Researching Johnny Sellers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2303 people with the Sellers surname? In that year Sellers was ranked number 1662 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Johnny means "form of JOHN - God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Johnny Sellers on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Johnny Sellers and the Sellers Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sellers Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sellers family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Johnny Sellers at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Johnny Sellers using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2840 people with the Sellers surname in the UK? Sellers is now ranked number 1886 for popularity in the UK. |
Sellers Genealogy Databases
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Sellers Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 51650 people with the Sellers surname in the USA? Sellers is ranked number 140 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Johnny Sellers. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Johnny Sellers
Johnny Sellers (July 31, 1937 – July 3, 2010) was an American National Champion jockey. Born in Los Angeles, but raised in Oklahoma, he began his professional career in 1955 and between 1959 and 1968 rode in six Kentucky Derbys. He won the prestigious race aboard Carry Back in 1961 then riding the colt to victory in the Preakness Stakes. That same year, he won eight straight races, equaling an American record set in 1951, and ended the year as the United States Champion Jockey by wins. He made the August 28, 1961 cover of Sports Illustrated magazine.
In 1958, Sellers rode Jack Ketch to victory in the Canadian International Stakes and in 1965 he won the Belmont Stakes aboard Hail To All. In 1969 he was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award.
Retired in 1997, Sellers lived in Hallandale, Florida, two blocks from Gulfstream Park racetrack. He remained involved in the racing industry as a bloodstock agent. In 1999, he was in the news after recovering his Kentucky Derby trophy. Stolen from his Monrovia, California home in 1978, twenty-one years later a friend notified him that the engraved sterling silver trophy was being offered for sale on eBay.
In 2007, Johnny Sellers was elected to the United States' Racing Hall of Fame. In 2011, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
Johnny Sellers died on July 3, 2010 at age 72 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He had two sons, Mark Sellers and John Michael Sellers, both of whom had careers as jockeys. He also had a daughter, Sabrina Sellers Machado.
After finishing seventh at the Belmont Stakes with Carry Back, he was a Mystery Guest on What's My Line with Arlene Francis, Joey Bishop, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf on the panel. Sellers won $10 for stumping Cerf and Francis; Joey Bishop successfully guessed his identity.
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