Swoope (surname)

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Swoope is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Craig Avery Swoope, Sr., is a former professional American football player who played collegiately for the University of Illinois, and in 3 NFL seasons from 1986 to 1988 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts. He was a second-team All-American and four-time All-Big Ten selection for the Illini, and as of 2009 is third all-time on Illinois' career interceptions list.

Erik Swoope American football player

Erik Swoope is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He played college basketball at Miami, and despite never having played organized football, was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent after the 2014 NFL Draft.

Lawrence Allen Swoope II, mononymously-known as Swoope, is an American hip hop singer-songwriter and producer born and raised in Akron, Ohio. He was a member of the rap collective W.L.A.K. and High Society with Sho Baraka.

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Swoope, Virginia Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

Swoope(pronounced S-W-O-P-E) is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. Swoope is located on State Routes 703 and 860 7.4 miles (11.9 km) west of Staunton. Swoope has a post office with ZIP code 24479, which opened on March 6, 1838. Polyface Farm, a sustainable farm run by Joel Salatin, is also near Swoope.

Sheryl Swoopes American basketball player

Sheryl Denise Swoopes is a retired American professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game. Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals, and is one of ten women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship and a WNBA title. She was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2017, she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Buffalo Gap High School

Buffalo Gap High School (BGHS) is a public school located in Swoope, Virginia. BGHS is locally renowned for offering a broad-based high school education that enables students from all backgrounds to develop a level of competence in the humanities and the sciences. The Buffalo Gap class of 2007 scored higher in all SAT categories than every public school in Augusta County and inlying cities. The school draws its name from the nearby Buffalo Gap.

William Irvin Swoope was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Jacob Swoope was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician from Virginia.

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The 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Swoop (Philadelphia Eagles)

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Tyrone Swoopes American football player

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