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Todd PLATTS, Congress, PA (1962)

PLATTS, Todd, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in York, York County, Pa., March 5, 1962; attended York Suburban High School, York, Pa., 1980; B.S., Shippensburg University,…

Medalists by Event: Track & Field

Men's Olympic Track & FieldWomen's Olympic Track & Field World and Olympic records below that appear to be broken or equaled by winning times, heights and distances in subsequent years, but…

Women in Sports: Field Hockey

Constance M.K. Applebee is credited with bringing field hockey to the United States in 1901. She had come from England to the U.S. to take a…

Olympic Preview: Field Hockey

First Olympic Appearance: 1908 (men), 1980 (women) by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 20082008 Summer Games: Field Hockey ResultsEncyclopedia: Field Hockey…

Olympic Preview: Track & Field

First Olympic Appearance: 1896 by Gerry Brown and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 2008 Encyclopedia: Track & Field The marquee sport at any Olympics is track and field…

Black Track and Field Athletes

Notable African-American Track and Field Athletes Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government…

(Encyclopedia) Gaitskell, Hugh Todd NaylorGaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylorgātˈskəl [key], 1906–63, British statesman. Educated at Oxford, he taught economics at the Univ. of London. During World War II he…

Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus

(Encyclopedia) Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus, 1907–97, Scottish biochemist, Ph.D., Univ. of Frankfurt am Main, 1931; Oxford, 1933. Todd held posts at Edinburgh Univ. (1934–36), the Lister Institute of…