Red Rolfe
Third baseman
Born: (1908-10-17)October 17, 1908 Penacook, New Hampshire
Died: July 8, 1969(1969-07-08) (aged 60) Gilford, New Hampshire
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 29, 1931 for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1942 for the New York Yankees
Career statistics
Batting average	.289
Hits	1,394
Runs batted in	497
Teams
New York Yankees (1931, 1934–1942)
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Star selection (1937, 1938, 1939, 1940) 5× World Series champion (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941)

Robert Abial "Red" Rolfe (October 17, 1908 – July 8, 1969) was an American third baseman, manager and front-office executive in Major League Baseball. A native of Penacook, New Hampshire, he is one of the most prominent players to come from the Granite State. Rolfe, a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, also was an Ivy Leaguer: a graduate, then long-time athletic director of Dartmouth College, and (from 1943–46) baseball and basketball coach at Yale University.

During his playing career, Rolfe was the starting third baseman on the New York Yankees of the late 1930s. The "Bronx Bombers" of Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing won American League pennants from 1936–39 and took all four World Series in which they appeared, winning 16 games and losing only three in Fall Classic play over that span. Rolfe played 10 major league seasons, all with New York, batting .289 in 1,175 games. His finest season came in 1939, when he amassed 213 hits, 139 runs scored, and 46 doubles while hitting .329 with 14 home runs and 80 runs batted in. He retired following the 1942 season.

After his four-year coaching stint at Yale, Rolfe coached the Toronto Huskies of the BAA in 1946-1947 and returned to the Yankees as a coach. After the 1947 season, Rolfe joined the Detroit Tigers as director of their farm system. But he returned to the field after only one season, when he succeeded Steve O'Neill as Tiger manager after the 1948 campaign.

In 1949, Rolfe's first season as manager, the Tigers improved by nine games and returned to the first division. Then, in 1950, they nearly upset the Yankees, winning 95 games and finishing second, three games behind. A fluke botched double play was the team's undoing. Late in September at Cleveland, the Indians had the bases loaded in the tenth inning with one out and the score tied. Visibility was poor because smoke from Canadian forest fires was blowing across Lake Erie. On an apparent 3-2-3 double-play grounder to first base, Detroit catcher Aaron Robinson thought he simply needed to touch home plate for a force play to retire the Indians baserunner charging in from third. But in the smoky conditions Robinson had not seen that a putout had already been made at first base, necessitating that the catcher tag the runner, not the plate, to record an out. Robinson mistakenly tagged the plate, the run counted and Cleveland won the game. It was the turning point in the pennant race, for the postwar Tigers, and for Rolfe's managerial career.

Beset by an aging starting rotation, the Tigers faltered in 1951, slipping to 73 wins and finishing fifth, 25 games behind New York. Then Detroit completely unraveled in 1952, winning only 23 of 72 games under Rolfe. On July 5, he was fired and replaced by one of his pitchers, Fred Hutchinson. The 1952 club won only 50 games, losing 104 – the first time ever that the Tigers lost 100+ games.

Rolfe then returned to Dartmouth as the athletic director of his alma mater from 1954-67. The college's baseball diamond is named in his honor. Rolfe died at Gilford, New Hampshire, in 1969 at age 60 from chronic colitis.

See also[link]

Biography portal

• List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
• List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
• List of Major League Baseball triples champions

External links[link]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• Red Rolfe at Find a Grave

Benjamin Albert Rolfe (October 24, 1879 - April 23, 1956) was an American musician known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder" who went on to be a bandleader, recording artist, radio personality and film producer.

Born in Brasher, New York, Rolfe was the son of a music director. At a young age he played the piccolo and cornet in his father's band, touring the U.S. East Coast as well as Europe. After high school, he worked as a musical clown in a traveling circus until joining the Majestic Theater Orchestra in Utica, New York. His work led to a position at the Utica Conservatory of Music where he was head of the brass instrument department. However, drawn back to show business, in the early part of the 20th century, he worked in vaudeville, producing a revue and serving as bandleader.

Silent film career[link]

In 1915, B.A. Rolfe turned his talents to the fledgling motion picture business, establishing his own production company, Rolfe Photoplays Inc. Although he filmed in California, Rolfe's productions were primarily made in and around Fort Lee, New Jersey and distributed through an agreement with Louis B. Mayer's Metro Pictures Corporation. Rolfe's company produced more than fifty silent films, several of which were collaborations with director/screenwriter Oscar A.C. Lund including the 1916 drama Dorian's Divorce starring Lionel Barrymore.

