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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.
Four miles into the 26-mile event, race official Jock Semple tried to pull Switzer out of the crowd of runners, and was shoved to the curb by Switzer's boyfriend, Thomas Miller. Photographs taken by Associated Press photographer Donald L. Robinson would appear in papers around the world the next day.
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 ...
John Semple may refer to: John Semple (minister) (c. 1602–c. 1677), Ulster-Scots Presbyterian minister and Scots Worthy John Semple (architect) (1801–1882), Irish architect
The player controls the titular motorbike stuntman Joe Danger and guides him through ten trials to defeat his nemeses, the members of Team Nasty. [8] The game uses elements of both racing and side-scrolling platform genres [6] in which the protagonist can move to the right and, by reversing, to the left as well as hopping over and ducking under various obstacles.
N.I.C.E. 2, known in North America as BreakNeck, is a video game developed by Synetic and published by Magic Bytes in Germany in 1998, and by SouthPeak Games in North America in 2000. It is the sequel to the racing game Have a N.I.C.E. day.
The 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year is Jon Bon Jovi. Many Nashville artists including Marcus King, Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll and The War and Treaty played Bon Jovi songs to celebrate his career.
The game and its update version were sold only in Japan but were playable from anywhere as free online trial versions (with free registration) were available for download on the game's website. Less than two months later, the GRP released the touge -based drifting/racing game Kaido Battle , which was a rather stark departure from the Tokyo ...