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Beane (surname)
Beane is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anthony Beane (born 1994), American basketball player *Billy Beane (born 1962), American baseball player and executive *Brandon Beane (born 1976), general manager of the NFL's Buffalo Bills since 2017 *Carl Beane (1952–2012), American radio sports announcer *Douglas Carter Beane, American playwright and screenwriter *James Dudley Beane (1896-1916), American World War I flying ace *John Beane (c. 1503–1580), English politician *Vanilla Beane (1919–2022), American milliner *Violett Beane (born 1996), American actress See also *Bean (name) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Beane
Anthony Beane (born May 6, 1994) is an American-born Indonesian professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Indonesian Patriots of the Indonesian Basketball League. College career Beane played college basketball at Southern Illinois University, with the Southern Illinois Salukis, from 2012 to 2016. Professional career Beane played with Lukoil Acamedic, of the Bulgarian League. With Academic, he won the Bulgarian League championship, in 2017. On August 11, 2020, Beane signed with Virtus Roma in Italy's Lega Basket Serie A. After Virtus Roma's withdrawal from the Serie A due to financial problems, Beane, like all the Roma players, was made free agent. On December 14, 2020, he has signed with Pallacanestro Varese Pallacanestro Varese, also called by its current sponsor's name, the Openjobmetis Varese, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Varese, Lombardy. Founded in 1945, the team plays in the Italian basketball league system, Italian first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Beane
William Lamar Beane III (born March 29, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and current front office executive. He is the executive vice president of baseball operations and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB); he is also minority owner of Barnsley FC of the EFL League One in England and AZ Alkmaar of the Eredivisie in the Netherlands. From 1984 to 1989 he played in MLB as an outfielder for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Oakland Athletics. He joined the Athletics' front office as a scout in 1990, was named general manager after the 1997 season, and was promoted to executive vice president after the 2015 season. A first-round pick in the MLB draft by the Mets, Beane failed to meet the expectations of scouts, who projected him as a star. In his front-office career, Beane has applied statistical analysis (known as sabermetrics) to baseball, which has led teams to reconsider how they evaluate playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Beane
Brandon Beane (born July 27, 1976) is an American football executive who is the general manager for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL), a position he has held since 2017. Prior to joining the Bills, Beane served in the personnel department of the Carolina Panthers organization from 1998-2016. Career Before joining the Bills, Beane held various roles of increasing responsibility with the Carolina Panthers. He turned down a journalism job for a low-paying internship with the Panthers and eventually rose to become the team's assistant general manager. Beane has worked alongside general managers Marty Hurney and Dave Gettleman, and with head coaches Dom Capers, George Seifert, John Fox, and Ron Rivera. During his 18-year tenure, Beane's Panthers appeared in Super Bowls XXXVIII and 50, but lost to the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos respectively. Buffalo Bills On May 9, 2017, Beane was hired by Buffalo as the general manager, joining former Panthers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. Founded in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), they joined the NFL in 1970 following the AFL–NFL merger. The Bills' name is derived from an All-America Football Conference (AAFC) franchise from Buffalo that was in turn named after western frontiersman Buffalo Bill. Drawing much of its fanbase from Western New York, the Bills are the only NFL team that plays home games in that state. The franchise is owned by Terry and Kim Pegula, who purchased the Bills after the death of original owner Ralph Wilson in 2014. The Bills won consecutive AFL Championships in 1964 and 1965, the only major professional sports championships from a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Beane
