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Word: briens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano, who was named by Ring magazine as "Fighter of the Year." ^ Seattle University Basketball Player Johnny O'Brien, who set a national scoring record of 2,618 points in a four-year career that still has 22 games to go. Little (5 ft. 9 in.) Center O'Brien broke the record of 2,592 held by Nate DeLong of Wisconsin State College. ¶Jockey Tony DeSpirito, who got back in the saddle again after a ten-day suspension, to ride 15 more winners and bring his season total to 385. With two days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

...allowed Paul Whelan to score from a scramble nine seconds later. Rodenhiser and Ned Almy staged a light wrestling bout at 14:48. Both were banished. The manpower count was now 5 to 4, B.U. leading, because according to the rules, Almy didn't serve his penalty until O'Brien's expired...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Hockey Team Nips B.U., 6-5 | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

...Crimson seemed an easy winner at this point, but at 13:03 Jim O'Brien was penalized for boarding. Immediately thereafter, Richardson, although unable to see the shot saved sensationally on Dick Lee's hard drive. At 14:24 Ed Mrkonich was mysteriously penalized for what appeared to be oral interference with the upraised blade of Dick Lee's stick...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Hockey Team Nips B.U., 6-5 | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

...fund raising committee under the direction of John Lord O'Brien '96 has succeeded in raising $600,000. The goal set for 1954 is $4,000,000 in general subscriptions, while the Corporation expects to contribute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mrs. Lamont Bequeaths Divinity Fund $250,000 | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

...that he knew the three planners of the Brink's hold-up. To Massachusetts authorities, he was still a liar. But the Rhode Island Attorney General believed his story, insisted that police here interrogate Gagnon. One of the three masterminds, Gagnon maintained, was a roadhouse proprietor named Carlton O'Brien. Massachusetts officials still scoffed at Gagnon's story. Fifty-six hours later, they found O'Brien--riddled with bullets. The other two suspects were non-productive, had many alibis...

Author: By Philip M. Cronoin, | Title: The Great Robbery | 12/17/1952 | See Source »

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