Paddock
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A Paddock
is an enclosure for horses. It may also refer to:
People
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Paddock
A Paddock is an enclosure for horses. It may also refer to: People*Algernon Paddock , American politician*Charlie Paddock , American athlete and actor*Del Paddock , American baseball player...
is an enclosure for horses. It may also refer to:
People
- For the history of Paddock as a surname see PaddickPaddickPaddick is a surname of English origin, later spreading to other English language countries. There are several origin theories: all may be true as there are distinct groupings of Paddicks across England....
- Algernon PaddockAlgernon PaddockAlgernon Sidney Paddock was an American politician who served as a Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood.-Biography:...
(1830-1897), American politician - Charlie PaddockCharlie PaddockCharles "Charlie" William Paddock was an American athlete and twofold Olympic champion.After serving in World War I as a lieutenant of field artillery in the U.S. Marines, Paddock - a native of Gainesville, Texas - studied at the University of Southern California...
(1900-1943), American athlete and actor - Del PaddockDel PaddockDelmar Harold Paddock was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played part of the 1912 season in the majors with two different teams, the Chicago White Sox and the New York Highlanders....
(1887-1952), American baseball player - Francis PaddockFrancis PaddockDr. Francis Paddock was a frontier doctor who settled in Salem, Kenosha County, Wisconsin in 1838 and became an important member of the community, serving as a physician, a politician, a businessman,a farmer, and an overall leader of the town...
(1814-1889), American frontier doctor - George A. PaddockGeorge A. PaddockGeorge Arthur Paddock was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Winnetka, Illinois, Paddock attended the public schools....
(1885-1964), American politician - John PaddockJohn Paddock (footballer)John Paddock was an English footballer.-Playing career:John Paddock, the son of West Brom trainer Jack Paddock, started his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1899. He played some twenty league games, scoring at least one goal...
(1876-1965), British football player - John PaddockJohn PaddockAlvin John Paddock is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and the former head coach of the Winnipeg Jets and Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League . During his long career in the American Hockey League he won five Calder Cup championships and was inducted into the AHL's Hall...
(born 1954), Canadian hockey coach - Richard B. PaddockRichard B. PaddockRichard Bolles Paddock was a United States Army officer, close friend and brother-in-law to John J. Pershing, and one of the few American officers who died while on duty in China during the Boxer Rebellion...
(1859-1901), American cavalry officer - Tom PaddockTom PaddockTom Paddock, born Thomas Paddock also known as the Redditch Needlepointer was a champion British bare-knuckle boxer in the early Victorian era....
(c. 1822-1863), British boxing champion
Places
- Paddock, HuddersfieldPaddock, HuddersfieldPaddock is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 1 mile to the southwest of the town centre.It has a population of 3,117 according to the 2001 Census....
, suburb in England - Paddock Township (disambiguation)
- Paddock WoodPaddock WoodPaddock Wood is a small town and civil parish in the Borough of Tunbridge Wells and county of Kent in England, about southwest of Maidstone. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 8,263, and is the centre for hop growing in Kent.-History:...
, village in Kent, England - Paddock (war rooms)Paddock (war rooms)Paddock is the codeword for an alternative Cabinet War Room bunker for Winston Churchill's World War II government located in Dollis Hill, North West London under the Post Office Research Station. It was constructed in 1939 but only rarely used during the war, with only two meetings of the War...
, a two-level concrete citadel in Dollis Hill serving as war rooms for Winston Churchill during World War II
Other uses
- Paddock, a type of Field (agriculture)Field (agriculture)In agriculture, the word field refers generally to an area of land enclosed or otherwise and used for agricultural purposes such as:* Cultivating crops* Usage as a paddock or, generally, an enclosure of livestock...
- Paddock, the enclosed area at a race trackRace trackA race track is a purpose-built facility for racing of animals , automobiles, motorcycles or athletes. A race track may also feature grandstands or concourses. Some motorsport tracks are called speedways.A racetrack is a permanent facility or building...
where horses are paraded and mounted before a race, and unsaddled after a race