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John Duncan Semple (October 26, 1903 – March 10, 1988) was a Scottish-American runner, physical therapist, trainer, and sports official. In 1967, as a race official for the Boston Marathon , he attempted to stop the 20-year-old marathon runner Kathrine Switzer from continuing to run and knocked down her coach when he tried to protect her.
Switzer being assaulted by Jock Semple while running the Boston Marathon; taken by Harry A. Trask. At this point, according to a Sports Illustrated report, race co-director Jock Semple jumped off a following press truck and charged after Switzer. Semple did much of the actual organizing of the race, processed most of the applications, and ...
Jock Semple (1903–1988), Scots-American sports official and trainer John Greenlees Semple (1904–1985), British mathematician John Semple (civil servant) (born 1940), former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service
The Amazing Race season 36 contestants Angie and Danny Butler’s elimination was a hard one to watch as it came down to something outside of their control.. The mother-son duo had a chance at ...
12 Angry Viewers is an American daily half-hour television show on MTV. In it, a public jury judges music videos. It ran from 1997 to 1998. The title is a play of title of the movies 12 Angry Men and the 1997 TV remake, which aired a month before, that covers a jury deliberation. Winning videos were then shown more often on MTV.
The original episode was called The MTV Rock N' Jock Diamond Derby, and was changed to MTV's Rock N' Jock Softball Challenge, in year 2. The concept expanded to include basketball in 1991, football in 1997 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and bowling in 1999 [ 4 ] The game was an annual feature (with multiple reruns of most episodes) for many years on MTV.
"Meryl Streep’s face w the jock strap joke," one wrote. "Meryl streep reacting to being called a jockstrap was amazing," one person tweeted . This article was originally published on TODAY.com
Harold Lloyd at the bottom of a pile on in the 1925 comedy film The Freshman, about a college student trying to become popular by joining the football team. In the United States and Canada, a jock is a stereotype of an athlete, or someone who is consumed by sports and sports culture, and does not take much interest in intellectual pursuits or other activities.