Coker may refer to:

• Coker College, a private American college based in Hartsville, South Carolina, United States
• Camp Coker, a Boy Scout Camp located in South Carolina, United States
• Coker Tire, a specialty tire manufacturer
• Coker unit, an oil refinery processing unit
• Coker v. Georgia, a Supreme Court case striking down the death sentence of a defendant convicted of rape
• the cokernel, also referred to as the coker, is a concept in category theory

People[link]

• Alexander Coker, former Chief Inspector of UNMOVIC's Chemical Weapons Team in Iraq (2002-2003)
• Charles W. Coker^[1] (b. 1933; South Carolina, United States), of Sonoco Products Company
• George Thomas Coker (b. 1943; Texas, United States), US Navy aviator and Distinguished Eagle Scout who spent 6.5 years as a Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War
• Henry Coker, American jazz trombonist
• Major James Lide Coker (1837–1913; b. and d. South Carolina, United States), founder of Sonoco Products Company and Coker College
• Jerry Coker, American jazz saxophonist
• John Coker (1789–1851; b. South Carolina, d. Texas, United States), Hero of the Texas Revolution, founder of Coker, Texas.
• Larry Coker (b. 1948; Oklahoma, United States), former head football coach of the University of Miami
• William Chambers Coker (1872–after 1921; b. South Carolina, United States), botanist and founder of Coker Arboretum

Places[link]

• Coker, Alabama, a town in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States
• Coker, Texas, a community located in Bexar County, Texas, United States, located within the city limits of San Antonio
• East Coker, a village and parish in Somerset, England

See also[link]

• Cooker
• Cocker (disambiguation)

References[link]

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John Coker (1789–1851) was a soldier in the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution, noted for a daring action during the Battle of San Jacinto that helped seal the decisive Texian victory.

Biography[link]

John Coker was born in Laurens County, South Carolina. He moved from South Carolina to Texas in 1834 and applied for land in Stephen F. Austin’s colonies (4).

Coker served in the Texas army from March 6 to September 5, 1836. He was a member of Captain Henry Wax Karnes' Company and served in Erastus Deaf Smith’s spy company in the Battle of San Jacinto. He was one of a party of seven men who burned Vince's Bridge and kept Antonio López de Santa Anna’s army from retreat or reinforcement, thus assuring the Texan victory (5).

Young Perry Alsbury, who was also at Vince's Bridge, in an 1858 letter to Congressman Grimes stated “While sitting in our saddles, John Coker, my left file-leader, made the following remark and the suggestions following: "Boys, before many hours we will have one of the damndest, bloodiest fights that ever was fought and I believe it would be a good plan to go and burn that bridge so as not only to impede the advance of reinforcements of the enemy, but it will cut off all chance of retreat of either party (2)."

Deaf Smith knew more about the lay of the land in and around the San Jacinto battle grounds than any man in Sam Houston's army. So when he went to Houston and told him of Coker’s idea that unless the bridge over Vince's Bayou was burned, the enemy could keep on getting reinforcements and, if defeated, Santa Anna would cross the bridge and escape to wait for those reinforcements and come back. Houston agreed with this plan, but said, "You will have to pass within 100 yards (100 m) of the Mexican cavalry and they will cut you to pieces." Smith told him that if he would permit him to take six men, he would burn the bridge or perish in the attempt(4).

Vince's Bridge was not chopped down, as mistakenly stated by some historians, but was instead burned. A larger force would have been required to cut down the massive and lengthy structure in so short a time. After the successful destruction of the bridge was announced to the Texans just before the battle, they knew that there was no chance for retreat for either army. They rushed forward, and in 18 minutes, completely routed the panic-stricken Mexicans (2).

Santa Anna, in his attempted hasty escape from the encircling Texans, soon came to the burned bridge, which he thought was on the headwaters of Buffalo Bayou and his private secretary believed was on the Brazos River. The general was later captured after being significantly delayed by the destroyed structure (5). The others who were with John Coker on that mission were Deaf Smith, Young Perry Alsbury, Denmore W. Reaves, John T. Garner, Moses Lapham and Edwin R. Rainwater.

John Coker was not wounded in the battle but his service record states that at the battle of San Jacinto, John Coker lost a horse valued at $175, when it was shot during the battle (4).

In 1838 in recognition for his service, the Republic of Texas awarded him 1,920 acres (8 km²) in north central Bexar County, where he settled in 1841 and founded Coker Community (2). He is buried in the Coker family plot in the Coker Cemetery (1).

Young Perry Alsbury wrote of John Coker, "He is a man who is second to none in honesty of purpose, valor and patriotism." (2)

See also[link]

• Coker Creek
• Young Perry Alsbury
• Battle of San Jacinto
• John T. Garner
• Moses Lapham
• Edwin R. Rainwater
• Denmore W. Reaves
• Deaf Smith
• Henry Wax Karnes
• Sam Houston
• Antonio López de Santa Anna
• Vicente Filisola
• José de Urrea
• Martín Perfecto de Cos
• Juan Almonte
• Timeline of the Texas Revolution
• Runaway Scrape
• Vince's Bridge
• Coker, Texas
• Republic of Texas

References[link]

• 1. "Coker Community Has Experienced Scope of Area Development" By Susan Goodell
• 2. "Y.P. Alsbury letter" Texas Archives
• 3. "Coker Community Church Facts" By J. William Roten, Bulletin of Coker Community Church.
• 4. "John Coker" A Texas Historical Commission historical marker.
• 5. "Battle of San Jacinto" A Texas Historical Commission historical marker.

