Day: December 9, 2015

About Fritz Pollard Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee who was the first black person to both play in the Rose Bowl and coach in the NFL. Though undersized for a football player, he won his Brown University teammates respect after leading them to victory over Yale and an invitation to the Rose Bowl. After…

About Jeremy Kent Jackson TV and voice actor well known for his roles in Disney s Lab Rats and its spin-off series Lab Rats: Elite Force. He has provided his voice for several video games and is the co-creator of DiscoveryOnstage. He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Oklahoma. In 2001, he worked…

About Garry Moore Host of television s The Garry Moore Show from 1958 to 1967. He also hosted I ve Got a Secret. He worked for a radio station and still used his birth name, Thomas Garrison Morfit. He was a high school drop who out turned into a famous TV personality. Garry Moore He…

About Herman Mankiewicz Former screenwriter most famous for co-writing the screenplay for the classic film, Citizen Kane, which is considered by many to be the greatest film ever made. Prior to working as a screenwriter, he worked as a contributor to publications like The New York Times and The New Yorker. He has also been…

About Giancarlo Velazco Social media star who has risen to fame for his MoonwalkerTV YouTube channel. He has garnered more than 156 million total views for vlogging about all-things Michael Jackson as a super-fan, including through memorabilia unboxings, fan theory discussions, and concert reactions. He began his YouTube channel in May 2015.  He has amassed more than 700,000…

About Gregg Williams NFL coach best known as the defensive coordinator for teams like the Washington Redskins and New Orleans Saints. He was suspended in 2012 for his involvement in the so-called “Bountygate” scandal while with the Saints. He was a head coach at Missouri s Belton High School. He admitted to his role in…

About Anders Colsefni Vocalist most famous for being the original frontman for the alt-metal band Slipknot. He performed on Slipknot s debut album Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat before founding the death metal band Painface. He grew up in De Moines, Iowa and formed Slipknot in 1989. Instead of wearing a mask like the other members of Slipknot, he…

About Ivor Thord-Gray Swedish-born adventurer who joined the Cape Mounted Rifles in South Africa and participated in the Mexican Revolution. He was an ethnologist and linguist by trade and joined the Swedish Merchant Marine in 1893 as a means of exploring the world. He served in Asia as part of the U.S. Foreign Legion and…