In what town did John Francis "Jack" Hughes play with the team that eventually defeated the Soviet Union?
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Jack Hughes (ice hockey, born 1957) John Francis "Jack" Hughes (born July 20, 1957 in Somerville, Massachusetts) is a retired American professional ice hockey forward who played 46 games in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Rockies. He played with the 1980 U.S Olympic team, who would eventually go on to defeat the highly favoured Soviet Union team in the famous "Miracle on Ice" game. However, he was cut shortly before the beginning of the Olympics, and never got to play with the team as they won the gold medal.
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Miracle on Ice The "Miracle on Ice" refers to a medal-round game during the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, played between the hosting United States, and the defending gold medalists, the Soviet Union.
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Beaconsfield Rugby Club Beaconsfield Rugby Football Club, from Beaconsfield, England, was founded in 1952 by Jack Hickman, a rugby enthusiast and a leading light at Ealing RFC.
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Northern Ireland national football team The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. From 1882 to 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association (IFA). In 1921, the jurisdiction of the IFA was reduced to Northern Ireland following the secession of clubs in the soon-to-be Irish Free State, although its team remained the national team for all of Ireland until 1950, and used the name "Ireland" until the 1970s. The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) organises the separate Republic of Ireland national football team.
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St Francis Rangers F.C. St Francis Rangers F.C. is a football club based in Haywards Heath, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at the Colwell Ground.
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VVS Moscow VVS Moscow (Russian: Военно-Воздушные Силы (Москва) / in English: "Moscow Military Air Force") was a Soviet sports club representing the Soviet Air Force. Among the sports the club participated in were football, ice hockey, basketball, and volleyball. They won the Soviet national basketball league championship in 1952, as well as the Soviet national volleyball league championship in 1952, and the Soviet national ice hockey league championship three times, in the years 1951, 1952, and 1953.
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Heath Hayes F.C. Heath Hayes F.C. are an English football club based in Heath Hayes near Cannock, Staffordshire, England established in 1965. They are currently playing in the Midland League Division One . They play at the Coppice Colliery Ground and wear a blue and white kit.
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Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, was the 15th Olympic Championship. The Soviet Union won its sixth gold medal, tying Canada for most in Olympic ice hockey at that point. Games were held mostly in the arena portion of the Olympic Hall Zetra, with some played in the arena portion of the Skenderija Olympic Hall.
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Centennial F.C. Centennial F.C. also known as Philadelphia Centennials, was an early twentieth century amateur U.S. soccer team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Glenrothes RFC Glenrothes RFC or "The Glens" are a rugby union club based in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. Home matches are played at Carleton Park, Glenrothes.
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Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was the 13th Olympic Championship. The Soviet Union won its fifth gold medal. Games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck.
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Bobby Hughes (footballer) Robert "Bobby" Hughes (5 September 1892 – 1955) was an English professional football outside forward who played in the Football League, most notably for Rochdale, Wigan Borough and Hull City. He scored more than 100 goals in his career and represented the Southern League versus the Football League XI in 1915.
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Jack Lang (American football) John "Jack" Lang was a professional American football player. In 1902 he won a championship in the first National Football League with the Pittsburgh Stars. A year later he was a member of the Franklin Athletic Club football team that was considered the "best in the world". He also won the 1903 World Series of Football, held at Madison Square Garden, with the Franklin Athletic Club.
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Jack Eyres John "Jack" Eyres (20 March 1899 – 1975) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Walsall, York City and Stoke City.
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The Death Match The Death Match (Russian: Матч смерти ) is a name given in postwar historiography to the football match played in Kiev in "Reichskommissariat Ukraine" (abbreviated RKU) under occupation by Nazi Germany. The Kiev city team "Start" (Cyrillic: Старт) which represented the city Bread Factory No.1 played several football games in World War II. The team was composed mostly of former professional footballers of Dynamo Kyiv and Lokomotyv Kyiv who worked at the factory under the occupation authority.
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Charles James Hughes (footballer) Charles James Hughes, J.P. (16 August 1853 – 31 July 1916) was an English footballer, referee, and co-founder of Northwich Victoria Football Club. He was a pioneer of the early English game, being included in the publication 'Association Football and the Men who made it'.
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Calgary Dinos The Calgary Dinos are the athletic teams that represent the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They were known as the "Dinosaurs" but usually referred to as the "Dinos" until 1999, when the name was officially shortened. Some of its venues are the Jack Simpson Gymnasium (basketball m/w, volleyball m/w), McMahon Stadium (football, soccer m/w), Olympic Oval (speed skating), Hawkings Field (field hockey), University of Calgary Aquatic Centre (swimming, often shortened to Aquatic Centre) and a 200m Running Track (cross-country and track & field practice).
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Alexander Hughes Alexander Hughes (died August 1977) was an English professional association footballer who played as a full-back. Born in Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, he played in Scotland with Heart of Midlothian before joining Football League Second Division side Burnley in August 1931. Predominantly a reserve player, Hughes made his first-team debut for Burnley on 21 November 1931 in the 0–5 defeat to Leeds United at Turf Moor. He then spent four months out of the team before returning for the games against Bradford City and Bristol City in March 1932. Hughes then played the entire 1932–33 campaign in the reserves before leaving Burnley to sign for Accrington Stanley in August 1933. He spent one season at Peel Park, but failed to make an appearance for Accrington and left the following year.
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Dynamo Alma-Ata Dynamo Alma-Ata (Russian: Динамо Алма-Ата ) was a multi-sports club from the then capital of Kazakhstan, Almaty in the Soviet era. The club participated in wrestling, gymnastics, athletics, water polo, bandy and the most successful branch hockey. Several players combined bandy in the winter with hockey in the summer.
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Mike Hughes (footballer) Edward Michael "Mike" Hughes (born 3 September 1940) is a former Welsh professional footballer who made 247 appearances in the Football League playing as a midfielder for Cardiff City, Exeter City and Chesterfield. Hughes then became player-manager of Southern League side Yeovil Town, before leaving in 1972 to become a coach at Torquay United. Hughes returned to Yeovil as a caretaker manager in 1983, he also managed Salisbury City and Cirencester Town.
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1891–92 St. Mary's F.C. season The 1891–92 season was the seventh since the foundation of St. Mary's F.C. based in Southampton in southern England. For the first six years, the club had been restricted at first to friendly matches and then in cup tournaments organised by the Hampshire Football Association. In 1891, the team (known as the "Saints") entered a national competition for the first time, when it competed in the qualifying rounds of the F.A. Cup.
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Ireland national football team (1882–1950) The Ireland national football team represented Ireland at association football from 1882 until 1950. It was organised by the Irish Football Association (IFA), and is the fourth oldest international team in the world. It mainly played in the British Home Championship against England, Scotland and Wales. Though often vying with Wales to avoid the wooden spoon, Ireland did win the Championship in 1914, and shared it with England and Scotland in 1903.