Famous persons who play backgammon
Marek Ćwiklicki
I remember that someone had posted such question, but i would like to ask it
again:
Do you know famous persons (politicians, actors, actress, sportsmen a.s.o.)
who used to play backgammon?
Thank you,
Carem
Nis Jorgensen
<cwik...@ae.krakow.pl> wrote:
>
>I remember that someone had posted such question, but i would like to ask it
>again:
Well. here is the thread if you had problems finding it:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=xx-bork&th=ce9ff20b049f75b7
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Nis Jorgensen
Amsterdam
A coin has no memory.
Backgammon, however, is played with dice.
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<cwik...@ae.krakow.pl> wrote:
Robbie Williams :-(((((
>
Michael Crane
A couple of years ago I challenged Robbie to a game of backgammon for
Children in Need. He was to put up £1000 and I was to put up £100 - the
loser paying their stake to the charity. He turned me down!
Michael
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> On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:52:18 +0100, "Marek Æwiklicki"
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<michael.a.c...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>snip> Robbie Williams :-((((( <snip
>
>A couple of years ago I challenged Robbie to a game of backgammon for
>Children in Need. He was to put up £1000 and I was to put up £100 - the
>loser paying their stake to the charity. He turned me down!
>
>Michael
He turned you down or one of his people turned you down?
Back4U2 BBL
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President Thomas Jefferson was known to play backgammon. Kept meticulous
records of his win/lose.
Nardy
RudyFr
I have a bg game called 'Omar'. It is an electronic handheld. You play against
the handheld, enter your moves, etc. It's about 10 plus years old.
Rudy
Adam Stocks
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I saw one on Ebay a few months ago, complete with box and instruction
booklet etc., for around $20, and I regret not buying it. I believe it is
from the late 70's, which must make it one of the earliest commercial bg
bots. I wanted it for my bg collection, and also to test it for playing
strength elo. Yours isn't for sale, is it ? :-)
Adam
marie
was playing or just fooling around with it.
> > I have a bg game called 'Omar'. It is an electronic handheld. You play
> against
> > the handheld, enter your moves, etc. It's about 10 plus years old.
>
Would you be able to scan this? I'd love to see what it looks like.
Mark Haley
Ken Caminetti (sp?) - MLB
Roger Clemens - MLB
Eric Lindross - NHL
Brian May - Queen
Ted Turner
Klitschko brothers - boxing
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Zorba
> Madonna
> Ken Caminetti (sp?) - MLB
> Roger Clemens - MLB
> Eric Lindross - NHL
> Brian May - Queen
> Ted Turner
> Klitschko brothers - boxing
I see just 3 famous persons here?!
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Ric
Nack Ballard
Paul Magriel
Ric Gerace
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RudyFr
Yes, it is about 25 plus years old. The instruction brochure, 16 pages, is not
dated. Game can be played with an A/C adapter or by battery.
Wondering if anyone has knowledge of an older BG bot?
Adam, I might be interested if offer is exciting as BG !
Zorba
> Bill Robertie
> Nack Ballard
> Paul Magriel
> Ric Gerace
Bob Stringer ('Speedo' for his fans)!
Here's a funny anecdote about Ric Gerace:
I remember playing Mr. Gerace at the Los Molinos Crianza tournament
back in 1977, quarter-finals masters. Those were the days! I offered
him a cup of coffee before the match and he appreciated the offer, but
he didn't know it was actually decaf I gave him. I went on to win the
match 25-3 but lost to Buck Leibowitz in the semis.
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Ric
knew somebody failed to drug me, but little did I suspect that it was you.
And to think, I cudda been a contenda.
Ric
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Bob Stringer
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>> Bill Robertie
>> Nack Ballard
>> Paul Magriel
>> Ric Gerace
>
> Bob Stringer ('Speedo' for his fans)!
If you think *that's* rarified company, consider the
converse: famous backgammon players who have their own line
of speedos.
Bob Stringer
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Michael Strato
The list is endless:
Izabela Skorupko, a James Bond girl
http://www.casinospl.com.pl/en/nasi_goscie/wywiady.html
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Shiri Appleby, actress
http://shiriapplebyonline.ifrance.com/shiriapplebyonline/shiri.html
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K Callan
Her first career break was in 1970 when she was cast in the film "Joe". Her
most memorable career event was playing the role of Cousin Liz in an episode
of "All in the Family", which was also known as the lesbian episode.
...backgammon and movies keep her busy during leisure time. Her hobbies are
woodworking, giving parties with close friends and playing games. K shares
this important lesson as her legacy quote: "Whatever you truly want to
accomplish, you can. You just have to begin doing it".
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Marge Champion
This talented Broadway actress and dancer... Her first career break was
performing as a live action model for "Snow White". She also performed in
Disney's "Fantasia"...
In her leisure time she enjoys walking, playing backgammon or gardening.
Abraham Lincoln is her most respected historical figure. Her legacy quote
is: "Don't frown. It causes wrinkles. Don't frown. It gives you wrinkles".
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Robin Leach
This well known TV personality was born on August 29th (no year provided) in
London, England. He got his first big break covering the "Rich and Famous"
when he reported on the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana
on "CNN" and "Entertainment Tonight" which was a live three hour
broadcast...
