This week’s connections are inspired by the hero of the hour, Andrew Flintoff, who is one of only two English-born men to have batted in all five days of a test match...
1...the other being Geoffrey Boycott (who also has a wife named Rachael), who has supported the UK Independence party…
2… as has Sir Patrick Moore, who was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF in WWII, as was Arthur C. Clarke…
3…who has a dinosaur named after him, as does Miles Davis…
4…who was the first man to be interviewed in Playboy magazine, where his interviewer was Alex Haley…
5…who leapt to fame when he ghost-wrote the Autobiography of Malcolm X…
6…who was one of the two most prominent civil rights leaders of the 1960s, the other being Martin Luther King…
7…who inspired a song (Freedom Train) by the great Kate Campbell, as did Joe Louis…
8…who is buried in Arlington National Cemetery right next to Lee “Wandrin’ Star” Marvin…
9…who trained as a plumber, as did Sir Tom Finney…
10…who is a Freeman of the City of Preston, just like Freddie Flintoff.
Right up to number 8 I thought you weren't going to get there. And that despite being a PNE supporter. Very elegant (the circle, and Tom Finney, not me).
Posted by: Tom | March 23, 2006 at 01:20 PM
This exercise is rather silly, but you get big props for mentioning Tom Finney. (And, indirectly, introducing me to Tom of Whimsley.)
Posted by: Phil | March 23, 2006 at 04:13 PM
I'm beginning to worry about you... Good stuff, though, these.
Posted by: Nosemonkey | March 23, 2006 at 04:35 PM
Well thank you Phil. I have now added "existing actually" to my bloglines subscriptions.
Posted by: Tom | March 24, 2006 at 02:01 AM
Allan Lamb not English enough for you, Chris?
Posted by: Paul Davies | March 24, 2006 at 10:57 AM
Sorry Paul, I said English-born. And Langebaanweg ain't in England:
http://www.cricket-online.org/player.php?player_id=1621
And have you heard his accent on those adverts?
Mind you, he has scored more runs in test cricket than any other player who has failed to make 150 in a single innings.
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