Carleton E. "Carl" Beane (September 18, 1952 – May 9, 2012) was a sports radio broadcaster from 1972 until 2012, and was best known as the public address announcer for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. From 2003 until 2012, Beane was behind the microphone of every home game at Fenway Park, including Games 1 and 2 of the 2004 and 2007 World Series, opening each game with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to Fenway Park". Career During his career, Beane was a broadcaster for many outlets, including ESPN Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, Westwood One, and the Associated Press. He also taught sports broadcasting at the Connecticut School of Broadcasting's campus in Needham, Massachusetts, until it was closed in 2009. In 2003, the Boston Red Sox hired Beane to replace Ed Brickley as the PA announcer at Fenway, the position he would hold for the remainder of his life. As the Red Sox' PA announcer, Beane's voice was featured in the 2005 film ''Fever Pit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Carter Beane
Douglas Carter Beane is an American playwright and screenwriter. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Beane now lives in New York. His works include the screenplay of ''To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar'', and several plays including ''The Country Club (play), The Country Club'' and ''The Little Dog Laughed'', which was nominated for the 2007 Tony Award for Best Play and ''As Bees in Honey Drown'', which ran at New York's Lucille Lortel Theatre in 1997. Beane often writes works with sophisticated, "drawing room" humor. Theatre Beane wrote the book for ''Xanadu (musical), Xanadu'', a stage musical adaptation of the 1980 Xanadu (film), film of the same name, adding new plot twists and humor parodying the original movie. The musical was workshopped in 2006 and early 2007 with director Christopher Ashley and actors Jane Krakowski, Tony Roberts (actor), Tony Roberts, and Cheyenne Jackson. The musical opened on Broadway theatre, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dudley Beane
Lieutenant James Dudley Beane (January 20, 1896 – October 30, 1918) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Biography He was born on January 20, 1896. Beane attended Concord High School. He was employed in Boston before joining the Ambulance Service. He spent a year's duty on the Verdun front, from July 1916 though July 1917. He volunteered for aviation and trained with the Lafayette Escadrille. He was then assigned to Escadrille 69. In February 1918, he took a commission with American aviation but maintained his status with Escadrille 69 for a while. He then transferred into the 22nd Aero Squadron. Between September 26 and 29 October 18, he scored six aerial victories, though he shared one with Arthur Raymond Brooks and Clinton Jones, and another with Remington Vernam. He was killed in action on October 30, 1918. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beane
John Beane ( 1503–1580) was an English politician from York. Beane was a Member Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in ... (MP) of the Parliament of England for York in April 1554. References Notes Year of birth unknown 1580 deaths English MPs 1554 Politicians from York Members of the Parliament of England for constituencies in Yorkshire Year of birth uncertain {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanilla Beane
Vanilla Powell Beane (born Vanilla Powell; September 13, 1919 – October 23, 2022), known as "DC's Hat Lady", was an American milliner and business woman. One of her hats was displayed and is in the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). In Washington, D.C., there is a Vanilla Beane Day on September 13. Early life Beane was born in Wilson, North Carolina, on September 13, 1919, to Martha Hagans Powell and James Powell, the sixth of seven children. She worked on local farms, including tobacco and cotton and attended a single room school in Nash County, North Carolina. She graduated from Charles H. Darden High School in 1940, but as part of the class of 1938. Career Beane moved to Washington, D.C. in the 1940s to follow her two sisters since there were more jobs available there. She married her husband Willie George Beane in 1942, which she remarked on, at 99 years old, "I married a fellow, Willie Beane, and by my named 'sic''bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violett Beane
Violett Beane (born May 18, 1996) is an American actress. She played Jesse Wells/Jesse Quick in The CW's ''The Flash'', as well as Markie Cameron in the 2018 horror film ''Truth or Dare''. From 2018 to 2020, she starred as Cara Bloom in the CBS television series ''God Friended Me''. Early life Beane was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. At ten years old, she moved to Austin, Texas, where she grew up and which she considers her hometown. After moving to Austin, Beane fell in love with performing and studied drama throughout middle and high school. Though Beane always felt like she was meant to perform, it was not until her senior year of high school that she focused on acting professionally, and found an agent in Austin. Beane was raised by her parents as a Quaker as she mentioned in an interview on ONTVtoday: "I was raised Quaker, and I went to meetings every Sunday for most of my childhood". Career In 2015, Beane landed a recurring role in season 2 of HBO series ''The Leftov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