...his hobbies are reading and playing backgammon...
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Stefanie Powers
"Uncle Reader lived life in a very stylish way and from him I learned how to
play backgammon, drink brandy and smoke cigars."
http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/Aficionado/people/fg997.html
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Actors Greg Grunberg and Kevin Bacon
"He's my hero! Kevin did it all with a smile on his face, even though I'm
such a better backgammon player than he is..."
http://www.dearsally.org/felicity/transcripts/080100_greg_checkout.html
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Lewis Carroll is the pseudonym of the English writer and mathematician
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, most famous throughout the world for his books
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass
(1872),
Carroll was also an inventor of puzzles, games, ciphers, mnemonics for
remembering names and dates, poetical acrostics, a system for writing in the
dark, and he improved the game of backgammon.
http://www.american-buddha.com/carroll.bio.htm
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Actor/Director Claude Earl Jones thinks Backgammon is "the most challenging
of all games" and plays online...
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Actor Tomas Arana of Pearl Harbor and Gladiator fame plays "a lot of
Backgammon" with fellow actors on movie sets and says he enjoys the game as
a way to share the company of friends.
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Tobey Maguire, the wall-crawling villain-basher in Spider-Man also happens
to be one heck of a Backgammon super-hero!
Morgan Freeman, talking about Tobey Maguire:
"Competitive doesn't even describe him," says his friend and fellow
gamesman, film director Morgan J. Freeman. "He's intent on annihilating
anybody at the table. It gets even worse with backgammon, the game of
choice. We've had some 12-hour sessions of pure mental warfare."
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Yaneth Waldman is an actress, comedian and singer who lives in Bogotá,
Colombia. In her spare time, she relieves stress and escapes from the real
world by playing Backgammon on...
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Kylie Minogue
"I figured out a while ago that interviews are like chess, especially the
ones that are just digging at me. I'm no good at chess. I prefer a
five-minute backgammon game."
....she was playing Backgammon when she got the news from her manager that
"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" hit # 1. Elsewhere, we discovered that in
July 2001 she spent a week-long holiday playing Backgammon with her
boyfriend/model James Gooding while basking in the sun at the luxurious
Pikes Hotel in San Antonio, Ibiza. One eye witness remarked that when they
were not kissing, they were playing Connect 4 or Backgammon...
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Lucille Ball
http://www.celebrity-pictures.net/bitem7.htm
http://members.tripod.com/TropicanaNightclub/lucytribute.html
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Christopher Plummer
"In the midst of this rustic serenity, the Plummers savor endless games of
backgammon, Elaine's gourmet French cooking and Christopher's still-expert
renditions of Chopin on the Steinway."
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Joaquin Phoenix
"I just stay home and swim and read scripts and play backgammon."
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Titanic star Kate Winslet
"honeymooned in the Yorkshire Dales where they were seen playing backgammon
in the public bar of the nearest hostelry..."
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Robert Montgomery, the television actor and producer
"...he stops in at the posh Raquet & Tennis Club (of which he, along with
the late John Drew, Fred Astaire, Arthur Little, Jr., Richard Barthelmess,
and Elliott Nugent, is one of the only six members ever accepted from the
acting profession) for a steam bath or a few games of backgammon..."
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Deborah Ann Moore,
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Horseback Riding (Western), Swimming/Diving, Rock Climbing,
Sewing/Seamstress, Extensive Wardrobe (Homeless to Royalty), Basic ASL, Ice
Skating, Internet, Disco/Waltz/Tap, Adding Machine Speed Demon, Backgammon,
Calligraphy.
http://www.hollywoodsuccess.com/deborah_ann_moore.htm
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Jakes Jacobs
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Jacobs,+Jake+(II)
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Actor Alan Rosenberg
He was the New York State backgammon champ in 1982.
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Rosenberg,+Alan
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Tina Wesson, A nurse & homemaker from Tennessee
winner of "Survivor: The Australian Outback" (2001) TV Series
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"Backgammon has always been a pastime of the aristocratic and the rich",
enthused Prince Alexis Obolensky, taking his readers on a whirlwind tour of
5000 years of Backgammon history. Sumerian Kings; Egyptian Pharaohs; Roman
Emperors; European Monarchy; American Presidents; millionaires and
billionaires, all enjoy top billing in a star-studded cast of the history of
the game.
Don Hanlen
Charles Dickens to.... (too numerous to list).
lmfback
says...
> It should be noted that backgammon is found in literature from Jane Austen to
> Charles Dickens to.... (too numerous to list).
...add one of my (comic) favourites, Modesty Blaise. In some episode
(18-20, early seventies IIRC, has a title like "Willie something") she
even mentions having 25 to 11 odds against some shah so she was beyond
beginner even back then :-)
Eskimo
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>most memorable career event was playing the role of Cousin Liz in an episode
>of "All in the Family", which was also known as the lesbian episode.
I remember that! Archie kept calling her "Cousin LEZ."
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Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II is an avid backgammon player. In a famous TV
portrait several minutes was dedicated to a backgammon match between Qeen
Margrethe and Prince Henrik; she calling him "A lycky bastard".
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