> continues advocating for progressive causes by serving on the board of directors of Our Revolution, a political action organization affiliated with Bernie Sanders; and Let America Vote, a voting rights organization founded by former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander. As of March 2019, <mask> runs Luz Collective, a Los Angeles-based digital media company. Allegations against Joe Biden
In March 2019, <mask> wrote an op-ed for New York magazine's "The Cut" alleging that then Vice President Joe Biden "inappropriately kissed and touched her after he offered to help her with her 2014 campaign" while the two were at a Las Vegas campaign rally. She stated that he walked up behind her, put his hands on her shoulders, smelled her hair, and planted a kiss on the back of her head.She wrote that, by acting in this manner, Biden had touched her in "an intimate way reserved for close friends, family, or romantic partners—and I felt powerless to do anything about it." Elizabeth Warren and Julián Castro said that they believed her story. References

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 <mask>' Facebook Fan Page

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<mask> (January 1, 1953 – October 10, 2007) was a Kurdish writer and novelist born in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Though the Kurdish language was outlawed in Turkey from 1920 to 1990, he started to write in it and achieved much toward shaping a modern Kurdish literary language and reviving the Kurdish tradition of storytelling. In 1977–2005 he lived in exile in Sweden as a political refugee, becoming a prolific writer, author of a dozen Kurdish-language novels and essays, which made him a founding member of Kurdish literature in Kurmanji dialect. In June 2005 he returned to Istanbul. He was a member of the PEN club and the Swedish writers association. On May 29, 2006, he was found to have stomach cancer. After treatment at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, he returned to Diyarbakir, Turkey, where he died, aged 54.Works
He published seven novels in Kurdish. <mask> published his first attempt at a modern Kurdish novel in 1985, Tu (You). After that he edited an anthology of Kurdish literature, the first of its kind. Critical success came with his novel "In the Shadow of a Lost Love" (Siya Evînê). The story fictionalizes a 1920s Kurdish intellectual's failed struggle to pursue both his love for a woman and his duty to fight the newly formed Turkish republic. His novels began to be translated into European languages in the 1990s. Two of his books have been published in Swedish: a collection of essays, Granatäppelblomning (The Pomegranate Flowers), and the novel I skuggan av en förlorad kärlek (In the Shadow of a Lost Love).In collaboration with Madeleine Grive, he has also published an international anthology, Världen i Sverige (The World in Sweden), a pioneering anthology of texts by writers who were not born in Sweden, but who are living and writing there. He also published in the journal of the Kurdish Institute of Paris, Kurmancî. He won the Torgny Segerstedt Award for 2001 for his work in a narrative tradition. Conflict with the Turkish state
<mask> Uzun was charged several times in Turkey due to his activities in the field of Kurdish literature . He was arrested on March 21, 1976 as managing editor of a Kurdish-Turkish magazine, and was accused of "separatism" and jailed in Ankara's central prison. During his trial in the summer of 1976, he attempted to prove the existence of the Kurds and the Kurdish language. The prosecutor's argument was that the Kurds and their language had no form of existence.Anyone claiming the opposite was considered a separatist and deserved to be punished. He was sentenced to eight months in prison. After release, he was still under the threat of indictment on account of his responsibilities as editor of the aforementioned magazine, and consequently he chose exile and left for Sweden in 1977. The regulations prevailing in Turkey at the time made return to his native country impossible. Subsequently, in 1981, by decision of the military regime and like many other Turkish and Kurdish intellectuals, he was stripped of his nationality. He resumed his linguistic quest in Stockholm, aided by grants from the Swedish government. To collect vocabulary and folklore, he visited an Iraqi Kurdish leader in a rebel-held mountain valley of Iraq, spending evenings in a tent listening to Kurdish poets and storytellers by the light of an oil lamp.He learned Arabic script to read classical Kurdish poems of the 16th and 17th centuries. Later, he hunted down rare copies of a magazine published by Kurdish exiles in the 1920s. The ill-fated adventures of these pioneers form the backbone of two of his novels, which, like all of his fiction, detail the struggles of Kurds through the ages. He also led an editorial board of intellectuals, who would pay for Kurds to fly to Europe to brief them on obscure vocabulary. When after many years of living in exile, he went back to Turkey to give a speech about Kurdish literature, seven of his books, six in Kurdish and one in Turkish, were suppressed by Judgment no. 2000/39 of the Fourth Court for State Security of Diyarbakır, dated February 4, 2000. Books
Tu (You), Novel, 1985.Mirina Kalekî Rind (Death of a Nice Old Man), Novel, 1987. Siya Evînê (Shadow of Love), Novel, 1989. Translated into Swedish as "I skuggan av en förlorad kärlek", Översättning av Ingmar Björkstén, Ordfront förlag, 241 s., Stockholm, 2001, , Pris: 303 SEK
Ji Rojên Evdalê Zeynikê (From the days of Evdal Zeynikê), Novel, 1991. Destpêka Edebiyata Kurdî (The Beginning of Kurdish Literature], Research, 1992. Mirina Egîdekî (Death of a Hero), Poetry, 1993. Hêz û Bedewiya Pênûsê (The Strength and Beauty of the Pen), Essays, Nudem Publishers, 203p., 1993. Bîra Qederê : Roman (Memory of Destiny: A Novel), Istanbul, Avesta Publishers, 1995, 260 p. (Re-published by Nefel, Sweden, 2002, ).Världen i Sverige (Anthology, in Swedish)
Dinya Li Swêdê (The World in Sweden), same anthology, in Kurdish, with Madliene Grive, 1995. Antolojiya Edebiyata Kurdî (Anthology of Kurdish Literature] (anthology, 2 vols., 1995). Ronî Mîna Evînê Tarî Mîna Mirinê (Light like Love, Dark like Death), Novel, Avesta Publishers, 350 p., 1998. Hawara Dîcleyê I, Novel, Nefel Publishers, Sweden, 230 pp., 2003, . Articles
<mask> Uzun, "Words Washed by the Waters of the Euphrates", International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Vol.14, No. 1&2, pp. 36–40, 2000.<mask> <mask>, , The Journal of the International Parliament of Writers, Vol. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 67–78. <mask> <mask>, The Nature of Fiction, Index on Censorship Journal, vol.4, 2001. <mask> <mask>, Diyarbakir: the slap in the face, International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Jan. 2003. Notes

