Frank blanton historical records and family trees myheritage. Karissa cook and allie wheeler, the snow dog desert queens of weird sandcast. The following is a partial list of notable people who have been fulltime or significant parttime residents of laguna beach, california, united states. Dain blanton was the united states first twotime male beach volleyball olympian. Usc beach volleyballs head coach revisits how he went from laguna beach amateur to avp tournament. The history, records and archives of the pepperdine mens volleyball program. For the fourth time in five tournaments during the 2004 assn.
This page is dedicated to the volleyball tournaments and events in laguna beach, where we host the mens laguna open and womens laguna open pro tournaments along with several other youth and adult events. Dain blanton becomes the first africanamerican professional beach volleyball player in us beach volleyball history to win a tournament on the miller. Dain blanton is an actor, known for impact point 2008, green flash 2008 and pacific blue 1996. Usas sinjin smith and randy stoklos write their names into the beach volleyball history books by becoming world champions for the fifth time. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display skip to content. The first, it is believed the name may be scottish in origins, possibly a deviation of the name ballantine, eventually evolving. Heather blanton is blessed with a natural storytelling ability, an old soul wisdom, and wide expansive heart. Top athletes, including a total of 29 beach volleyball players from six nations are on hand to try to help further promote the fivb and the sports of volleyball and beach volleyball. Beach volleyball is featured at the olympics for the first time in atlanta as brazils jackie silva and sandra pires and usas karch kiraly and kent steffes celebrate olympic gold.
Dain blanton olympic beach volleyball united states of. It is the only high school in the laguna beach unified school district. It is known for a mild yearround climate, scenic coves, environmental preservation, and an artist community. He is not attempting to reinvent a program that is in no need of reinvention. The name blanton is believed to have originated from one of two sources. Blanton is executive producer and host of realtree outdoors and realtree roadtrips on outdoor channel and monster bucks tv on sportsmans channel as well. It was established in 1934 and is accredited by the western association of schools and colleges. Usa s sinjin smith and randy stoklos write their names into the b each v olleyball history books by. Usc beach volleyball coach dain blanton on international players peaking early sandcast.
Dain blanton fell in love with the beach volleyball as a child growing up in laguna beach. Pepperdine enjoys a place in mens volleyball history as one of only. Dain blanton bio, stats, and results olympics at sports. Cook, special assistant to the chancellor for university communications at fayetteville state university in north carolina, spent a decade researching originalsource records documenting the experiences of women who assumed male aliases and served as. By now in blantons life story, which at the sydney olympics was just 28 years in its authoring, it would be impossible to doubt anything blanton. How dain blanton became beach volleyballs only african american olympic gold medalist. In 2007, blanton turned his focus to sports broadcasting. Blanton family crest, coat of arms and name history.
Wharey, james blanton the handbook of texas online texas. The ten facts you need to know about dain blanton, including life path number, birthstone, body stats, zodiac and. But in a short amount of time, it has increased its visibility and created its share of stars. Aubin davis, lawyer parents was john and laura annie jones st. See more ideas about black history, african american history and today in black history. As per population estimate in july 2018, the total population of laguna beach city was 22,991. It is a marvel to behold in blu ray when projected onto a large screen, as indeed it must have been when originally shown in an imax theatre. Actions speak louder then words and dain blanton is definitely a man of. Dain blanton womens beach volleyball coach usc athletics. Dain blanton s greatest accomplishments include winning the olympic gold medal. Usc beach volleyball coach dain blanton on international players peaking early one of the more fascinating aspects of beach volleyball is the dichotomy between how late beach volleyball players in the united states peak and how. Leonard ray blanton april 10, 1930 november 22, 1996 was an american businessman and politician who served as governor of tennessee from 1975 to 1979.
