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Garfield Wood in 1938
Gar Wood returns the Harmsworth Trophy to the United States in 1920

Garfield Arthur "Gar" Wood (December 4, 1880 – June 19, 1971) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to travel over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) on water.

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Garfield Wood

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Garfield Arthur "Gar" Wood (December 4, 1880 – June 19, 1971) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who...

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Andrew Garfield

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Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. He has received various accolades, including a Tony Award, a BAFTA TV Award...

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Gar Wood Speedster

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The Gar Wood Speedster is a model of 16 ft racing boat produced and offered from 1934 to 1938 by Garfield Wood under the "Gar Wood" brand, and powered...

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Biscayne National Park

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at various times owned by Miami developer Carl G. Fisher, yachtsman Garfield Wood, and President Richard Nixon's friend Bebe Rebozo, and was visited by...

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List of Garfield and Friends episodes

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Garfield and Friends is an American animated children's television series that aired on CBS from September 17, 1988 to December 10, 1994 for a total of...

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Garfield merchandise

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Garfield merchadise is the merchandise based on the "Garfield" comic strip by Jim Davis. Garfield is one of the world's most prominent and widely syndicated...

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Harmsworth Cup

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until 1920. From 1920 to 1933, Americans had an unbroken winning streak. Gar Wood won this race eight times as a driver and nine times as an owner between...

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Water speed record

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86 mph) was set on Bras d'Or Lake at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. In 1920, Garfield Wood set a new water speed record of 71.43 mph (114.96 km/h) on the Detroit...

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Garfield Sobers

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Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, AO, OCC (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a former Barbadian cricketer who played for...

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Chip Hanauer

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Hanauer tied Garfield Wood's record for the most consecutive Gold Cup wins. In 1987 he won his sixth consecutive Gold Cup, breaking Gar Wood's record. He...

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Sidney Garfield

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Sidney R. Garfield (April 17, 1906 – December 29, 1984) was an American medical doctor and a pioneer of health maintenance organizations. He co-founded...

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Garfield in the Rough

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Garfield in the Rough is a 1984 American animated television special based on the Garfield comic strip. It once again featured Lorenzo Music as the voice...

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List of Michigan sports figures

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trainer of Native Dancer, member of Racing Hall of Fame (born in Detroit) Garfield Wood, boat builder, 5-time Gold Cup hydroplane champion (born in Iowa, moved...

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1971

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Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) June 19 – Garfield Wood, American motorboat racer (b. 1880) June 25 – John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron...

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List of people with surname Wood

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journalist and literary critic Garfield Wood, (1880–1971) American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder and racer Garth Wood (born 1978), Australian boxer...

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A Garfield Christmas

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A Garfield Christmas Special is a 1987 American animated television special based on the Garfield comic strip, created by Jim Davis. It is directed by...

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List of The Garfield Show episodes

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These are a list of episodes of The Garfield Show which consists of 107 episodes in total. Each episode is 22 minutes with each segment being 11 minutes...

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Frank Welker

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Mortal Kombat film; Curious George in the Curious George franchise; Garfield on The Garfield Show; Nibbler on Futurama; the titular character in Jabberjaw;...

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List of people from Michigan

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software and computer game company (born in Texas, lives in Michigan) Garfield Wood, inventor, boat builder, hydroplane and motorboat pioneer (born in Iowa...

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