References
<mask> <mask>, An Introduction
<mask> <mask>, Unionsverlag, in German
The Reykjavík International Literature Festival 2005, Find Uzun
The Pomegranate Flowers, International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Jan. 2003, English translation
Diyarbakir: the slap in the face, International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Jan. 2003, An article by Mehmet <mask> about his life and works
Works by Mehmet <mask>
<mask> <mask>’s defense offered in the Diyarbakir State Security Court No. 4.(19.04.2002)

NFFE(Norwegian Forum for Freedom of Expression) protest confiscation of <mask> Uzun´s books in 2000
Writer and publisher face charges for literary works, International Freedom of Expression eXchange, March 2001

External links
 mehmeduzun.com
Obituary in The Times, 25 October 2007
 mehmeduzun.uzerine.com

1953 births
2007 deaths
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Kurdish-language writers
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Turkish writers
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<mask> (born July 14, 1994) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals from 2016 through 2018. Born in Chicago, <mask> was raised in Beaverton, Oregon. After a standout amateur career at Westview High School, he was selected by the Cardinals in the second round of the 2012 MLB draft. By his second professional season, he had switched from playing third base to catching. In the coming years, Baseball America rated him among the Cardinals' top prospects, twice naming him St. Louis's best defensive catcher. <mask> made his MLB debut in 2016 and saw limited playing time before being traded to the Diamondbacks after the 2018 season.He became Arizona's starting catcher in 2019, tying Miguel Montero's Diamondbacks record for the most home runs hit by a catcher in a season with 18. Early life and career
<mask> <mask> was born on July 14, 1994, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, Mike and Traci, are Chicago natives. Mike worked as a Global Brand Marketing Director for Nike. <mask> grew up a fan of the Chicago Cubs. His favorite player, however, was Derek Jeter, who "always seemed to find a way to win". For most of his childhood, <mask> lived in Beaverton, Oregon, a suburb of Portland, although he and his family also briefly lived in Toronto around when <mask> was 12.At the age of four, <mask> started playing baseball. He also played hockey while he lived in Toronto. <mask> attended Stoller Middle School and Westview High School in Beaverton, Oregon. He was a star player for Westview's baseball team, where he played the infield and also pitched. In 2011, his junior year, he appeared in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game, a national high school all-star game. He was named the Gatorade Oregon Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012. He also won gold medals in the 2011 World Youth Baseball Championship and an under-18 international tournament.Professional career

St. Louis Cardinals

Minor leagues
The St. Louis Cardinals selected <mask> as a third baseman in the second round, 86th overall, of the 2012 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. Though <mask> had committed to the University of Oregon to play college baseball for the Oregon Ducks, he signed with the Cardinals instead, receiving a $1.6 million signing bonus. He began his professional career that year with the Johnson City Cardinals of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, batting .225 with nine home runs and 25 runs batted in (RBIs) in 56 games. In 2013, he was promoted to the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League. He struggled with Peoria, and was demoted to the State College Spikes of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League. In 113 games between the two clubs he batted .257 with 6 home runs and 45 RBIs. In 2013, <mask> and Gary LaRocque, the Cardinals' director of player development, discussed his switching positions to catcher.<mask> believed the switch would make him more valuable in the Cardinals' system and began to transition during the 2013–14 offseason. Entering the 2014 season, Baseball America ranked him the 11th-best prospect for the Cardinals, and Baseball Prospectus ranked him St. Louis's sixth best. He played for Peoria in 2014, and batted .248 with six home runs  and 49 RBIs in 98 games. He spent the 2015 season with the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League and compiled a .219 batting average with eight home runs and 51 RBIs in 108 games. He won the 2015 minor leagues Rawlings Gold Glove Award for catchers. <mask> was ranked the fourth-best prospect in the Cardinals system in 2016 by Baseball America. He began the 2016 season with the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League.He was selected to the 2016 Texas League All-Star Game and to the 2016 All-Star Futures Game. After batting .287 with 6 home runs and 18 RBI in 64 games for Springfield, <mask> was promoted to the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on July 11, 2016. Major leagues
The Cardinals purchased <mask>'s contract on September 4, 2016, promoting him to the major leagues as part of September callups. In 96 games between Springfield and Memphis prior to his call up he compiled a .289 batting average/.343 on-base percentage/.395 slugging percentage with six home runs and 32 RBIs. He made his major league debut on September 5 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. In his first at bat, he hit a line drive double in the eighth inning. He then scored his first run as the Cardinals won 12–6.<mask> appeared in 10 games with St. Louis in 2016, batting .154 with one RBI. After the season, the Cardinals assigned <mask> to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League (AFL). In 21 games for Glendale, he batted .286 with 3 home runs and 18 RBIs. The Cardinals also named <mask> their 2016 Minor League Player of the Year. Prior to 2017, Baseball America ranked <mask> the Cardinals' third-best prospect and best defensive catcher. He returned to Memphis to begin 2017. On April 11, he hit multiple home runs against the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.He was named the Cardinals Minor League Player of the Month for May after batting .381 with a .447 on-base percentage. He had a game-ending RBI single against the Round Rock Express on July 14, his 23rd birthday. In 68 games for Memphis, he posted a .283 batting average with ten home runs and 41 RBIs. He was recalled to St. Louis on July 21, replacing Eric Fryer, who was designated for assignment, as the backup to Yadier Molina. In the game that day, he had a two-RBI double as St. Louis beat the Chicago Cubs 11–4. He spent the remainder of the season with the Cardinals. In 34 games for St. Louis he batted .174/.240/.217.MLB.com ranked <mask> as St. Louis's third-best prospect going into the 2018 season, while Baseball America ranked him as St. Louis's best defensive catcher. He began the season with Memphis and received his first 2018 promotion to the major leagues on May 6 when Molina was placed on the disabled list. However, <mask> was placed on the disabled list on May 17 with a right hamstring sprain. He was not injured long, returning to the active roster on May 26. On June 4, he was optioned to Memphis, as the Cardinals elected to keep Francisco Peña as Molina's backup. In 83 games for Memphis, he batted .269 with 7 home runs and 41 RBIs. He was again recalled by St. Louis when rosters expanded on September 1.In 19 games for St. Louis, he batted .114 with 0 home runs and 3 RBI. Arizona Diamondbacks