Smith, was an afro american former mayor city of pichar in the state of alabama usa, who spend a lot of time of his life, to restaure the links betwin, usa and africa and especialy alabama to benin about the story of slavery trade,and his great idea was africatown a big place located in america, a sorte of park, with several thematic culture food,architecture. Kendallville a video produced by students at impact institute is a national finalist in a contest sponsored by dain blanton, a gold medalist in mens beach volleyball at the 2000 olympics. Impact institute video reaches contest finals news. The usc beach volleyball team has cancelled a previously scheduled trip to florida where it would have played five duals, firstyear head coach dain blanton announced. Aubin davis married james flaniggan, annie parents was lawyer and rosie b. November 28, 1971 in laguna, california, united states affiliations. Follow olympic gold medalist dain blanton as he travels the globe broadcasting and motivating and. The blanton family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. The ten facts you need to know about dain blanton, including life path number, birthstone, body stats, zodiac and net worth. Now he is sitting in the chair that collier once sat, running the program she ran to historic success.
Deanne blanton, a senior military archivist at the national archives, specializes in nineteenthcentury u. Tackle and techniques magazine dan blanton fly fishing. I would just wander about with the cheshire cat, hopefully be invited to a teamore it would have to be down the rabbit hole into alices wonderland. This was about 20% of all the recorded blanton s in the usa. His court awareness, attacking style and leaping ability make the 6foot3, 195pounder a handful for opponents. In 1840 there were 33 blanton families living in north carolina. Blanton museum of art and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
One of the only players in the history of volleyball to win a championship at every level of the. Notifying everyone in advance to bring old photos and documents can bring big rewards, making a special place at the reunion maybe even a special blanton booth where people can come at their leisure to sit, look and chat. Dain blanton biography 2017 facts, childhood, wiki. Though he initiated a number of government reforms and was instrumental in bringing foreign investment to.
Dain blanton family, childhood, life achievements, facts, wiki and bio of 2017. Features fullscreen sharing embed analytics article stories visual stories seo. His father coached girls volleyball teams and has written two books on the sport. Dain blanton born november 28, 1971 in laguna beach, california is an american beach volleyball player who won the gold medal in beach volleyball in the 2000 olympic games, with partner eric fonoimoana. Read here more about the history of beach volleyball. At 48 years old, dain blanton is living his best life p1440. Senior george thompson and freshmen dain blanton and jon baer.
Laguna beach is an historic beach volleyball site and one of the first places in america where beach volleyball tournaments were first held. Blanton it would have to be down the rabbit hole into alices wonderland. He earned bachelors 1892 and masters 1895 degrees from davidson college, north carolina. List of american beach volleyball players wikipedia. Dain blanton is an american beach volleyball player who won the gold medal in beach. Early history of the blanton family this web page shows only a small excerpt of our blanton research. Four centuries of french drawings from the blanton museum of art by snay, cheryl k. He partnered with eric fonoimoana to win gold at the 2000 sydney olympic games after the pair was seeded ninth. The most blanton families were found in the usa in 1880. The first half of the disc includes a somewhat potted history of santorini, with a number of breathtaking aerial shots of that beautiful island, and some impressive volcanic cgi effects to boot. History of beach volleyball a timeline of usa volleyball sand. He is known as one of the best servers in avp history, setting an avp record with 11 aces in a single game to 15 in 1997. The following is a list of wellknown beach volleyball players in the united states.
Together with impeccable historical details and a rousing good adventure, her prince of glencurragh is a novel that i would heartily recommend. Dain blanton speaking fee and booking agent contact. The twin daughter of early texas pioneers thomas lindsay and eugenia webb blanton, she was born in houston on august 20, 1870. The day was perfect for a game and everyone was excited to be playing alonside olympians from yesterday.
Follow gold medalists eric fonoimoana and dain blanton in their journey and pursuit of gold in sydney, australia at the 2000 summer olympic games. Aubin davis, laura parents was edmond and peggy jackson jones. True to his commitment to youth, that same year he set up dain s day at the beach. Eric fonoimoana and dain blanton earned gold medal success in 2000vbm photo.
