Alice Brady was an American actress who began her career in the silent film era and survived the transition into talkies. She worked until six months before her death from cancer in 1939. Her films include My Man Godfrey (1936), in which she plays the flighty mother of Carole Lombard's character, and In Old Chicago (1937) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In baseball, a double play is the act of making two outs during the same continuous play. The double play is defined in the Official Rules in the Definitions of Terms, and for the official scorer in Rule 9.11. Double plays can occur any time there is at least one baserunner and less than two outs.
Frank Leroy Chance was an American professional baseball player. A first baseman, Chance played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees from 1898 through 1914. He also served as manager of the Cubs, Yankees, and Boston Red Sox.
Frank Borzage was an American film director and actor, most remembered for directing 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), Man's Castle (1933), and The Mortal Storm (1940).
Anna Quirentia Nilsson was a Swedish-American actress who achieved success in American silent movies. She predates fellow Swedish born actresses Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a Broadway play that debuted at the Little Theatre on West 44th Street, New York City, on October 31, 1912. Based on the stories by the Brothers Grimm, it was produced by Winthrop Ames who had written it under the pseudonym "Jessie Braham White." The play met with favorable reviews and became the basis for the 1916 film, Snow White.
In trick-taking card games like bridge, the beer card is the seven of diamonds playing card when it is agreed that, if a player wins the last trick of a hand with the ♦7, his partner must buy him a beer. It is not considered as part of the rules of these games, but an optional and informal side-bet between players. This practice is likely originated from Danish Tarot or Skat in the middle of the 20th century.
The 1916 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the ninth season of Sydney’s top-level professional rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in a grand final between Balmain and South Sydney.
The following tables include various statistics for players on the United States men's national soccer team from the team's inception in 1916 through the March 21, 2019 game with Ecuador.
Eric George Adolph Erickson , sometimes known by the nickname "Swat, was a Swedish-born baseball pitcher. He played professional baseball for 12 years from 1914 to 1925, including seven years in Major League Baseball with the New York Giants (1914), Detroit Tigers, and Washington Senators (1919–1922). He compiled a career win-loss record of 34-57 with a 3.85 earned run average (ERA). He is the only Swedish-born player in MLB history to appear in more than 1 or 2 games.
George Tintle was a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who played the first two U.S. national team games in 1916. He spent at least ten seasons in the National Association Football League and two in the first American Soccer League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
The 1876–77 Football Association Challenge Cup was the sixth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Thirty-seven teams entered, five more than the previous season, although five of the thirty-seven never played a match.
Hugh McNeal Blacklock was an American football player. He played college football at the tackle and fullback positions at Michigan Agricultural College from 1913 to 1916. He also played seven years in the National Football League at the tackle, guard and center positions in the National Football League. He played for the Decatur Staleys, the Chicago Staleys, the Chicago Bears and the Brooklyn Lions.
Alberto Ohaco (1889-1950) was an Argentine footballer who played for Racing Club de Avellaneda. He won seven league titles and is considered to have been one of the greatest Argentine footballers of all time.
Chance Warmack is an American football guard who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans tenth overall in the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Alabama, and earned All-American honors.
J.C. Williamson Film Company was a movie making unit of the theatrical firm J.C. Williamson, which produced a number of feature films during 1914-1918.
The 1916 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) in the 1916 college football season. In their first year under head coach Dutch Sommer, the Aggies compiled a 4–2–1 record and outscored their opponents 126 to 26.
The London Film Company was a British film production company active during the silent era. Founded in 1913, the company emerged as one of the dominant forces in production during the First World War. With strong financial backing the company constructed the Twickenham Studios, then the largest in Britain, and began production of feature films as these were displacing short films as the dominant form. Two of the company's key early directors were Americans Harold Shaw and George Loane Tucker. Later Maurice Elvey made a number of films for the studio.
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