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  2. List of sea captains - Wikipedia

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    Captain of the whaling vessels Phoenix and Edward Cary. United States: Yes 1815 1890 Woodget, Richard. English sea captain, known as the master of the sailing clipper Cutty Sark during her most successful period of service in the wool trade between Australia and the United Kingdom. United Kingdom: Yes 1845 1928 Whitall, John M.

  3. List of people who sailed on clipper ships - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Warren Holmes—American sea captain who sailed around Cape Horn 84 times; command of clipper Seminole. [1] Nathaniel Palmer—American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. Robert Waterman (sea captain)—Clipper captain famous for making record-breaking times and for being rough on his crews. [2] [3]

  4. List of England national football team captains - Wikipedia

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    He went on to captain England on just one further occasion, the third international match, on 7 March 1874, against the same opposition. Alexander Morten captained England in their first international on home soil, 8 March 1873, also against Scotland, and was the first international captain to win a match.

  5. Category:Sea captains - Wikipedia

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    D. Ranulph Dacre; Martin Daly (captain) William Dampier; John Daniel (ship's captain) William Davies (master mariner) James Davis (mariner) William Day (sea captain)

  6. List of Manchester United F.C. captains - Wikipedia

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    Bryan Robson made 461 appearances for Manchester United and is the longest serving captain in the club's history, serving for twelve years. Steve Bruce served as captain from 1994 to 1996. Eric Cantona made 185 appearances and scored 87 goals for Manchester United.

  7. Seven against Thebes - Wikipedia

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    The war of the Seven against Thebes resulted from a quarrel between the brothers Polynices and Eteocles over the kingship of Thebes. [7] Polynices and Eteocles had been cursed by their father Oedipus, the former king of Thebes, to battle over their patrimony. The curse inexorably led to the brothers' quarrel, their killing each other, and the ...

  8. List of New York Yankees captains - Wikipedia

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    Jeter is the longest-tenured captain in franchise history, the 2014 season being his 12th as team captain. Howard W. Rosenberg, a baseball historian, found that the official count of Yankees captains failed to include Clark Griffith , the captain from 1903–1905, and Kid Elberfeld , the captain from 1906–1907, while manager Frank Chance may ...

  9. Seven chieftains of the Magyars - Wikipedia

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    Kund, the fourth captain Lehel , the fifth, Bulcsú , the sixth and Örs, the seventh captain And this Captain Árpád had a special dignity in Scythia, it was the custom of his clan, according to the Scythian law and tradition, that he went alone before those who went to war and those who retreated, saying, therefore he was the first to enter ...