Walcott
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Derek, 1930–2017, West Indian poet and playwright: Nobel Prize 1992.
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Joe Arnold CreamJersey Joe, 1914–94, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1951–52.
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Derek ( Alton ). born 1930, St Lucian poet and playwright, whose works include the poetry collections In a Green Night (1962) and The Bounty (1997), the play The Dream on Monkey Mountain (1967), and the long poem Omeros (1990): Nobel prize for literature 1992
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Jersey Joe, real name Arnold Raymond Cream. 1914–94, US boxer: world heavyweight champion 1951–52
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"Cristiano Ronaldo had his moment and we had this debate, thinking about taking him off just before he had the offside goal and I was like 'you can't take him off'," Walcott said.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Rooney and Walcott were joined on the show by Jermain Defoe as the trio reminisced on their time with England.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Melonie Walcott, an HIV researcher, held an imaginary fishing rod and motioned reeling in a catch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
"I had the day off so I was on the golf course... and I got the phone call," Walcott told Arsenal's website.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Sergeant Walcott from Bravo Company was sergeant of the guard, and he gave us a pep talk.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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