On December 5, 2018, the Cardinals traded <mask>, Luke Weaver, Andy Young, and a draft pick to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. Prior to the 2019 season, Baseball America ranked <mask> the Diamondbacks' fourth-best prospect and best defensive catcher. The Diamondbacks started the season with three catchers. Manager Torey Lovullo hoped that <mask>, Alex Avila, and John Ryan Murphy would be a "three-headed monster" at the position. His first game with the Diamondbacks started on March 29 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, a game that lasted for six hours and five minutes, setting a record for the longest ever played at Dodger Stadium. <mask> had a pinch-hit RBI in the top of the 13th, helping Arizona win 5–4.Against the Boston Red Sox on April 6, he had three RBI, including a go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Arizona a 5–4 victory. On May 4, he hit his first career home run, the second of back-to-back homers against Kyle Freeland as Arizona beat the Colorado Rockies 9–2. The Diamondbacks designated Murphy for assignment on May 25, leaving <mask> and Avila as the team's main catchers. On July 3, <mask>'s home run against Kenley Jansen put the Diamondbacks ahead in the ninth, though they eventually lost 5–4 to the Dodgers in 10 innings. His three-run home run against John Means on July 24 helped the Diamondbacks beat the Baltimore Orioles 5–2. He had his first multi-home run game on August 9, tying a game against the Dodgers with a two-run blast in the ninth inning and hitting a solo shot in the 11th to secure a 3–2 victory. In 2019, <mask> batted .245/.348/.478 with 18 home runs and 47 RBIs over 111 games.His 18 home runs tied Miguel Montero's Diamondbacks record for the most home runs hit by a catcher in a season. The 2020 season did not start until July 24 due to the impact of COVID-19. On August 9, after starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner struggled and lasted only two innings, <mask> pitched a scoreless inning during a blowout loss to the San Diego Padres. <mask> appeared in a majority of games at the catching position in 2020, splitting time with Stephen Vogt but getting most of the September starts. In 39 games, <mask> batted .221 with five home runs and 19 RBIs. <mask> began the 2021 season hitting .338 with 6 home runs before being placed on the injured list (IL) on May 17 with a toe fracture. He was activated on May 25.However, he only batted .171 over his next 22 games. On June 19, <mask> suffered another fracture, this time to his wrist, and was once again placed on the IL. He returned on July 30. Personal life
<mask> and his wife, Eloise, married in 2020. A golfer, <mask> participated in the 2020 Waste Management Pro Am. His younger brother, Parker, played college baseball for the University of Oregon and was drafted by the Cardinals in the 20th round of the 2018 MLB draft. Parker played for two seasons in the minor leagues for the Cardinals before moving on to independent league baseball.References

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<mask> (died 119 BC) was a Chinese military general of the Western Han dynasty. Nicknamed "Flying General" by the Xiongnu, he fought primarily in the campaigns against the nomadic Xiongnu tribes to the north of China. He was known to the Xiongnu as a tough opponent when it came to fortress defense, and his presence was sometimes enough for the Xiongnu to abort a siege. <mask> committed suicide shortly after the Battle of Mobei in 119 BC. He was blamed for failing to arrive at the battlefield in time (after getting lost in the desert), creating a gap in the encirclement and allowing Ichise Chanyu to escape after a confrontation between Wei Qing and the Chanyu's main force, which the Han army narrowly managed to defeat. Refusing to accept the humiliation of a court martial, <mask> took his own life. <mask> belonged to the Longxi branch of the Li clan (隴西李氏).<mask> was a descendant of Laozi and the Qin general <mask>, as well as an ancestor of the Western Liang and Tang dynasty monarchs. <mask> was the grandfather of general <mask> who defected to the Xiongnu. Life

