Journalist George Plimpton

George Plimpton

Living place: New York City

Birthday: 18-3-1927 (97 years old)

Population of US 1927: 119,035,000

Global rank: #50081

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Journalist George Plimpton profile

Who is Journalist George Plimpton?
An American sports journalist, he is known for works such as Paper Lion (1966) and Out of My League (1961). Outside of sports writing, he co-founded the respected literary publication, The Paris Review.
He has played with the New York Symphony Orchestra.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He is an amateur athlete. Also a participatory journalist, he often writes about his experiences, which include playing quarterback in a pre-season NFL game; present an all-star count before a baseball game 1959 All-Star; performed as an acrobat for the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus, and fought boxers Archie and Sugar Ray Robinson.

Family life info

He married his second wife, Sarah Whitehead Dudley, in 1991. Before that, he was married to Freddy Medora Espy.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Journalist George Plimpton?
He played a small role in the Matt Damon film, Good Will Hunting.

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When was Journalist George Plimpton born?
George Plimpton birthday 18-3-1927 (at the age of 97).
Where is Journalist George Plimpton's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
George Plimpton was born in New York City, New York- United States. is a Journalist, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. George Plimpton's global rank is 50081 and whose rank is 201 in list of famous Journalist. Population of US in 1927 is about 119,035,000 persons.
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Events in 1927 and 18-3

Events in US in the birth year of George Plimpton

  • Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are electrocuted at Dedham (Mass.) Prison despite worldwide protesting over weak evidence (Aug. 23).
  • The Holland Tunnel opens (Nov. 13) to connect Manhattan and Jersey City, N.J., giving cars a route under the Hudson River and an alternative to ferry boats.

Birthday George Plimpton (18-3) in history

  • Day 18-3 year 1584: Russian tsar Ivan IV, or "Ivan, the tyrant", died in Moscow, Russia, at 53.
  • Day 18-3 year 1766: Britain repealed the American Colonial Stamp Act after months of protests from the Americans.
  • Day 18-3 year 1925: The most violent single tornado in U.S. history, the “Tri-State Tornado,” hit Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois, killing 689 people and injuring 13,000 others.
  • Day 18-3 year 1963: The Supreme Court held in Gideon v. Wainwright that public defenders must be provided for indigent defendants in felony cases.
  • Day 18-3 year 1965: Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov made the first spacewalk.
  • Day 18-3 year 1967: The oil tanker Torrey Canyon was wrecked off the Cornish coast of England, spilling 919,000 barrels of oil into the sea.
  • Day 18-3 year 1990: The biggest art theft in U.S. history occurs at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The works, including pieces by Vermeer and Rembrandt, were never recovered.
  • Day 18-3 year 2004: A small asteroid made the closest approach to Earth ever recorded, only about 26,500 miles away.
  • Day 18-3 year 2005: After a long legal battle, Terry Schiavo's feeding tube was removed. She died 13 days later.
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