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Scout (sport)

Index Scout (sport)

In professional sports, scouts are experienced talent evaluators who travel extensively for the purposes of watching athletes play their chosen sports and determining whether their set of skills and talents represent what is needed by the scout's organization. [1]

62 relations: Amanda Hopkins, Asia, Australia, Bill Belichick, Bill Nunn (American football), Bobby Mattick, Bobby Orr, Canada, Caribbean, Coach (sport), College baseball, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Dick Haley, Dominican Republic, Edith Houghton, Europe, Free agent, Garnet Bailey, General manager (baseball), Geoff Twentyman, Håkan Andersson (ice hockey), Hugh Alexander (baseball), Independent baseball league, Indiana Pacers, Insular area, Jack Hixon, Japan, Joe Devine (scout), Joe Sugden (baseball), Jorge Alvial, Kevin Mackey, Korea, Latin America, Les Kershaw, Liam Brady, Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball draft, Major League Baseball Players Association, Marco Zunino, Mexico, Mike Liut, Minor League Baseball, National Football League, Navy Midshipmen football, New Pittsburgh Courier, Paul Krichell, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Piet de Visser (football manager), Pittsburgh Steelers, ..., Professional sports, Puerto Rico, Ray Shore, Rich Behm, Secondary school, Steve Belichick, Strategy, The Sentinel (Staffordshire), Tony Lucadello, United States, Venezuela, Will Robinson (basketball). Expand index (12 more) »

Amanda Hopkins

Amanda Hopkins is a professional baseball scout for the Seattle Mariners organization.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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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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Bill Belichick

William Stephen Belichick (born April 16, 1952) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).

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Bill Nunn (American football)

William Goldwyn "Bill" Nunn Jr. (September 30, 1924 – May 6, 2014) was a sportswriter, newspaper editor and American football scout for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL).

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Bobby Mattick

Robert James Mattick (December 5, 1915 – December 16, 2004) was a shortstop, manager and scout in Major League Baseball, most notably in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

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Bobby Orr

Robert Gordon Orr, OC (born March 20, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest hockey players of all time.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is a person involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.

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College baseball

College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education.

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Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan.

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Dick Haley

George Richard Haley, Jr. (born October 2, 1937 in Midway, Pennsylvania) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic (República Dominicana) is a sovereign state located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region.

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Edith Houghton

Edith Grace Houghton (February 10, 1912 – February 2, 2013) was an American professional baseball player and scout.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with any club or franchise; i.e., not under contract to any specific team.

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Garnet Bailey

Garnet Edward "Ace" Bailey (June 13, 1948 – September 11, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and scout who was a member of Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup winning teams.

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General manager (baseball)

In Major League Baseball, the general manager (GM) of a team typically controls player transactions and bears the primary responsibility on behalf of the ballclub during contract discussions with players.

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Geoff Twentyman

Geoff Twentyman (19 January 1930 – 16 February 2004) was an English footballer who is mainly remembered for his links with Liverpool Football Club as both a player and as chief scout.

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Håkan Andersson (ice hockey)

Karl Göran Håkan Pihl Andersson (born February 19, 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish amateur hockey scout who currently serves as the Director of European Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Hugh Alexander (baseball)

Hugh Alexander (July 10, 1917 – November 25, 2000) was an American professional baseball player and scout.

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Independent baseball league

An independent baseball league is a professional baseball organization located in the United States and Canada that is not operated in conjunction with either a Major League Baseball team or an affiliated Minor League Baseball team.

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Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Insular area

An insular area of the United States is a U.S. territory that is neither a part of one of the 50 states nor of a Federal district.

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Jack Hixon

Jack Hixon (1920 or 1921 – 20 December 2009) was an English football talent scout.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Joe Devine (scout)

Joe Devine was a former baseball scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees.

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Joe Sugden (baseball)

Joseph Sugden (July 31, 1870 – June 28, 1959) was a professional baseball catcher.

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Jorge Alvial

Jorge Alvial is a Chilean football coach/sports manager and current Manchester United first-team scouting department as international scout for America.

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Kevin Mackey

Kevin Mackey (born August 21, 1946) is a former head coach of men's basketball at Cleveland State University.

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Korea

Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.

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Latin America

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.

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Les Kershaw

Les Kershaw is the former chief scout and Academy Director for Manchester United.

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Liam Brady

William Brady (born 13 February 1956) is an Irish former footballer and assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Major League Baseball draft

The first-year player draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams.

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Major League Baseball Players Association

The Major League Baseball Players Association (or MLBPA) is the collective bargaining representative for all current Major League Baseball players.

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Marco Zunino

Marco Aurelio Zunino Costa (born 12 November 1976) is a Peruvian film, television and stage actor, singer-songwriter and dancer.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Mike Liut

Michael "Mike" Dennis Liut (born January 7, 1956) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender.

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Minor League Baseball

Minor League Baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball (MLB) and provide opportunities for player development and a way to prepare for the major leagues.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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Navy Midshipmen football

The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) college football.

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New Pittsburgh Courier

The New Pittsburgh Courier is a weekly newspaper catering to African Americans, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Paul Krichell

Paul Bernard Krichell (December 19, 1882 – June 4, 1957) was a Major League Baseball catcher, best known for being the head scout for the New York Yankees for 37 years until his death.

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Pierluigi Casiraghi

Pierluigi "Gigi" Casiraghi (born 4 March 1969) is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker.

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Piet de Visser (football manager)

Piet de Visser (born 23 September 1934) is a Dutch football manager and scout.

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Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Professional sports

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance.

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Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port"), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico") and briefly called Porto Rico, is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea.

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Ray Shore

Raymond Everett Shore (June 9, 1921 – August 13, 1996), nicknamed "Snacks", was an American pitcher, coach and scout in Major League Baseball.

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Rich Behm

Rich Behm is a former scouting assistant for the Dallas Cowboys who was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed during the collapse of the team's tent-like practice structure in a severe storm May 2, 2009.

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Secondary school

A secondary school is both an organization that provides secondary education and the building where this takes place.

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Steve Belichick

Stephen Nickolas Belichick (Biličić) (January 7, 1919 – November 19, 2005) was an American football player, coach, and scout.

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Strategy

Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία stratēgia, "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a high-level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty.

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The Sentinel (Staffordshire)

The Sentinel is a daily regional newspaper circulating in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire area.

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Tony Lucadello

Anthony Lucadello (July 30, 1912 - May 8, 1989) was a professional baseball scout for the Chicago Cubs (1943–1957) and Philadelphia Phillies (1957–1989).

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).

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Will Robinson (basketball)

William J. Robinson (June 3, 1911 – April 28, 2008) was an American college basketball coach and scout.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_(sport)

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