According to Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, <mask> was a man of great build, with long arms and good archery skills, able to shoot an arrow deeply into a stone (which resembles the shape of a crouching tiger) on one occasion. At the same time, like his contemporaries Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, he was a caring and well-respected general who earned the respect of his soldiers. He also earned the favour of Emperor Wen, who said of him: "If he had been born in the time of Emperor Gaozu, he would have been given a fief of ten thousand households (Chinese:万户侯) without any difficulty". <mask> first distinguished himself during the Rebellion of the Seven States, where he served under the Grand General Zhou Yafu. However, Emperor Jing was unhappy that he had accepted a seal given by <mask>, Prince of Liang, Emperor Jing's brother; Emperor Jing had been wary of the Prince of Liang, as <mask> had ambitions to place himself as Emperor Jing's successor, over Emperor Jing's own sons.This stance was also supported by Empress Dowager Dou, their mother. Thus, <mask> did not get promoted to a marquisate despite his anti-rebellion achievement. As the border of Hebei always struct by constact attacks by the Xiongnu, <mask> valorous temper were deemed fit to be assigned in position to defend against them. However, <mask>'s late military career was constantly haunted by repeated incidents of what would be regarded as jinxed with "bad luck" by later scholars. He had a nasty tendency of losing direction during mobilisations; in field battles, he was often outnumbered and surrounded by superior enemies. While <mask>'s fame attracted much of his enemies' attention, <mask>'s troops relative lack of discipline and his lack of strategic planning often put him and his regiments in awkward situations. <mask> himself narrowly escaped capture after his army was annihilated during an offensive campaign at Yanmen in 129 BC, and was stripped of official titles and demoted to commoner status with fellow defeated general Gongsun Ao (公孫敖) after paying parole.During a separate campaign in 120 BC, <mask>, this time with his son <mask> (李敢) by his side, was surrounded again by superior enemies. His 4,000 troops suffered heavy casualties before reinforcements led by Zhang Qian (張騫) arrived in time for the rescue. The rules of the Han army dictated a commander's achievement was measured only according to his number of enemy kills minus the casualties of his own side. These, together with <mask>'s political naivety (as shown in the Prince of Liang incident), denied him of any chance of promotion to a marquisate, his lifelong dream. Emperor Wu even secretly ordered Wei Qing not to assign <mask> to important missions (such as the vanguard position), on the grounds of <mask>'s famed "terrible fortune". During the Battle of Mobei in 119 BC, an old but still enthusiastic <mask> insisted Emperor Wu to promise him a vanguard position, but the emperor had secretly messaged generalissimo Wei Qing to not let <mask> lead the vanguard due to his infamy of "bad fortune". Wei Qing then assigned <mask> to combine forces with Zhao Shiqi (赵食其/趙食其) on an eastern flanking route through a barren plain.<mask> protested against the arrangement and angrily stormed out of the main camp. However, he and Zhao then got lost and missed the battle entirely, and only rejoining the main force after Wei Qing returned from a hard-fought victory against Yizhixie Chanyu's numerically superior army. As a result, <mask> and Zhao were summoned to a court martial to explain why they failed to accomplish orders and put the battle strategy at risk. <mask>, frustrated and humiliated as this was his last chance to obtain sufficient merits to receive a marquessate as a reward, committed honor suicide. His son <mask> blamed Wei Qing for his father's death, assaulted Wei and was later shot dead for the offence by his own superior Huo Qubing (who was Wei's nephew) during a hunting trip. In popular culture
<mask> is mentioned by his nickname in Wang Changling's seven-character quatrain "On the Frontier" (出塞). Wang comments on how war has been taking its toll on the troops stationed at the frontier, particularly given the lack of a brilliant and charismatic military commander like <mask>.In the Imperial Japanese gunka Teki wa Ikuman, the song's lyrics reference <mask>'s ability to pierce a stone with an arrow as an example of determination regardless of difficulty. References

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Joseph P Yap. Wars With The Xiongnu - A translation From Zizhi Tongjian, Chapters 3-4. AuthorHouse (2009). .
Yang, Jing Huey (1993). The study of Wang Changling’s seven-character quatrain (Master of Arts dissertation, University of British Columbia). Available from the UBC library database. Retrieved from https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0087346.119 BC deaths
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<mask> (18 July 1826 – 18 August 1900), known as <mask>, was an architect practising in London and south-east England. He specialised in neo-gothic buildings, especially churches and chapels. With his brother W.G<mask> he designed St John the Baptist's Church, Hove, now a Grade II building. With E.P.L. Brock he designed a number of churches including St Leonards-on-Sea Congregational Church, also listed at Grade II. He designed St Andrews church in Hastings, where Robert Tressell's large mural (now in Hastings Museum) was created.In 1862 he was involved in the relocation of London's burial grounds, moving more than one thousand hundredweight of human remains. Biography

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The father of <mask> <mask> – known as <mask> – was <mask> (born 1789, Rotherham; died 5 July 1852, Bethnal Green). <mask>'s mother was Sarah Gilbee (1796–1851). Matthew practised in London and apprenticed his sons. The elder son was William Gillbee <mask> (24 February 1819 – 24 August 1892). and the younger was <mask> (born Hampstead 18 July 1826; died Leatherhead 18 August 1900)

<mask> married the widow Frances Elizabeth Williams née Heathcote (1822–1901) in Kensington in 1857. They had two children: <mask> <mask> (1859–1933) and Alice Maud <mask> (born 1863).Around 1863 <mask> and his family moved to Speldhurst and Lee in Kent; by 1881 they had moved permanently to Charlwood Park, Surrey; being self-supporting he could call himself a gentleman. In the 1901 Census for Reigate Mrs Frances Elizabeth <mask>, in the last year of her life, is living with two companions who are "in charge", and she is described as "eccentric". Career
On 9 February 1852, <mask> was made ARIBA and on 5 November 1860 he was made FRIBA. When their father <mask> died on 5 July 1852, the sons inherited a large office in London, and a partnership which trained many architects, including Henry Spalding (ca.1838–1910) and E.P.L. Brock (1833–1895) who were articled to the brothers in 1857. In 1862 <mask> was involved in the relocation of London's burial grounds, notably at Cure's College. In 1863 the London practice dissolved and a partnership was formed between <mask> and Henry Spalding.In 1865 they joined in partnership with E.P.L. Brock. In 1873 Spalding left the practice. <mask> retired in 1879 and Brock carried on the practice, being admitted to FRIBA on 20 March 1882, one of his proposers being <mask>. Works in partnership with W.G. <mask>

This practice operated at 38 Bloomsbury Square, London WC from 1852 to 1863. Designed

Llanarth Court, Monmouthshire

A large reconstruction of an ancient house, undertaken in 1849-1851.The result was described by the architectural historian John Newman as a "Neo-classical monster". Holy Trinity Church, Blendworth
This church was built in 1851–52 to serve the Hampshire villages of Blendworth and Horndean. It is Decorated Gothic Revival in style with a tall spire. St John the Baptist's Church, Hove

