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  2. Gene Tapia - Wikipedia

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    Gene Tapia. Eugene "Gene" H. Tapia (March 16, 1925 – April 12, 2005) was an American race car driver from Mobile, Alabama. [1] He competed in four NASCAR Grand National Series races, [1] but he is best known for racing in the #327 supermodified. He was nicknamed the "King of the Supermodifieds."

  3. Sidney Phillips - Wikipedia

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    Sidney Clarke Phillips, Jr. (September 2, 1924 – September 26, 2015) was a United States Marine, family practice physician, and author from Mobile, Alabama. He provided source material and interviews for the making of Ken Burns ' PBS documentary film The War and the HBO miniseries The Pacific. His recollections revolve around his time as a ...

  4. History of Mobile, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    History of Alabama. Mobile was founded as the capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702 and remained a part of New France for over 60 years. During 1720, when France warred with Spain, Mobile was on the battlefront, so the capital moved west to Biloxi. [1] In 1763, Britain took control of the colony following their victory in the Seven Years ...

  5. Bobby Ussery - Wikipedia

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    Bobby Ussery. Robert Nelson Ussery (September 3, 1935 – November 16, 2023) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing hall of fame jockey. [1] His first race as a professional jockey came at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on November 22, 1951, where he rode Reticule to victory in the Thanksgiving Handicap. [2]

  6. List of people from Mobile, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Michael Knight, university professor and author. William March, author and World War I veteran. William P. McGivern, author. Albert Murray, Author. John Travis Nixon, newspaper publisher in Monroe and Crowley, Louisiana; formerly worked as a journalist in Mobile; died in Mobile in 1909 [ 2] Michelle Richmond, author.

  7. Racing Post - Wikipedia

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    Launched on 15 April 1986, [1] the Racing Post is a daily national print and digital publisher specializing in the British horse racing industry and horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting. The paper was founded by UAE (United Arab Emirates) Prime Minister and Sheikh of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , a racehorse owner, and edited by Graham Rock, who was replaced by ...

  8. George E. McNally - Wikipedia

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    George Edward McNally (December 24, 1923 — December 16, 1987) was an American lawyer, soldier, politician and bureaucrat. Born and educated in Illinois, he became a community leader in Mobile, Alabama and its first Republican mayor elected since Reconstruction, after winning election as the city's Public Safety Commissioner in the 1960s.

  9. Charles S. Trimmier - Wikipedia

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    Charles Stephen Trimmier (October 25, 1918 – January 23, 1967) was a Mobile, Alabama -area community leader and politician who served one term as the city's Public Works Commissioner (1961-1965), during which he also served two one-year terms as the city's Mayor. Both of his terms as Mayor of Mobile were when the title was co-extensive with ...