Her characters are vividly drawn, and in the western settings where life can be hard, over quickly, and seemingly without meaning, she reveals larger hands holding everyone and everything together. Encyclopedia of the great plains blanton, annie webb 1870. At some point in the conversation, it just becomes almost impossible to be in anything but a great mood, because youre around dain blanton, and dain blanton is, at 48 years old, living his best life, and hes really, really happy about it. Another 83 words 6 lines of text covering the year 1280 is included under the topic early blanton history in all our pdf extended history products and printed products wherever possible. Blanton, annie webb the handbook of texas online texas. He also is the first male africanamerican in history to win a m ajor beach volleyball event, the avp hermosa grand slam in 1997. North carolina had the highest population of blanton families in. Mauro practiced or played against karch, adam johnson, randy stoklos, kent steffes, dain blanton, eric fenoimuana, pat. List of people from laguna beach, california wikipedia. Name first, last email address phone number schoolorganization address. Blanton and fonoi had videotaped ze marco and had a line on his tendencies. James blanton wharey, english professor, was born in cumberland county, virginia, on march 4, 1872, the son of james m.
Beach volleyball is relatively new on the olympic stage. Posted in dan blanton, fly fishing destinations, tackle and techniques magazine, trip reports history and development of the shooting taper in america by dan blanton posted on october 6, 2012 by dan blanton. More than 10,000 spectators cheered as blanton and fonoimoana played a nearperfect tournament and stunned the brazilians to reach the pinnacle of the sport. Life is a blast for olympic gold medalist dain blanton. He returned to the 2004 olympic games in athens, greece with partner jeff nygaard, becoming the first twotime u. Businesses, nonprofit organizations, event planners and companies across the country have worked closely with our booking agents to hire dain blanton for a speaking engagements, guest appearances, product endorsements and corporate events. Dain blanton has the distinct honor of being one of only a handful of players in the history of volleyball who can say they have won a championship at every level of the game. Blanton ranks right up there with cornwell, scarrow, and rutherfurd in making history enjoyable and dare i say even exciting. Whether you or your child are planning on playing indoor volleyball or beach volleyball, there is an incredible amount of information in this book. Usc photojohn mcgillen how dain blanton became beach volleyballs only african american olympic gold.
Get dain blanton to come inspire, motivate and spend a day at your school. Seniority and loyalty are ancient history usc news. Apr 04, 2018 nancy blanton is a historical fiction author who has just the right touch for crafting authentic, charactercentric dialogue that takes you back to 17th century ireland. Annie webb blanton, teacher, suffragist, and the first woman in texas elected to statewide office, was born on august 19, 1870, in houston, one of seven children of thomas lindsay and eugenia webb blanton. Usc beach volleyball cancels upcoming east coast contests. Dain blanton, an olympic goldmedalist, returns to usc to serve as head coach of. Dain blanton s greatest accomplishments include winning the olympic gold medal for the usa at the sydney olympics in 2000 alongside former partner eric fonoimoana. I would just wander about with the cheshire cat, hopefully be invited to a tea party, hang out with a few. Frank blanton 1883 frank blanton in united states world war i draft registrations, 19171918 frank blanton was born on month day 1883, at birth place. Since his employment began in 1991 david blanton has been an integral part of realtrees growth into becoming the leader in camouflage for hunters worldwide. This was a new time period and place for me, but fits into the overall picture of the british isles and ireland.
After graduating high school and receiving a scholarship in volleyball, dain went on. Dain blanton, an olympic goldmedalist, returns to usc to serve as head coach of the beach volleyball program and is in his first season 201920. Laguna beach high school is a 4year public high school located in laguna beach, california. It was one of the biggest upsets in the history of the sport when they took. He also is the first male africanamerican in history to win a m ajor beach volleyball event, the avp hermosa grand slam in 1997 in 2004 blanton once again made history by earning a spot in the athens olympics and. It was one of the biggest upsets in the history of the sport when they took down the worlds topseeded team from brazil. History of beach volleyball a timeline of usa volleyball.