Robert V. Whitlow, the Glossary
Robert V. Whitlow (November 7, 1918 – July 11, 1997) was an American military officer, football coach, university athletic director, and sports club executive.[1]
Table of Contents
51 relations: Aerospace Defense Command, Air Force Falcons, Air Force Falcons football, Air Medal, Air Staff (United States), American football, Army Black Knights football, Arnold Tucker, Athletic director, Buck Shaw, Calwa, California, Chicago Cubs, College football, College of Coaches, Colonel (United States), Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Distinguished Flying Cross (United States), Doc Blanchard, Eighth Air Force Scouting Forces, Fairfax High School (Los Angeles), Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Heroic Military Academy, James E. Briggs, John Holland (baseball executive), Letterman (sports), Los Angeles Times, McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, Mexico City, Military decorations of Mexico, National Football League, Navy Midshipmen, New York Giants (baseball), North American P-51 Mustang, Pasadena Bowl, Philadelphia Eagles, Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL), Phoenix, Arizona, Pitcher, Randolph Air Force Base, Silver Star, Tackle (gridiron football position), The Pentagon, United States Air Force, United States Air Force Academy, United States Military Academy, University of California, Los Angeles, West Traverse Township, Michigan, World War II, 1955 Air Force Falcons football team, 1955 college football season, ... Expand index (1 more) »
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Aerospace Defense Command
Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States.
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Air Force Falcons
The Air Force Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Air Force Academy, located in El Paso County, Colorado north of Colorado Springs.
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The Air Force Falcons football program represents the United States Air Force Academy in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level.
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Air Medal
The Air Medal (AM) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces.
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Air Staff (United States)
The Air Staff is one of the Department of the Air Force's two statutorily designated headquarters staffs: the other staff is the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, also known as the Secretariat.
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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
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The Army Black Knights football team, historically known as the Army Cadets, represents the United States Military Academy in college football.
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Arnold Tucker
Young Arnold Tucker (January 5, 1924 – January 10, 2019) was a United States Air Force officer who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1947. Robert V. Whitlow and Arnold Tucker are Army Black Knights football coaches and Army Black Knights football players.
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Athletic director
An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and related staff involved in athletic programs.
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Buck Shaw
Lawrence Timothy "Buck" Shaw (March 28, 1899 – March 19, 1977) was an American football player and coach. Robert V. Whitlow and Buck Shaw are air Force Falcons football coaches.
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Calwa, California
Calwa (formerly, Calwa City) is an unincorporated census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States.
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Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.
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College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.
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College of Coaches
The College of Coaches was an unorthodox baseball organizational practice employed by the National League's Chicago Cubs in and.
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Colonel (United States)
A colonel in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general.
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.
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Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces.
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Doc Blanchard
Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard (December 11, 1924 – April 19, 2009) was an American football player and serviceman who became the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award, and was the first football player to win the James E. Sullivan Award, all in 1945. Robert V. Whitlow and Doc Blanchard are Army Black Knights football coaches, Army Black Knights football players and United States Air Force officers.
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Eighth Air Force Scouting Forces
The Scouting Forces were several fighter flights formed by Eighth Air Force during World War II with a mission to check for Anti-Aircraft (flak) sites; weather conditions, and for Luftwaffe interceptor airfields and units in advance of heavy bomber missions over Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany.
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Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)
Fairfax High School (officially Fairfax Senior High School) is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located in Los Angeles, California, near the border of West Hollywood in the Fairfax District.
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Focke-Wulf Fw 190
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed Würger (Shrike) is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II.
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Heroic Military Academy
The Heroic Military College (officially in Heroico Colegio Militar) is the major military educational institution in Mexico.
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James E. Briggs
Lieutenant General James Elbert Briggs (May 5, 1906 – February 25, 1979) was a United States Air Force general who was the second Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy.
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John Holland (baseball executive)
John Davison Holland Jr. (February 18, 1910 – July 15, 1979) was an American baseball executive who served as general manager of the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball from 1956 to 1975. Robert V. Whitlow and John Holland (baseball executive) are Chicago Cubs executives.
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Letterman (sports)
In sports or activities in the United States, a letterman is a high school or college student who has met a specified level of participation or performance on a varsity team.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter designed and produced by the American McDonnell Aircraft Corporation.
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Mexico City
Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.
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Military decorations of Mexico
This is a list of military decorations awarded by the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) as part of the Mexican Honours System.
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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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Navy Midshipmen
The Navy Midshipmen are the athletic teams that represent the United States Naval Academy.
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New York Giants (baseball)
The New York Giants were a Major League Baseball team in the National League that began play in the season as the New York Gothams and became known as the Giants in.
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North American P-51 Mustang
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts.
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Pasadena Bowl
The Pasadena Bowl, known as the Junior Rose Bowl or Little Rose Bowl from 1946 to 1966 and again in 1976 and 1977, was a college football bowl game.
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Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia.
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Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL)
The Phoenix Roadrunners were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League.
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020.
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Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk.
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Randolph Air Force Base
Randolph Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located at Universal City, Texas (east-northeast of Downtown San Antonio).
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Silver Star
The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat.
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A tackle is a playing position in American football.
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The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
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United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs.
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United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy (USMA), also referred to metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York.
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University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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West Traverse Township, Michigan
West Traverse Township is a civil township of Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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The 1955 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy as an independent during the 1955 college football season.
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The 1955 college football season was the 87th season of intercollegiate football in the United States.
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458th Air Expeditionary Group
The 458th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe to activate or inactivate as needed.
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See also
Air Force Falcons athletic directors
- Francis E. Merritt
- George B. Simler
- Hans Mueh
- Jim Knowlton
- John J. Clune
- Nathan Pine
- Randy Spetman
- Robert V. Whitlow
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_V._Whitlow
Also known as Robert Whitlow (American football), Robert Whitlow (football coach).