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Athol (given Name)
Athol is a masculine given name. People with the name include: * Athol Cooper (1892–1970), English-born Australian politician * Joe Earl (born 1952 as Athol Earl), New Zealand former rower * Athol Fugard (born 1932), South African playwright * Athol Gill (1937–1992), Australian theologian * Athol Guy (born 1940), member of Australian pop group The Seekers * Athol Hodgetts (born 1951), former Australian rules football player and administrator * Athol Johnson (born 1915), Australian lawn bowler * Athol Layton (1921–1984), ring name Lord Athol Layton, English-Australian professional wrestler, amateur boxer and professional wrestling commentator * Athol Meech (1907–1981), Canadian rower * Athol Meyer (1940–1998), Australian journalist and politician * Athelstane Athol Milne (1889–1946), Australian rules footballer * Athol Murray (1892–1975), Canadian priest and educator, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as a builder * Athol Rowan (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athol Murray
Athol Murray (January 9, 1892December 15, 1975) was a Canadian Catholic priest and educator. He built a collection of shacks in Wilcox, 55 km south of Regina into a non-denominational residential college. It began as a convent school founded by the sisters of Charity in 1920. Biography James Athol Murray was born on January 9, 1892, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of James Peter and Nanno Hayes Murray. He was educated at Loyola College, St. Michael's College School, St. Hyacinthe College, and Université Laval. He clerked for a time in a law firm before entering St. Augustine Seminary in Toronto and was ordained in 1918. He was sent to Regina, where in 1923 he started the Regina Argos Club, an athletic club for boys. In 1927 Murray was assigned to St. Augustine's parish in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. Murray brought fifteen boys from Regina to Wilcox where they were enrolled in residential Notre Dame School, run by the Sisters of Charity of St. Louis. He began the high scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athol Whimp
Athol Whimp (1961–2012) was a New Zealand mountaineer, rock climber and soldier. Widely regarded as the most accomplished alpinist in New Zealand's modern era, he is the country's only recipient of the prestigious Piolet d'Or award for mountaineering."Athol Whimp (1961 – 2012)" ''The Climber'', #79, p. 18 Following a successful military career in the and a stint as an advisor with a desert reconnaissance unit in [Baidu] |
Athol Webb
Athol Webb (born 13 September 1935) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1950s. A small forward, Webb was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1956 and 1957. He kicked five goals in the 1956 VFL grand final win and topped their goalkicking in their 1957 VFL premiership season with 56 goals. He represented both Victoria and his home state of Tasmania at interstate football. Webb was captain / coach of the Norfolk Football Club from 1960 to 1961, then with East Launceston Football Club in 1962–63 in the NTFA. Webb was then enticed to Sydney as captain coach of Western Suburbs from 1964 to 1966, which included their 1965 Sydney Football League premiership. Webb moved onto coach The Rock Yerong Creek Football Club from 1967 to 1969 in the Farrer Football League The Farrer Football Netball League (FFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing nine clubs based in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athol Tymms
Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms (21 February 1886 – 2 November 1949) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The third son, and the eighth of the eleven children of English-born jeweller, Robert Joseph Tymms (1847–1930), and Canadian-born Anna Augusta Tymms (1849-1938), née Magee, Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms was born at Essendon, Victoria on 21 February 1886. Marriages He married his first wife, Ethel Mary Ragg (1878-1936), at Sydney, on 17 December 1915; they had one child: Robert Dunlop Tymms (b. 30 May 1922). He married his second wife, Alison Atkins Fletcher (1904-1998), at Deniliquin, New South Wales in 1937; they had two children: the twins, Athol Mortimer Tymms, and John Mortimer Tymms, both born on 1 August 1938. Education Having been educated at Melbourne Grammar School from 1901 to 1904 where he excelled as both an athlete and a footballer Tymms went on to study medicine at the University of Melbourne. * In 1910, he sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athol Trollip
Roland Athol Price Trollip (born 12 March 1964) is a South African politician and provincial chairman of ActionSA in the Eastern Cape. He was previously a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), serving as the Federal Chairperson of the DA from 2015 to 2019 and the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, serving from 2016 until he was unseated in a vote of no confidence in 2018. Trollip has served as a member of the National Assembly and as a member of the Provincial Legislature of the Eastern Cape Province. He served as Parliamentary Leader of the opposition between 2009 and 2011. He was the provincial leader of the DA in the Eastern Cape from 2002 until he was replaced on 6 May 2017 by Nqaba Bhanga. Early life Trollip was born in the town of Bedford in the Eastern Cape, attended Woodridge College, and studied Agricultural Management at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg. Career in politics Trollip joined the liberal Progressive Feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athol Sharp
George William Athol Sharp (1 April 1894 – 19 April 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Sharp, a forward, was recruited by Carlton from Moonee Ponds. He missed out on playing in Carlton's 1914 premiership team through injury but was a forward pocket and second rover in their 1915 VFL Grand Final The 1915 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 18 September 1915. It was the 18th annual Grand Fi ... winning side. In 1916 he missed another grand final, with a broken collarbone, but Carlton would lose on that occasion. He served his country during the war and then returned to Carlton for one final season in 1920. References 1894 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club premiership players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athol Smith
Athol William Smith (1913–1953) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. A Queensland and Country New South Wales representative forward, he played club football in Sydney for Western Suburbs and Balmain (with whom he won the 1939 and 1944 NSWRFL Premierships and also later coached) Playing career Smith played seven seasons for the Balmain club between 1939 and 1945. He was a dual premiership winner with the Tigers, winning both the 1939 and the 1944 grand finals with them. He later coached the club between 1948-1950. In 1953, whilst playing for Toowoomba's Souths club, Smith was selected to play for Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ... against the touring United States team. Death Smith died on 22 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