His film company's last production was the 15-part mystery serial, The Master Mystery (1919), starring Harry Houdini. Mounting financial difficulties resulted in Rolfe Photoplays Inc. going out of business and before 1920 he was making a living producing and directing films for Metro Pictures and other small independent production companies. Rolfe's last directorial effort was Miss 139 (1921), notable in that he managed to get a credible performance from star Diana Allen, the less than talented but dazzlingly beautiful former Ziegfeld Follies girl.

Radio[link]

B.A. Rolfe's The Master Mystery (1919)

After leaving the film business, B.A. Rolfe quickly reestablished himself as a performing soloist, music instructor and vaudeville producer. He worked with Vincent Lopez in 1924 and 1925.^[1] Inspired by Paul Whiteman, by 1926 he had assembled his own New York City dance orchestra to perform at a Broadway cabaret called the Palais D'Or. Soon billed as "B.A. Rolfe (Trumpet Virtuoso) and his Palais D'Or Orchestra," by 1928 he was performing on radio and recording as "B.A. Rolfe and his Lucky Strike Orchestra" for Edison Records.

In 1935-36, Rolfe was the leader of The Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra. His radio broadcasts ran until the late 1930s during which time he and his orchestra played music with the sponsorship of Believe It or Not! on NBC. Rolfe also narrated the shows, providing an on-air description of a Robert Ripley tale of wonder. With the onset of World War II, Rolfe organized an all-female orchestra to perform patriotic songs.

Death[link]

At the age of 76, he died of cancer in Walpole, Massachusetts.

Listen to[link]

• WFMU: Thomas Edison's Attic: B. A. Rolfe and his Palais D'or Orchestra with vocalist J. Donald Parker: "One Summer Night" (1927) (19 minutes in)

See also[link]

• Your Hit Parade

References[link]

1. ^ AMG, B.A. Rolfe Biography

External links[link]

• B. A. Rolfe at the Internet Movie Database
• Rolfe Photoplays at the Internet Movie Database

Mark Mothersbaugh
Mothersbaugh in concert, 2001
Background information
Birth name	Mark Allen Mothersbaugh
Born	(1950-05-18) May 18, 1950 (age 62)
Origin	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations	Musician, Singer, Composer, Painter
Instruments	Vocals, Synthesizer, Guitar, Keyboards, Minimoog, Mellotron, Omnichord
Years active	1972–present
Associated acts	Devo

Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (/ˈmʌðərzbɔː/; born May 18, 1950) is an American musician, composer, singer and painter. He is the co-founder of the new wave band Devo and has been its lead singer since 1972. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games.

Career[link]

Mothersbaugh attended Kent State as an art student, where he met Devo co-founders Jerry Casale and Bob Lewis. In early 1970, Lewis and Casale formed the idea of the "devolution" of the human race; Mothersbaugh, intrigued by the concept, joined them, building upon it with elements of early poststructuralist ideas and oddball arcana, most notably unearthing the infamous Jocko-Homo Heavenbound pamphlet (the basis for the song Jocko Homo). This culminated in 1973, when the trio started to play music as Devo.

Since Devo, Mothersbaugh developed a successful career writing musical scores for film and television. In film, Mothersbaugh has worked frequently with filmmaker Wes Anderson, and scored most of his feature films (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou).^[1]

His music has been a staple of the children's television shows Rugrats, Beakman's World, Santo Bugito and Clifford the Big Red Dog. He also wrote the new theme song for the original Felix the Cat show when it was sold to Broadway Video, some music for Pee-Wee's Playhouse in 1990 and the theme song for the Super Mario World TV series for DiC Entertainment in 1991.

Mothersbaugh and Casale have also produced much of Toni Basil's music.

Mothersbaugh is also known for his music in video games including Sony's Crash Bandicoot series, the Jak and Daxter series, and EA Games's The Sims 2. This work is often performed with Mutato Muzika, the music production company he formed with several other former members of Devo including his brother, Bob Mothersbaugh.

Mothersbaugh composed "Having Trouble Sneezing", the distinctive music heard in the award-winning "Get a Mac" commercials for Apple Inc.^[2]

Mark Mothersbaugh composed the score for the first season of the television series Big Love. Mark Mothersbaugh was replaced after one season by David Byrne of Talking Heads. Mark Mothersbaugh also composed the theme music for the American television show Eureka broadcast on the SyFy channel.

