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Howard Hill (born Lemuel Howard Hill and later cited Howard H. Hill; [2] November 13, 1899 – February 4, 1975) was an expert bowman who for over two decades, from the early 1930s into the 1950s, was often introduced or billed as "The World's Greatest Archer".
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Tametomo is known in the epic chronicles as a powerful archer and it is said that he once sunk an entire Taira ship with a single arrow by puncturing its hull below the waterline. It is also added in many legends that his left arm was about 4 inches longer than his right, enabling a longer draw of the arrow, and more powerful shots. [ 1 ]
Horace Alfred Ford first picked up the bow in 1845, and a mere four years later won the Grand National Archery Meeting held in the United Kingdom.He proceeded to win an unmatched, eleven consecutive championships, and a twelfth "comeback" win.
Longbowmen archers of the Middle Ages.. Archery, or the use of bow and arrows, was probably developed in Africa by the later Middle Stone Age (approx. 70,000 years ago). It is documented as part of warfare and hunting from the classical period (where it figures in the mythologies of many cultures) [1] until the end of the 19th century, when bow and arrows was made functionally obsolete by the ...
Alice Blanche Legh (1855 – 3 January 1948) was a famous British archer. She has been called "the greatest British woman archer of all-time" [1] and "the greatest British archer ever". [2] From 1881 to 1922, she won the national ladies' archery championship twenty-three times. [3]
This is a List of World Championships medalists in outdoor target archery.The World Archery Championships are one of the three pinnacle events organised by the World Archery Federation and the event with the longest continuous history, the others being the Olympic archery competition (1972–) and the World Cup (2006–).
This, along with changes to The BBC hierarchy and new directives prompted Baseley's departure from the Archers, and he was succeeded by Malcolm Lynch editor of Granada's Coronation Street. In the late 1960s Baseley took a part in The Archers playing the part of Brigadier Winstanley, although billed in the Radio Times under a pseudonym.