Ralph Jones (January 20, 1944- ) is a former NASCAR driver from Upton, KY. He competed in twenty Nextel Cup Series events in his career, spanning from 1977 to 1988. Jones competed in an underfunded personally-owned entry, and thus struggled most of his career. His best career finish was just a 15th at Daytona in 1979. He took an eight-year hiatus following 1980, and after one start in 1988, never raced again.
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| - Ralph Jones (January 20, 1944- ) is a former NASCAR driver from Upton, KY. He competed in twenty Nextel Cup Series events in his career, spanning from 1977 to 1988. Jones competed in an underfunded personally-owned entry, and thus struggled most of his career. His best career finish was just a 15th at Daytona in 1979. He took an eight-year hiatus following 1980, and after one start in 1988, never raced again.
- Jones was an integral part of the development of high school basketball in Indiana and a successful college coach at Purdue and Illinois. He was the recipient of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's inaugural Centennial Award on November 27, 2010. It is believed that Jones was the first high school basketball coach in the state of Indiana. While still a high school student, he organized the team at Indianapolis Shortridge High School in 1899 — the first high school team in Indiana. Jones led the Indianapolis YMCA to statewide prominence, and then led the Crawfordsville YMCA, both of which claimed state YMCA championships under his guidance. Due to his success with YMCA-based leagues, Butler University contracted Jones to coach basketball for the 1903-04 season. This was the first "officia
- Ralph Jones was the primary protagonist of the 1991 movie King Ralph. He is played by John Goodman. In a freak accident all the members of the House of Wyndham were killed except for two men. The first was Sir Cedric Willingham and the second was the American Ralph Jones. Both were descendents of Wyndham men who had gotten commoners pregnant. In the case of Ralph it was his grandfather who had gotten his grandmother Constance pregnant when visiting the US. Willingham refused to allow himself to be named King, and even though he was horrified over Ralph getting the position he allowed Ralph to be named the next King.
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| - His Majesty Ralph I
- Ralph Hampton Gainsworth Jones, 3rd Duke of Warren
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| - Darts
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| - Music
- Bowling
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| - Jones, Ralph Robert; Jones, Ralph R.
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