External links[link]

• Young Perry Alsbury Letter
• Santa Anna's Letter
• Santa Anna's Account of the Battle
• Account of the battle by Creed Taylor
• San Jacinto
• Vince's Bridge
• John Coker
• John Coker History

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Diego Miranda (born 20 January 1986) is a Paraguayan football striker. He currently plays for Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy in Argentina.

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Bob Lenarduzzi

Personal information
Full name	Robert Italo Lenarduzzi
Date of birth	(1955-05-01) May 1, 1955 (age 57)
Place of birth	Vancouver, Canada
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1970–1973	Reading	67	(2)
1974–1984	Vancouver Whitecaps	288	(31)
1979–1980	Los Angeles Aztecs (indoor)	12	(2)
1984–1986	Tacoma Stars	96	(16)
1987–1988	Vancouver 86ers
National team
1973–1987	Canada	47	(4)
Teams managed
1987–1993	Vancouver 86ers
1993–1998	Canada
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Robert Italo ("Bob") Lenarduzzi, OBC (born 1 May 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former North American Soccer League star, Canadian international, and coach of the Canadian national and olympic soccer teams. He is currently President of Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Club career[link]

A midfielder/defender, Lenarduzzi began his professional playing career at age 15 as a youth with Reading in the English Football League and went on to play 67 first-team games with the club, and scored two goals. Lenarduzzi then joined the NASL Vancouver Whitecaps in 1974 in the team's first season. He played 11 seasons until the Whitecaps last season in 1984, when the league folded. Lenarduzzi holds the record for most games played in the league, with 312. Lenarduzzi played all eleven positions during his tenure with the team. He was also voted NASL North American player of the year in 1978. The Whitecaps won the NASL Soccer Bowl championship in 1979. In 1984, Lenarduzzi joined the Tacoma Stars of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He spent two seasons with them before moving to the Vancouver 86ers of the Canadian Soccer League in 1986 to become the team's Executive Director. In 1987, he returned to the field as a player and a coach with the 86ers.

National team playing career[link]

Lenarduzzi earned 47 caps playing for Canada. He played all the country's matches both as the squad progressed to the quarterfinals of the 1984 Summer Olympics and as it participated in the first round of the 1986 World Cup finals.

Coaching career[link]

Lenarduzzi resumed his pro career in 1987 as a player/coach with the newly formed Vancouver 86ers of the newly founded Canadian Soccer League. After retiring permanently from playing in September 1988, he continued to coach the 86ers for the next five seasons. He led the franchise to an unprecedented four consecutive CSL titles from 1988 to 1991. His team set a record for professional North American sports teams when the team went 46 games unbeaten between June 6, 1988 and August 8, 1989. His 86ers career totals of 96wins-24loses-28ties makes him the winningest coach in Vancouver professional sports history.

Canada national team[link]

Lenarduzzi became head coach of the men's national team in 1993. In his first of two bids to see Canada back through to a World Cup finals, his squad twice came close but failed to progress to the 1994 finals. First they lost at home to Mexico despite scoring the game's first goal in a game with which Canada could have gone through to the finals with a win. (See 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF).) As CONCACAF qualifying winners-up, Canada then lost the away leg to Australia in a match decided by penalty kicks that saw the winner of the home-and-away series go on to play Argentina in a home-and-away series for a finals spot (won by Argentina).

In qualifying for the 1998 finals, Canada failed to finish in the top three of a six-nation CONCACAF final qualifying round league tournament and progress. (See 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF).) Lenarduzzi subsequently resigned his post in 1997.

Administrative career[link]

Lenarduzzi served as 86ers general manager from 1988 to 1993. He resumed the post in 1998 and was named the A-League's executive of the year for 2000. In 2001 he also assumed the position of the Whitecaps Head of Soccer Operations. (The 86ers changed their name to Whitecaps in 2001.)

During the 2008 MLS season Lenarduzzi served as colour commentator during CBC 'sToronto FC broadcasts before Jason DeVos arrived to fill the position on a more permanent basis.

Honours[link]

In 2001, Lenarduzzi was inducted as a player into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia. In 2003, he was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame. Lenarduzzi was voted one of the Top 30 Players of the Century in the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) region.

External links[link]

• The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum (Ontario) run by the OSA with an induction profile of Lenarduzzi
• National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum (in the U.S.) with its 2003 induction page on Lenarduzzi

Canada squads v t e Canada squad – 1984 Summer Olympics 1 Lettieri 2 Lenarduzzi 3 Wilson 4 Moore 5 Bridge 6 Ragan 7 Norman 8 Gray 9 Garraway 10 Mitchell 11 Sweeney 12 Vrablic 14 De Luca 15 James 16 Catliff 17 Martin 22 Habermann Coach: Waiters v t e Canada squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Lettieri 2 Lenarduzzi 3 Wilson (c) 4 Ragan 5 Moore 6 Bridge 7 Valentine 8 Gray 9 Šegota 10 Vrablic 11 Sweeney 12 Samuel 13 Pakos 14 Mitchell 15 James 16 Ion 17 Norman 18 Lowery 19 De Luca 20 Miller 21 Habermann 22 Dolan Coach: Waiters v t e Canada squad – 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Forrest 2 Yallop 3 Concina 4 Dasovic 5 Samuel 6 Miller 7 Limniatis 8 Hooper 9 Bunbury 10 Aunger 11 Scott 12 Peschisolido 13 Thompson 14 Mobilio 15 Berdusco 16 Watson 17 Fenwick 18 Onstad Coach: Lenarduzzi v t e Canada squad – 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Forrest 2 Yallop 4 Fraser 6 Miller 7 Radzinski 8 Hooper 9 Bunbury 11 Kouzmanis 12 Corazzin 14 Aunger 15 Limniatis 16 Holness 20 Thompson 23 Fletcher 25 Fenwick Dolan Carter Dugas Coach: Lenarduzzi