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Donald McLean III is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist,known to fans as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail". He is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie",an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". His other hit singles include "Vincent","Dreidel","Castles in the Air",and "Wonderful Baby",as well as renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You".
Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. Many of his novels have been adapted to film,most notably The Guns of Navarone (1957) and Ice Station Zebra (1963). In the late 1960s,encouraged by film producer Elliott Kastner,MacLean began to write original screenplays,concurrently with an accompanying novel. The most successful was the first of these,the 1968 film Where Eagles Dare,which was also a bestselling novel. MacLean also published two novels under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. His books are estimated to have sold over 150 million copies,making him one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time.
MacLean,also spelt McLean,is a Scottish Gaelic surname,Eóin being a Gaelic form of Johannes (John). The clan surname is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic "Mac Gille Eathain",a patronymic meaning "son of Gillean". Gillean means "the Servant of [Saint] John [the Baptist]"),named for Gilleathain na Tuaidh,known as "Gillian of the Battleaxe",a famous 5th century warrior.
The Australian Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the Australian Chess Federation and held every two years. The tournament is largely restricted to Australian chess players,although it is common to allow a small number of strong overseas players to compete. The highest-scoring eligible player holds the title of Australian Chess Champion until the next tournament is held. The tournament format is normally a restricted Swiss system,and in case of a tie for first place,a playoff match or tournament is conducted.
Wolf Creek is a 2005 Australian horror film written,co-produced and directed by Greg McLean and starring John Jarratt,Nathan Phillips,Cassandra Magrath and Kestie Morassi. Its plot concerns three backpackers who find themselves taken captive and subsequently hunted by Mick Taylor,a serial killer,in the Australian outback. The film was ambiguously marketed as being "based on true events",while its plot bore elements reminiscent of the real-life murders of backpackers by Ivan Milat in the 1990s and Bradley Murdoch in 2001,both of which McLean used as inspiration for the screenplay.
Michael "Magic" McLean is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club,Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
The South African cricket team toured England in the 1955 season to play a five-match Test series against England. England won the series 3–2 with no matches drawn.
The South Africa national cricket team toured Australia in the 1952–53 season and played five Test matches against Australia. The series was drawn 2–2,the first time a rubber between the two sides had not been won by Australia.
Outsider is a 1988 oil and acrylic painting by post-modern Indigenous Australian artist Gordon Bennett. The painting focuses on issues of the increasing isolation Indigenous Australians feel in their own country,with the date the painting was painted in (1988) being the bicentennial anniversary of white settlement in Australia.
Ian McLean was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League,(VFL).
Between July 1947 and March 1948 the Australia national rugby union team –the Wallabies –conducted a world tour encompassing Ceylon,Britain,Ireland,France and the United States on which they played five Tests and thirty-six minor tour matches. It was the first such tour in twenty years,since that of the 1927–28 Waratahs,as the 1939–40 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland tour had been thwarted by World War II. They were known as the Third Wallabies.
Allan Robert Charles McLean was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Affectionately referred to as "Big Bob" McLean,he later became a long-serving football administrator in South Australia. He was also a good cricketer,representing South Australia in the Sheffield Shield and topped the Australian bowling and batting averages in 1947.
Ian or Iain MacLean or McLean may refer to:
The 1981–82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a series of matches played by the Australia national rugby union team. The touring team played twenty-three matches between October 1981 and January 1982,winning sixteen games,drawing one and losing six. The scheduled final game,against the Barbarians,was cancelled due to heavy snow.
The 1975–76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a series of matches played by the Australia national rugby union team. The team was referred to as the "Sixth Wallabies",although they were actually only the fifth Australian touring team to undertake a full tour of Britain &Ireland;the "Second Wallabies" of 1939–40 had to return home without playing a game when the World War II broke out.
Two for Danger is a 1940 British crime film directed by George King and starring Barry K. Barnes,Greta Gynt and Ian McLean.
Admiral Percival Henry Hall-Thompson was a Royal Navy officer who played a key role in the development of the New Zealand Naval Forces and also served in the First World War as commander of HMS Philomel. He went on to be First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff.
Claire McLean is an Australian Paralympic cyclist and paratriathlete. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics when paratriathlon made its debut at the Paralympics.
The South African Fezela XI was a team of young South African cricketers who toured England in 1961 under the captaincy of the Test player Roy McLean. Several of the team later went on to play leading parts in the revival of South Africa’s cricket fortunes in the 1960s.
Ian McLean was an English stage and film actor. He is sometimes credited as Ian Maclean. He played supporting roles in around thirty British films,frequently playing police officers.
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- ↑ "Ian McLean". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