He currently hosts a drawing segment on Nick Jr's television series, Yo Gabba Gabba! called Mark's Magic Pictures, teaching children how to draw simple pictures that often come alive at the end of the segment. He also currently composes the score of the Cartoon Network TV series Regular Show, whose style and attitude is partly an homage to the Wes Anderson films Mark has worked on.

Personal life[link]

At the age of seven, he was taken to the optometrist, where he obtained his first pair of glasses and saw the world properly for the first time. He designs his own distinctive eyewear and they are made for him by a Los Angeles, California shop called LA Eyeworks.^[3]

After truly "experiencing" the world for the first time when his vision was corrected, Mothersbaugh started to draw, and his second grade teacher praised his work. That same night he had dreamed of being a famous artist. In addition to music, Mothersbaugh still paints – in a style influenced by surrealism and Andy Warhol.

He graduated from Woodridge High School of Peninsula, Ohio.

Mothersbaugh has been married to his wife Anita since the early '90s and they have two adopted daughters, Hope and Margaret. They all share three pugs.

Mark Mothersbaugh was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 2004 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music.^[4]

On May 10, 2008, Mothersbaugh was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Kent State University.^[5]

Soundtracks[link]

Bibliography[link]

• My Struggle (as Booji Boy)
• What I Know, Vol. 1
• Beautiful Mutants
• Rugrats (season 2-4 with Denis M. Hannigan) (Season 5-9 with Bob Mothersbaugh or Rusty Andrews)

Solo Discography[link]

• Muzik for Insomniacs (Cassette, 1987)
  • Later released on CD as Muzik for Insomniacs, Vol. 1 and Muzik for Insomniacs, Vol. 2 in 1988 by Rykodisc
• Muzik for the Gallery (LP, 1987)
• Joyeux Mutato (CD 1999)
• The Most Powerful Healing Muzik in the Entire World (6-CD Set, 2005)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mark Mothersbaugh at the Internet Movie Database
• Video Interview with Mark
• Fecal Face Interview Jan 2008. Very in depth interview
• Video Podcast Interview by Weird America Podcast
• Interview, April 25, 2001 at liveDaily.com Retrieved September 5, 2007
• Professional Website
• "Devo Live Guide" – Comprehensive guide to Devo's live performances
• Extensive interview from 1998
• Visual art website and gallery
• Home Front Invasion-Wartime Interview with Mark Mothersbaugh by Orhan Ayyüce for Archinect, Dec.2007
• Mark Mothersbaugh at Allmusic

Rolfe R. Kent (born 1963) is a British film score composer.

Biography[link]

Kent was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. He attended St Albans School, then graduated in Psychology (BSc) from the University of Leeds in 1986. 1986-1988 he taught psychology at Leeds Polytechnic (now Leeds Metropolitan University) before moving to London to concentrate on film scoring.

Rolfe currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the "Best Original Score" category for Sideways. He also composed the music for the movies The Men Who Stare at Goats, Wedding Crashers, Legally Blonde, About Schmidt, Freaky Friday, Election, Kate & Leopold, The Matador, 17 Again, Reign Over Me, Thank You for Smoking, The Hunting Party, The Lucky Ones, Gun Shy, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and Up in the Air. In addition, he composed the theme song to the Showtime Original Series Dexter, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music.

External links[link]

• Official site
• Rolfe Kent at the Internet Movie Database

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Alexandra "Alex" Cottier (born 6 December 1973) is an English former international footballer. As well as the England women's national football team, Cottier played FA Women's Premier League football for clubs including Croydon and Arsenal.

Club career[link]

Cottier joined Croydon from Brighton in 1994. A versatile left–sided player, she performed as a striker, winger and defender in Croydon's League and Cup double winning team in 1996.^[1]

In 2001–02 Cottier was on the books of Arsenal Ladies.^[2] She rejoined Southampton during the season.^[3]

In November 2003 Cottier quit relegated Southampton to sign for Bristol Rovers.^[4] Rovers manager Tony Ricketts said of Cottier: "Her experience of top flight football will be invaluable to us, as will the fact that she can play either in centre midfield or at centre half – those are two areas where we've been vulnerable since the start of the season."^[5]

Cottier signed for Andover New Street Ladies in summer 2008.^[6]

International career[link]

Cottier represented England at senior level.

References[link]