This church was built between 1852 and 1854. It has a three-stage tower (with ashlar spire that was added later) and is dressed with knapped flint and stone. The interior has carved corbels In the 1850s Robert William Edis was apprenticed to the brothers. All Saints Church, Belvedere
The Habershons built this church as a proprietary chapel for Sir Culling Eardley, 3rd Baronet.Work took place between 1853 and 1861. It is now an Anglican parish church and has Grade II listed status. Belvedere railway station (demolished)
The original Belvedere railway station was built at the same time as All Saints Church. It was demolished and replaced in 1968 and again in 2000. Duncrub House and chapel

The foundation stone for this house in Dunning, Perthshire, was laid in 1861, and construction took place 1861–1863. It was designed as a gothic mansion and offices for the 10th Lord Rollo (1835–1916). In 1950 it was demolished, leaving part of a corridor link with the chapel, and the laundry building containing some masonry of 1773 and 1800.The 1858 chapel is a B-listed building. and is described thus: "Early pointed, bull-faced coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. East apse, south aisle, north-west tower with slated spike spire. Modern doorway in west gable." It has been a shed and sports hall, and as of 2013 was a holiday home. 76 to 90 Kensington Park Road (even numbers on east side)
These London properties were constructed by Philip Rainey in 1859. 78 to 94 Ladbroke Grove (even numbers on east side)
These London properties were built in 1861 and thought to have been designed by <mask>.Works in partnership with Henry Spalding and E.P.L. Brock

These works were carried out under the names of two practices: Habershon & Spalding 1863–1865; and Habershon, Spalding & Brock 1865–1879. Designed

St Leonards-on-Sea Congregational Church

St Leonards-on-Sea Congregational Church was built between February and October 1864. It is built of coursed ore sandstone with Bath Stone ashlar dressings, and had a copper-clad spire which was demolished after the Great Storm of 1987. As a Grade II listed building it is mistakenly credited to <mask>'s brother William; but it was <mask> who was employed in the Habershon-Brock partnership. Holy Trinity, Ebernoe

Holy Trinity, the Anglican parish church at Ebernoe, West Sussex, was built at a cost of £1200 of polychrome local brick with an open belfry and steep boarded roof between 1865 and 1867. W.R. Peachey, lord of the manor, laid the foundations stone at the east end.There are no aisles. There are lancet windows in the nave and chancel, the lancets at the west end being trefoiled. The east and west windows have tracery, and there are foliage corbels on the chancel arch. It had a plain interior which was later whitened. Temperance Hotel, now Eskdale Hotel
Constructed for Major Malcolm of Burnfoot between 1865 and 1867, this is a B-listed building in High Street, Langholm. St Andrews, Hastings

The foundation stone of St Andrews Church, Queens Road, Hastings, was laid in November 1869. It was constructed by John Howell, whose fee was £3,235.It held a congregation of 2,000, and was consecrated on 30 November 1870 by Richard Durnford (1802–1895), Bishop of Chichester. It was decorated with a mural by Robert Tressell in 1905. The building survived until 1970 when it was declared unsafe and demolished between August and September of that year. One panel of Tressell's mural was saved, and is now in Hastings Museum. The mural is the Islamic-style decorative work covering the walls around the windows at the east end (see image, right). St Mark, Horsham
St Mark at Horsham was a complete rebuild in stages of a previous church which had been designed in 1840 by W. Moseley. The tower and south aisle were built first in 1870; the nave was completed in 1872, and the spire in 1878.The nave had pink granite piers, narrow roofbeams and a pulpit "with figures on the side standing in trefoiled niches" as designed by Habershon and Brock. The surviving spire is square with an octagonal spire, lucarnes and short pinnacles. The exterior of the 1870 building was rough-hewn stone, and the windows had complex tracery. The chancel was added later in 1888 by another architect. Between 1936 and 1949 the church became defunct and was temporarily closed. Services resumed briefly, then it closed again by 1982, to be partially demolished in 1988 to make way for a road and offices. The tower remains.St John the Evangelist, Copthorne

St John at Copthorne, West Sussex was begun in 1877 and consecrated in 1880. It was built in imitation of the late thirteenth-century style. It has a short, north-west tower and a stone broach spire made of smooth ashlar. The main building is faced with roughly dressed stone, and has lancet windows with simple tracery. The entrance is through the base of the tower. The interior is of polychrome brick, with arcades and chancel arch built of stone, and a braced nave roof. The east windows by A. Gibbs are original, being dated 1877; they depict St John, St Peter and the Good Shepherd.There has been some recent adaptation of the interior for liturgical purposes. Restored or altered

St Mary, Broadwater
Restoration work by Habershon and Brock on St Mary, Broadwater is undated. They may have supervised work on the building after the dispute between builder C. Hyde and the church authorities started in 1866. St Giles, Dallington
The replacement of the nave of St Giles at Dallington, East Sussex was completed in 1864; it replaces a nave built around the 15th century, and adjoins a 16th-century tower. The 1864 nave has "varnished roof timbers with cusping and rounded ties". There is 15th-century-style tracery, and an arcade with large, crocketed capitals in imitation of an earlier style. The interior is low and without a clerestory, like the previous 15th-century nave that it replaced.The two metal plates bearing the Ten Commandments on the west wall are original to the 1864 rebuild. St Clement, Halton
The work on St Clement at Halton, Hastings was completed in 1869 but the building was demolished in 1970. There appears to be no record of the nature of the works by Habershon and Brock. St Leonard, St Leonards-on-Sea
St Leonard was completed in 1864, but was bombed in World War II. See also
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References

