Zeng Xuelin RIIP: 81 and 1,2,3

The Deaths in 2016 site lists under February 11:

• Zeng Xuelin (2 December 1929 – 11 February 2016) 

•  As a player he was predominantly remembered for his time at Bayi Football Team ...

So note the team logo at right and then at left, the logo of Fairey Aviation from  my previous post:

Note from the teams wiki page:

• formed on August 1, 1927... and chose the name of Bayi (八一) meaning Ba (八) is for eight and Yi (一) is for one.

The name Bayi has a cryptic phrase within re "bay I", or in other words "I hold at bay", note the definition:

1. 1.

   forced to confront one's attackers or pursuers; cornered.

Three notable players are mentioned in the history section of the Bayi Football teams wiki page, note the following information on the three:

• Hao Haidong  (born 25 August 1970)
• Hu Yunfeng  (March 18, 1973)
• Jiang Jin  (October 17, 1968 )

Haidong's birthday is an addition to the "Targeting Family Birthdays" pattern-cluster given that August 25 is my granddaughter's birthday.  Jiang Jin's date of birth stands out given the following from my previous post, :

• Ha Jung-Heon (Hangul:born 14 October 1987)

Bai Zijian   (born 16 October 1992)  Jo Sung-hwan  (born 16 October 1970 )

So we now have an "October 14, _, 16 (x2), 17/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.

Xuelin managed the Chinese national football team, note from the teams wiki page: 

• current kit has been produced and manufactured by Nike since 2015

Note from Nyke's wiki page:

• The company was founded on January 25, 1964, as Blue Ribbon Sports, by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight

The surname Bowerman stands out given that it's a cryptic "Archer man", and so an addition to the recent "Archer Theme" pattern-cluster.  Ant the name Phil Knight is related... at least archers and knights are part of a medieval theme... and his name Phil means "friend of horses" in origin... so it all fitz!!  Note from their wiki pages:

• Philip Hampson "Phil" Knight (born February 24, 1938)
• William Jay "Bill" Bowerman  (February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999)

Now note the following information regarding a notable persons listed on wiki pages:

• William W. "Bill" Knight (February 8, 1909 – February 19, 1981) Philip's father

Each  of the dates stand out: Phil Knights date of birth together with my grandson's generates a "February 22, _, 24/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster; Bowerman's birthday and Bill Knights date of death generate a "February 19(x2)" pattern-cluster.  And February 19 stands out due to this excerpt from today's post, Ray Colcord RIIP (Part ): Avro Arrow, Not A-E-R-O:

• So we now have a  " January 19, _, _, April 19 (x2)  , _, June 19, _, _, _, _, November 19, December 19/Date Sequence " pattern-cluster.

So the cluster expands : January 19, February 19(x2), _, April 19 (x2)  , _, June 19, _, _, _, _, November 19, December 19".  As for Bill Knight's birthday, February 8th cropped up also in the post, note this excerpt:

• Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March)

Now, we have another addition to the vast "February 8" pattern-cluster... and a prompt to revisite the Deaths in 2016 site to investigate anyone we may have missed who is listed to have died on this day. 

So I thought I better go and check, and lo and behold I find 3 who stand out:

• William Donald Stiehl (December 3, 1925 – February 8, 2016) 
• Violette Verdy (1 December 1933 – 8 February 2016)
• August P. Mardesich (February 11, 1920 – February 8, 2016)

Note the birthdays of Stiel and Verdy, and then note once again, the info regarding Zeng Xuelin:

• Zeng Xuelin (2 December 1929 – 11 February 2016) 

So the birthdays of the 3 generate a "December 1, 2, 3/Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.  And then Zeng had died on Mardesich's birthday, hence generating a "February 11 (x2)" pattern-cluster.



On Bowerman's wiki page:

• Bowerman married Barbara Young on June 22, 1936. Their first son, Jon, was born June 22, 1938

And note the following info regarding notable persons mentioned on his wiki page:

• Arthur Leslie Lydiard  (6 July 1917 – 11 December 2004) 
• Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986)
• Tinker Haven Hatfield, Jr. (born April 30, 1952

They stand out, mostly due to the cryptic phrases via their names.  Note this next bit of info re Nike:

In 1994, Canstar, the parent company of Bauer, became a wholly owned subsidiary ofNike 

So Bauer and Bower are pronounced the same... at least in my books... so another cryptic "archer".  Note from Bauer's wiki page:

Industry	Sporting goods
Founded	Kitchener, Ontario, 1927

What immediately strikes me is the "Kitchener"... it cropped up not long ago, note this excerpt from my Feburay 9 post, Ray Colcord RIIP (Part 2): Gibson Girl Meets Georgie Girl Meets GiGi:

• What stood out is the name of the character he played "Fitzgibbon", and only because just moments before, I retrieved  an earlier post that involves a bow and arrow, and where the name "Gibbon" is found in the posts title, Michael Gibbon RIIP: Walker (x2), note this excerpt:

•  ...article in the National Post two days ago, October 6, entitled: Kitchener man killed by arrow while out for a stroll ‘just walked into death,’ his sister says  

•  So we have a "Gibbon" pattern-cluster.  It just occurred to me that "Kitchener" has the word "Kitchen" in it... we did have a recent "Cook Theme" pattern-cluster.  

Bauer's wiki page has a list of names, some stand out:

• George Edwin Tackaberry (May 6, 1874 - November 19, 1937)

• Patrick Timothy Kane II (born November 19, 1988)
• Evander Frank Kane (born August 2, 1991)
• Michael Komisarek (born January 19, 1982)
• Andrew "Andy" Greene (born October 30, 1982)
• Matthew George Greene (born May 13, 1983) 
• Travis Zajac (born May 13, 1985) 
• Ryan Getzlaf (born May 10, 1985)
• Mark Alexander Terrance Pysyk^[1] (born January 11, 1992) 
• David Anthony Backes (born May 1, 1984)
• Devan Dubnyk (born May 4, 1986) 
• James Frederick van Riemsdyk^[1] (born May 4, 1989)

• Tomáš Vokoun ( born July 2, 1976) 
• Alexander Alexandrovich "Alex" Galchenyuk (born February 12, 1994)
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Nickname(s)	龙之队 Lóngzhī Duì (Team Dragon)[citation needed]
Head coach	Gao Hongbo
Captain	Zheng Zhi
Most caps	Li Weifeng (112)
Top scorer	Hao Haidong (41)