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Bill or Billy Jennings may refer to: * Bill Jennings (Australian footballer) (1879–1943), Australian rules footballer * Bill Jennings (ice hockey) (1917–1999), American ice hockey player * Bill Jennings (American football) (1918–2002), head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 1957–1961 * Bill Jennings (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1969), British footballer with Ipswich Town, Northampton Town and Rochdale * Bill Jennings (baseball) (1925–2010), Major League Baseball shortstop * Billy Jennings (Welsh footballer) (1893–1968), Bolton Wanderers and Wales international footballer * Billy Jennings (born 1952), English footballer with Watford, West Ham United and others * Bill Jennings (guitarist) Bill Jennings (September 12, 1919 – November 29, 1978) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Career Recording as both a leader and a sideman, Jennings has been called "the architect of soul jazz" and has influenced on jazz, soul, R&B, ... (1919–1978), jazz guitari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Jennings (Australian Footballer)
William Maurice Jennings (17 November 1879 – 27 February 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Bill Jennings died in 1943 and is buried at Burwood Cemetery. References External links * * 1879 births 1943 deaths Australian rules footballers from Ballarat St Kilda Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Jennings (ice Hockey)
Joseph William Jennings (June 28, 1916 – November 29, 1999) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 108 games in the National Hockey League between 1941 and 1945. He played for the Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins. He was born in Toronto, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C .... Career statistics Regular season and playoffs External links * 1916 births 1999 deaths Boston Bruins players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England Canadian ice hockey right wingers Detroit Red Wings players Earls Court Rangers players Hershey Bears players Indianapolis Capitals players St. Louis Flyers players Ice hockey people from Toronto {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Jennings (American Football)
William Arlen Jennings (March 13, 1918 – June 8, 2002) was an American college football player and coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1957 to 1961. He coached the Nebraska Cornhuskers for five losing seasons, compiling a 15–34–1 record (.310). His best seasons were 1959 and 1960, when the Huskers were 4–6 in each year. His conference record was 8–24 (.250) and his Husker teams never won more than two conference games in a season. Among Jennings's most notable upsets was the ending of Bud Wilkinson's 74-straight conference victories. The Cornhuskers beat the Oklahoma Sooners, 25–21, at Nebraska's 1959 homecoming game on Halloween. Jennings followed up a second consecutive win the following year with a 17–14 victory in Norman. The 1959 win was the first for Nebraska since 1942, and the 1959 and 1960 wins were the first consecutive victories over the Sooners since 1939 through 1942. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Jennings (footballer, Born 1920)
Bill Jennings (7 January 1920 – 1969) was a professional footballer. During his career he played for Ipswich Town, Northampton Town and Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough .... References 1920 births 1969 deaths English men's footballers Ipswich Town F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Norwich Men's association football forwards {{England-footy-forward-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Jennings (baseball)
William Lee Jennings (September 28, 1925 – October 20, 2010) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. Listed at , 175 lb., he batted and threw right-handed. He studied business at Washington University. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Jennings played briefly for the St. Louis Browns during the season. He was signed by the New York Giants in 1946 and immediately was assigned to their Minor league system. He then was purchased by the Browns from the Giants in 1951. Jennings posted a .179 average (35-for-195) in 64 games for the Browns, driving in 13 runs and scoring 20 times, while collecting 10 doubles, two triples, and one stolen base. He also played for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox organizations, hitting a collective .255 with 68 home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Jennings (Welsh Footballer)
William Jennings (25 February 1893 – 1968) was a Welsh football player best known for playing for Bolton Wanderers, for whom he made over 250 appearances in The Football League. He played for Bolton in the 1923 and 1926 FA Cup Finals. He also played 11 times for the Welsh national team and later had a two-year spell in charge of Cardiff City. Honours Bolton Wanderers * FA Cup: 1922–23, 1925–26 Personal life Jennings served as a corporal in the Royal Air Force during the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... References ;General * ;Specific 1893 births 1968 deaths Sportspeople from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan Welsh footballers Wales international footballers Welsh football managers Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Barry Town Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Jennings
Billy Jennings (born 20 February 1952) is an English former footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for Watford, West Ham United, Orient and Luton Town. He also played in the North American Soccer League for Chicago Sting. A former youth player with Watford, Jennings made his professional debut for the Hornets on 10 April 1970, a third place play-off game against Manchester United in the 1969–70 FA Cup campaign at Highbury which the team lost 2–0. He made 10 League appearances that season, 16 in 1971–72, and 19 in 1972–73. The 1973–74 season ended with Jennings as Third Division top scorer on 26 goals, and Watford Player of the Season. After 100 appearances for Watford, and England Youth international honours, Jennings signed for West Ham United for £110,000 in September 1974, an early signing for new manager John Lyall. The fee was almost double Watford's previous record for a received transfer fee, and was £5,000 less that West Ham's record spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Jennings (guitarist)
Bill Jennings (September 12, 1919 – November 29, 1978) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Career Recording as both a leader and a sideman, Jennings has been called "the architect of soul jazz" and has influenced on jazz, soul, R&B, and blues guitar. B.B. King often mentioned Jennings as one of biggest influences. Jennings recorded with such artists as Willis "Gator" Jackson, Brother Jack McDuff, Leo Parker, Bill Doggett, Louis Jordan, King Curtis, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald and unique in his ability to play in many styles, including swing, bop, jump blues, R&B, and pop. Jennings played on "Fever" by Little Willie John, which made the '' Billboard'' R&B chart in the US and peaked at number 24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. A left-handed player, Jennings played guitar upside down, with the high strings at the top, which gave him a different approach to phrasing and bending the strings. Later in his career, he lost a finger on his fretting hand and began p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |