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Snowy Baker

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Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker (8 February 18842 December 1953) was an Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actor. [1]

56 relations: Australasia at the 1908 Summer Olympics, Australia, Australia national rugby union team, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Big City (1937 film), Boxing, Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Middleweight, Boxing at the Summer Olympics, British and Irish Lions, California, Cerebrovascular disease, Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics, Diving at the Summer Olympics, Douglas Fairbanks, Eastern Suburbs RUFC, Elizabeth Taylor, Empire Builders, Equestrianism, Fighter's Paradise, Greta Garbo, Harald Baker, His Last Race, Hugh D. McIntosh, Johnny Douglas, Les Darcy, List of Australian heavyweight boxing champions, List of Australian middleweight boxing champions, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, New South Wales, New South Wales Waratahs, Queensland Reds, Rudolph Valentino, Rugby Australia, Rugby union, Rugby union positions, Shirley Temple, Silent film, Sleeping Acres, Surry Hills, New South Wales, Swimming (sport), Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, Sydney, Test match (rugby union), The Enemy Within (1918 film), The Jackeroo of Coolabong, The Kid from Texas (1939 film), The Lure of the Bush, The Man from Kangaroo, The Shadow of Lightning Ridge, ..., The Sunday Times (Sydney), The Sword of Valor, The White Panther, William J. Dees, William Philo, 1908 Summer Olympics. Expand index (6 more) »

Australasia at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Australasia was the name of a combined team from Australia and New Zealand that competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australia national rugby union team

The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is controlled by Rugby Australia.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history.

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Big City (1937 film)

Big City is a 1937 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Middleweight

The middleweight was one of five boxing weight classes contested on the boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.

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Boxing at the Summer Olympics

Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics, except for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the sport at the time.

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British and Irish Lions

The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for any of the Home Nations – the national teams of England, Scotland, and Wales – and Ireland.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cerebrovascular disease

Cerebrovascular disease includes a variety of medical conditions that affect the blood vessels of the brain and the cerebral circulation.

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Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, two diving events were contested, both for men only.

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Diving at the Summer Olympics

Diving was first introduced in the official programme of the Summer Olympic Games at the 1904 Games of St. Louis and has been an Olympic sport since.

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Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.

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Eastern Suburbs RUFC

The Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union Football Club is a team in the Intrust Super Shute Shield, the premier club rugby union football competition in New South Wales.

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Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-born American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian.

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Empire Builders

Empire Builders is a 1924 film starring Snowy Baker, the second movie he made in America.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.

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Fighter's Paradise

Fighter's Paradise is a 1924 American film starring Snowy Baker as a man mistaken for a boxer.

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Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish film actress during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Harald Baker

Harald William Baker (29 September 1882 – 17 October 1962) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

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His Last Race

His Last Race is a 1923 American film starring Australian actor Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker.

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Hugh D. McIntosh

Hugh Donald "Huge Deal" McIntosh (10 September 1876 – 2 February 1942) was an Australian show-business entrepreneur born to parents of Scottish and Irish originhttp://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100280b.htm and modest means in Sydney's Surry Hills, then a ramshackle suburb with a reputation for crime and vice among the largely Irish immigrant population.

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Johnny Douglas

John William Henry Tyler Douglas (3 September 1882 – 19 December 1930) was an English cricketer who was active in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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Les Darcy

James Leslie "Les" Darcy (28 October 189524 May 1917) was an Australian boxer.

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List of Australian heavyweight boxing champions

This list of Australian heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the Australian professional heavyweight championship.

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List of Australian middleweight boxing champions

This list of Australian middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the Australian professional middleweight championship.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New South Wales Waratahs

The New South Wales Waratahs (or; referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian rugby union team representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby competition. The Riverina and other southern parts of the state, are represented by the Brumbies, who are based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The "Waratahs" name has historically been the name for the New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) representative team, and became the name for the New South Wales team when it entered the Super Six, Super 10 and Super 12 competitions. The name and emblem comes from the waratah, the state flower for New South Wales. Their home ground is Allianz Stadium in Sydney. Some matches are also held at ANZ Stadium.

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Queensland Reds

The Queensland Reds is the rugby union team for the Australian state of Queensland that competes in the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby competition.

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Rudolph Valentino

Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), professionally known as Rudolph Valentino, was an Italian actor in America who starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, and The Son of the Sheik. He was an early pop icon, a sex symbol of the 1920s, who was known as the "Latin lover" or simply as "Valentino".

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Rugby Australia

Rugby Australia, known as the Australian Rugby Union until 2017, is the governing body of rugby union in Australia.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rugby union positions

In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15).

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Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple BlackWhile Temple occasionally used "Jane" as a middle name, her birth certificate reads "Shirley Temple".

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Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (and in particular, no spoken dialogue).

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Sleeping Acres

Sleeping Acres is a 1921 American film starring Australian actor Snowy Baker.

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Surry Hills, New South Wales

Surry Hills is an inner city, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Swimming (sport)

Swimming is an individual or team sport that requires the use of ones arms and legs to move the body through water.

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Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay, or 800 metre team race, was one of 6 swimming events on the Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Test match (rugby union)

A test match in rugby union is an international match, usually played between two senior national teams, that is recognised as such by at least one of the teams' national governing bodies.

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The Enemy Within (1918 film)

The Enemy Within is a 1918 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker in his first screen role.

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The Jackeroo of Coolabong

The Jackeroo of Coolabong is a 1920 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker.

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The Kid from Texas (1939 film)

The Kid from Texas is a 1939 Western sports comedy film.

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The Lure of the Bush

The Lure of the Bush is a 1918 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker.

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The Man from Kangaroo

The Man from Kangaroo is a 1920 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker.

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The Shadow of Lightning Ridge

The Shadow of Lightning Ridge is a 1920 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker.

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The Sunday Times (Sydney)

The Sunday Times was a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 1885 to 1930.

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The Sword of Valor

The Sword of Valor is a 1924 American film starring Snowy Baker as an American sailor who falls in love with the daughter of a Spanish nobleman.

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The White Panther

The White Panther is a 1924 American film set in India starring Australian actor Snowy Baker about the love affair between Major Wainwright, an English officer, and the governor's daughter.

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William J. Dees

William J. Dees was a boxer from England.

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William Philo

William Philo (17 February 1882 in London, England – 7 July 1916 in France) was a British Middleweight professional boxer who competed in the early twentieth century.

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1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, United Kingdom from 27 April to 31 October 1908.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Baker

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