Bibliography

 "Obit of W G <mask>" in The Builder vol.61; p335

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<mask> (born 27 October 1965) is a British comedian, actor, writer, director, presenter and producer. <mask> is married with three children. The eldest, Travis Jay, is a budding comedian and radio DJ. Early life
Born in Lewisham, London, of Jamaican parentage, she grew up with four older brothers. She attended Lewisham Bridge School, Lewisham Girls School, Blackheath Bluecoat School and Vauxhall College. Her experience at school was difficult, and it was not until she completed her education that she was diagnosed as dyslexic. At the age of ten, <mask> appeared in a school play called In on the Island at the Albany Empire and then attended the Lewisham Drama Club, inspired by her primary school teacher Mr Woodgate.She then Joined Second Wave Women's Drama group, where she performed Net Full of Holes, also at the Albany Empire, and was inspired by workshop facilitator Cathy Kilcoyne.99

Career
<mask> attended the Barbara Speake Stage School, and Afro Sax drama club run by Larrington Walker, Ellen Thomas and Treva Etienne. With two fellow actresses <mask> set up her own theatre company, called the Bemarrow Sisters, which ran for seven years. Productions included A Slice of Life directed by Decima Francis, Gloria directed by Trevor Laird and This Way Up written by Peggy Bennette-Hume. She was the first Black British performer to appear at Harlem's Apollo Theatre and had the first ever sell-out show by a female black comedian in London's West End. Her TV appearances include the BBC's The Real McCoy and Channel 4's Get Up, Stand Up, and presented The Saturday Morning Show on Choice FM. She was also a commentator on Grumpy Old Women in 2005. Stand-up comedy
From 1985 <mask> cut her teeth on the comedy circuit, by initially doing open spots and warm-ups at events such as fashion shows and parties within the black community.She later rose to prominence on the emerging black comedy circuit in the 1990s, sharing the stage with established comedians such as Felix Dexter, Curtis Walker, Ishmael Thomas and <mask> all members of the BBC comedy series The Real McCoy. Her popularity earned her the title "The Queen of Black Comedy". Her reputation took her to the mainstream circuit where she became a regular act at established comedy clubs including Up The Creek, Jongleurs and The Comedy Store, culminating in <mask> performing her sell-out one woman show Off The Hook at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, in 2000. She also gained international acclaim when she performed at the Apollo Theatre, New York, and the Comedy Act Theatre in Los Angeles. <mask> celebrated 25 years in her show An Audience with <mask> <mask>, "Celebrating 25 years", at the Barbican Theatre in September 2010. Theatre
Le Mar launched her professional theatre career in 1994 with her comedy sketch show Funny Black Women on the Edge that premiered at The Civic Centre in Southwark, London, which she wrote and also made her first directing debut, playing several characters. The show went on to play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, at the Gilded Balloon in the same year.The show played at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in November 1995, directed by Paulette Randall

The show was reprised again in 2007 The Best of Funny Black Women on The Edge through Le Mar's production company Straight To Audience Productions', at the Hackney Empire, directed by <mask> and Dawn Reid. Le Mar wrote her show The Brothers, which was originally aired as a radio production on Choice FM, produced by Ivor Etienne. Written in 2006 and directed by <mask>, the show made its theatre debut at the Hackney Empire and became the fastest-selling show there since Hamlet. The Brothers was also recorded for television and shown on MTV Base. In 2007 Le Mar wrote Do You Know Where Your Daughter Is?. While working as a radio presenter on Choice FM, <mask> Mar was moved by a call she received on her phone in show from a distressed young lady who had been abused by her boyfriend. The contents of the call inspired her to write the play, which was targeted predominantly to young audiences and parents.The play premiered at the Hackney Empires' Acorn Theatre and ran for eight weeks. It was toured throughout the London Region and the suburbs between 2008 and 2009, and played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Gilded Balloon in August 2010. There are ongoing plans to tour the show nationally in 2011. The most recent play written by <mask> is Forty in which she played the character "Sandra" was premiered at the Hackney Empire in 2008 and again at The Broadway Theatre, Catford, in 2009, directed by Karena Johnson. Discussions are ongoing for a television series. <mask> Mar directed other productions, including Waiting to Inhale, written by comedian and broadcaster Geoff Schumann, which played at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1997, Will The Real Wayne Rollins Stand Up one-man show at the Hackney Empires' Bullion Room Theatre in 2002, and Big Sister featuring Donna Spence and Quincy, also at Hackney's Bullion Room Theatre in 2003. <mask> continues to work with young people through her production company Straight To Audience Productions, and has set up a strand within the organisation called 'Straight To Audience Youth' (STAY).Her workshops include writing and directing and stand-up comedy masterclasses. Television
Le Mar's television appearances includes the successful comedy sketch show The Real McCoy, BBC, Late Licence, Channel 4, presented by <mask> and Johnny Vaughan, Get Up Stand Up, Channel 4, a comedy sketch show. As well as appearing in different roles, <mask> contributed to the writing and character development for the programme. <mask> appeared as a panelist on the comedy review show Blouse & Skirt, BBC. A commentator in the BBC series Grumpy Old Women, and a cameo role in the BBC's Holby City. <mask> made her first appearance as a panelist on ITV's popular lunchtime programme Loose Women aired on 2 February 2011. Through her own production company, Straight To Audience Productions, Le Mar has commissioned three projects that are in development for internet streaming.The Living Room will be an intimate setting in which <mask> interviews personalities from the world of business, entertainment, politics, sport and lifestyle. <mask>'s Round The Table is a debate show presented by <mask>, with six invited guests debating on social issues and topics that affect ordinary people, literally around a table set in a casual environment. The third project is called Women at the Top of Their Game, an interview programme with a small live audience, focusing on women who have reached the top of their chosen profession. <mask> worked on a new TV sitcom called The Ryan Sisters, that was scheduled for production in 2012. 2019-Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle BBC Series 1:5. (Samantha 1993) Written by <mask> <mask>)

