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George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946), nicknamed "The Iceman", was a Canadian thoroughbred race horse jockey. An annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild is named in his honor. He became known for riding the people's champion Seabiscuit to victories in 1938.
George Costello Wolfe (born September 23, 1954) is an American playwright and director of theater and film. He won a Tony Award in 1993 for directing Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and another Tony Award in 1996 for his direction of the musical Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk.
George Woolf. “Horses are in my blood,” said George Woolf, one of the greatest jockeys ever. “I’ll be with them until I die.”. The jockey was right on both counts. His father, a ...
Apr 3, 2021 · He won the Santa Anita Handicap in 1935 when it was the nation’s first $100,000 stakes and then captured the Hollywood Gold Cup in three straight years from 1938-1940. As Woolf’s legend grew, he became famous for having an impeccable ability to move his horses at just the right moment.
George Wolf (August 12, 1777 – March 11, 1840) was the seventh governor of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1835. On June 29, 1888, he was recognized as the "father of the public-school system" in Pennsylvania by the erection of a memorial gateway at Easton.
Sep 1, 2020 · George Wolf, Caring Neighbor Who Glimpsed the Face of Evil, Dies at 92. Mr. Wolf escaped the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and built a life as a garment manufacturer and lover of music in New...
George Woolf. The great jockey, Courtesy: Keeneland-Morgan. “Horses are in my blood,” said George Woolf, one of the greatest jockeys ever. “I’ll be with them until I die.” The jockey was right...
Biography. Pennsylvania's first statewide public school system began with the administration of Governor George Wolf. Born in Northampton County, August 12, 1777, he was the son of George Wolf, a Lutheran German immigrant farmer, and Maria Margaretta Wolf.
Sep 1, 2012 · Georgie (The Ice Man) Woolf, who earned at least $2,000,000 in a dozen years of riding stakes winners, died today of a brain concussion suffered in a fall at Santa Anita Park yesterday in a $3,500 non-handicap race.
George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946), nicknamed "The Iceman", was a Canadian thoroughbred race horse jockey. An annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild is named in his honor. He became known for riding the people's champion Seabiscuit to victories in 1938.