Radio
As well as making many radio guest appearances, <mask> presented the <mask> <mask> Show on BBC GLR 94.9fm from 1998 to 2000. <mask> further established her radio credentials when she presented her Friday night show The Ladies Room and subsequently presented the Saturday morning Breakfast Show on Choice FM between 2000 and 2007.Her many guests included Stevie Wonder, Jermaine Jackson, Danny Glover, Idris Elba, Mica Paris, Maya Angelou and <mask>. Blige to name but a few. <mask> is a radio presenter on Colourful Radio, which she presents her show Time of The Month once every month. <mask> is a very regular guest/panelist on Eddie Nestor's Rumshop and Kath Melandri Saturday Late show on BBC London 94.9. Since late 2011, <mask> has been a regular deputy presenter to Kath Melandri on BBC London 94.9. New projects 2011
<mask> was working on her new one-woman show called In My Shoes, to premiere at the Soho Theatre, West End, on 16 October 2011. It is expected the show will also undertake a national tour of the UK, and the US in 2012–13. <mask> was also writing a TV sitcom called the Ryan Sisters, which was to go into production with a premier cast including singer/actress Michelle Gayle, actress/TV presenter Josie d'Arby, actress/singer (Eternal) Kelle Bryan, and comedian, radio broadcaster Eddie Nestor, and <mask>.The show was to premiere as a preview theatre production at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, in March 2012. References

External links
 Official website
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<mask> (born April 3, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators and West Virginia Mountaineers, and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the third round in the 2019 NFL Draft. Early years
<mask> attended SouthLake Christian Academy in Huntersville, North Carolina, then transferred to Davidson Day School in Davidson, North Carolina. As a junior, he threw for a national record 837 yards in a game, breaking the old record of 764. As a senior, he had 4,989 passing yards with a nation-leading and North Carolina record 77 touchdowns. He also rushed for 1,251 yards with 13 touchdowns. He was named the Parade All-American Player of the Year and Mr. Football USA.For his career, <mask> had 14,565 passing yards, a state record 195 touchdown passes, 2,955 rushing yards and 31 rushing touchdowns. <mask> was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and was ranked as the second best dual-threat quarterback in his class and 46th player overall. <mask> was offered scholarships to play football at Auburn, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Wake Forest. He committed to play quarterback at the University of Florida. College career

<mask> competed with Treon Harris to be Jeff Driskel's backup as a freshman in 2014, ultimately redshirting the season. As a redshirt freshman in 2015, he competed with Harris to be the starting quarterback. Although Harris started the first game of the season against New Mexico State, <mask> received playing time, attempting 18 passes and completing 16 for 166 yards with two touchdowns.He rushed for 43 yards with a touchdown. <mask> started the second game, against East Carolina, throwing for 151 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. On October 3, against the Ole Miss Rebels, he had the best game of his young career, going 24-of-29 for 271 yards and four passing touchdowns. He threw his four touchdowns in the first half; he was the first Gator quarterback since Chris Leak in 2005 to accomplish the feat. The game ended up being a 38–10 win for the Gators. <mask> received a one-year suspension, effective October 12, 2015, after it was revealed that he had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. He said the positive test stems from the over-the-counter supplement Ligandrol, and that he was not aware it was banned, while also admitting he never followed protocol to clear the supplement with team trainers.His appeal was rejected by the NCAA, and he would not be eligible to return until the sixth game of the regular season in 2016. On December 19, 2015, Florida announced that <mask> planned to transfer to another school. West Virginia
On April 6, 2016, <mask> announced that he was transferring to West Virginia University. He sat out the 2016 season per NCAA transfer rules. <mask> was the presumed starter for West Virginia heading into the 2017 season, but there were questions surrounding his eligibility, since half of his year-long suspension was served in conjunction with his transfer waiting period. On June 20, 2017, West Virginia head coach Dana Holgerson announced that the NCAA had granted <mask> a waiver and he would be eligible to play in the season opener against Virginia Tech. In his first game with the Mountaineers, <mask> threw for 371 yards, three touchdowns and an interception in a 31–24 loss to Virginia Tech.<mask> threw for 352 yards and five touchdowns in a come-from-behind victory over then-No. 24 Texas Tech on October 14, and was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week. In the Mountaineer's 11th game of the season, against Texas, <mask> left the game in the second quarter with a broken finger on his throwing hand. <mask> had surgery on the broken finger and missed the remainder of the season, finishing with 3,490 passing yards and 36 total touchdowns on the year. At the conclusion of the season, <mask> was awarded as Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year. On May 23, 2018, <mask> announced he would be returning for his senior season rather than entering the 2018 NFL Draft. He was listed on preseason watch lists for several national awards, including the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, and Davey O'Brien Award.<mask> appeared in several preseason lists of potential Heisman Trophy candidates. At the 2018 Big 12 Media Days, he was announced as the conference's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and a preseason first-team all-conference selection. <mask> finished the 2018 season with 3,864 passing yards, 37 touchdowns, and eight interceptions. He was named second-team All-Big 12 at the conclusion of the regular season. West Virginia finished with an 8–3 regular season record, and was invited to the Camping World Bowl; <mask> announced that he would not play in the bowl game, in order to prepare for the 2019 NFL Draft. <mask> would be named the winner of the 2018 Senior CLASS Award for FBS football as the outstanding senior student-athlete in that grouping of schools. College statistics

Professional career

Carolina Panthers
<mask> was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the third round (100th overall) in the 2019 NFL Draft.On December 16, 2019, it was announced that <mask> would be making his first career start in week 16 against the Indianapolis Colts. During the game, <mask> threw for 224 yards and three interceptions and rushed for 17 yards during the 38–6 loss. In Week 17 against the New Orleans Saints, <mask> threw for four yards and a pick-six before exiting the game due to a foot injury in the second quarter. The Panthers lost the game 42–10. On August 31, 2021, <mask> was released by the Panthers. Dallas Cowboys
<mask> was claimed off waivers by the Dallas Cowboys on September 1, 2021. NFL career statistics

Personal life
<mask> is from Charlotte, North Carolina and is the oldest child of <mask> and <mask>-Floyd.His father is a football coach and was a former quarterback for the East Carolina Pirates. He has two brothers, Nash and Hayes, a half-sister, Skylynn Elizabeth Floyd and a half-brother, John Henry "Hank" <mask>. Nash, Hayes and Skylynn were popular users of Vine, the defunct video sharing service<mask> is married to Jeanne Marie O'<mask> and their first daughter, Eloise <mask>, was born on November 10, 2016. She gave birth to their second daughter, Adeline <mask>, on January 28, 2020. References

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<mask> (October 2, 1904 – October 24, 1972) was an American politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Louisiana who was affiliated with the Long political faction. A Democrat, he served in the Louisiana State Senate during 1948 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969. <mask> served on the U.S. House of Representative's Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Early life

<mask> was born in Arnaudville in St. Landry Parish, the eleventh of twelve children of <mask> and the former Julia Hardy. He graduated from St. Martinville High School in St. Martin Parish. In 1926, <mask> obtained credentials from the law school of Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans. He began his law practice in New Orleans and also owned and operated a plantation in St. Martin Parish near Lafayette.Political career

He was elected to the Louisiana state Senate in 1948 but served only a few months because he later in the same year won election to Congress to succeed James R. Domengeaux, who left the House to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Russell B. Long won the Senate seat that Domengeaux contested. In November 1948, <mask> faced Republican opposition from a wealthy New Iberia businessman. Jean (pronounced JOHN) Paulin Duhe (1885–1961), was the president of the New Iberia National Bank, head of the Duhe-Bourgeois Sugar Company, president of the Edmundson-Duhe rice mill, third vice-president of the American Sugar Cane League, and the president of the St. Martin-Iberia-St. Mary Flood Control Association. <mask> defeated Duhe, 26,587 votes (66.6 percent) to Duhe's 13,337 ballots (33.4 percent). Duhe's margin was similar to that of a previous Republican candidate in the Third District, David W. Pipes, Jr., who contested the position in 1940, when he was defeated by Domengeaux.<mask> held the congressional seat for ten terms. He was the chairman of the Committee on Un-American Activities during the 88th, 89th, and 90th congresses (1963–1969). He supported anti-communist Cold War laws, such as the McCarran-Walter Internal Security Act of 1950. <mask> was in effect the last chairman of the HUAC, which was reconstituted as the Committee on Internal Security in 1969. During the 1960s, <mask> viewed both the civil rights movement and opposition to the Vietnam War as reflections of communist influences. Having been a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, he voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He also spoke out against the radicalism of the Ku Klux Klan.In Congress, <mask> sought to secure subsidies for sugar planters. He successfully sponsored legislation to obtain federal funds for the protective levee in the Morganza Spillway in Pointe Coupee Parish. With his colleagues, he fought for federal royalty payments to the State of Louisiana from tideland oil revenues. In 1964, <mask> defeated Republican Robert Angers (1919–1988), a newspaperman who published the award-winning Franklin Banner-Tribune of St. Mary Parish and in 1968 established Acadiana Profile magazine. A former Democrat, Angers switched parties in 1960 and supported the gubernatorial and presidential candidacies of Charlton Lyons and Barry Goldwater in 1964 election. <mask> easily gained another term with 52,532 votes (62.3 percent) to Angers's 31,806 ballots (37.7 percent). Though he carried no parishes in his campaign, Angers nearly won in the largest parish in the district—Lafayette—where he procured 49.6 percent of the vote and outpolled Goldwater by 3.5 percentage points.In 1966, though he had suffered a series of strokes, <mask> still defeated Lafayette oilman Hall Lyons, the son of then Republican state chairman and former gubernatorial candidate Charlton Lyons of Shreveport. <mask> received 46,533 votes (59.7 percent) to Lyons' 31,444 (40.3 percent). Lyons, who ran on a staunchly conservative platform, carried Iberia Parish with 51.4 percent of the vote and received 46 percent in Lafayette Parish. Hall Lyons later left the Republican Party and was the American Independent nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1972. In retrospect, 1966 was a warning to <mask> about his electoral future. <mask> supported United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey in the 1964 and 1968 campaigns. He compiled a generally liberal voting record in Congress according to Louisiana standards, similar to those of Hale Boggs of New Orleans and James H. Morrison of Hammond.<mask>' record was in sharp contrast to the conservative records of longtime colleagues Otto E. Passman of Monroe and Joe D. Waggonner of Plain Dealing, and those later compiled by Speedy O. Long of Jena and John R. Rarick of St. Francisville. But <mask> was not nearly as liberal as  Gillis Long of Alexandria, who represented the eighth district from 1963 to 1965 and again from 1973 until his death in January 1985. In 1968, he was denied renomination by a Moderate Democrat, Patrick T. Caffery of New Iberia. <mask>' health problems may have contributed to his defeat. Caffery won the general election and held the seat until January 1973, when, having decided to retire from political office, he was succeeded by Republican leader and future Governor David C. Treen, then of suburban Jefferson Parish. Caffery did not seek a third term in 1972 and returned to his New Iberia law practice.Personal life
<mask> married the former <mask> Bulliard on December 9, 1929. They had a son, <mask>. <mask> died October 24, 1972 in St. Martinville and is interred there in St. Michael's Cemetery, which is owned by the St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church. <mask> died eight days after a plane carrying Hale Boggs disappeared over the Alaska wilderness. Boggs' seat was declared vacant at the beginning of the 93rd Congress. The deaths of Boggs and <mask> came three months after that of longtime Senator Allen J<mask>, who at the time was President Pro Tempore and chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee. <mask> <mask> died the same year that a Louisiana legend became governor: <mask> <mask>, who was <mask>' Congressional colleague from <mask>' election to the 7th District seat in October 1965 through the conclusion of the 90th Congress.They were unrelated, despite the similarity of names, but each had supported the other politically over the years. References

"<mask><mask>", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 2 (1988), p. 853.
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