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Bill Pearson (other)
Bill Pearson may refer to: * Billy Pearson (1920–2002), American jockey * Billy Pearson (footballer) (1921–2009), Irish footballer * Bill Pearson (New Zealand writer) (1922–2002), New Zealand fiction writer, essayist and critic * Bill Pearson (footballer, born 1922) (1922–2010), Australian rules footballer for Essendon * Bill Pearson (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1959), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne * Bill Pearson (American writer) William Pearson (born July 27, 1938), known professionally as Bill Pearson, is an American novelist, publisher, editor, artist, comic book scripter and letterer, notable as the editor-publisher of his own graphic story publication, ''witzend''. ... (born 1938), American novelist, publisher and editor * Bill Pearson (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer and coach * Bill Pearson (Neighbours), fictional character on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' See also * William Pearson (other) {{h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Pearson
Bill A. Pearson (May 19, 1920 – November 28, 2002) was an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing, a quiz-show winner, bit-part film actor, and an art dealer. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Pearson was successful jockey throughout the 1940s and 1950s, credited with over 800 victories, Pearson developed his interest in art after a serious riding accident, and went on to win over $170,000 on the television quiz shows ''The $64,000 Question'' and ''The $64,000 Challenge'' in 1956-57. ''The $64,000 Question'' had a series of contestants with what were considered to be unusual interests and a jockey who was also an art expert was of great public interest. He acquired celebrity status as a result. On November 15, 1958, Pearson appeared as a jockey in an episode of ''Perry Mason'' called "The Case of the Jilted Jockey", and had several small film parts in the next 20 years. In 1958, he was cast as private eye Donald Lam in a pilot episode of ''Cool and Lam'', based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Pearson (footballer)
Billy Pearson (1921-2009) was an Irish footballer, who played as a winger in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca .... References Chester City F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Men's association football wingers English Football League players 1921 births 2009 deaths Sportspeople from Clonmel Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Association footballers from County Tipperary {{England-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Pearson (New Zealand Writer)
William Harrison Pearson (18 January 1922 – 27 September 2002) was a New Zealand fiction writer, essayist and critic. Early life Born in Greymouth Pearson began writing at an early age, writing for the children's page of the '' Christchurch Star-Sun''. He completed a B.A. in English at the Canterbury University College in 1939 and trained as a teacher at Dunedin Training College. He taught briefly at Blackball Primary School in 1942. He served in World War II between 1942 and 1946 firstly in the dental corps in Fiji, then in the infantry in Egypt, Italy and Japan. Career Pearson completed his M.A. at Canterbury University and edited the student newspaper ''Canta'' in 1948. He taught briefly at Oxford District High School before travelling to London in 1949 to begin a PhD at the University of London which he completed in 1952. He returned to New Zealand in 1954 to teach in the English Department at the Auckland University College until his retirement in 1986. He spent time a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Pearson (footballer, Born 1922)
William James Pearson (11 June 1922 – 6 December 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon 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) during the 1940s. Pearson served in the Australian Army during World War II, seeing active duty as an AIF gun layer in the New Guinea jungle. Pearson was recruited from La Mascotte and in just his third league game kicked four goals to help his club defeat Carlton by 100 points. He was the centreman in the Essendon premiership side of 1946 and finished tenth in that season's Brownlow Medal count with 13 votes, the most by an Essendon player. A knee injury in 1947 ended Pearson's career when a series of operations, five in total, weren't enough to allow him to play again. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Pearson (footballer, Born 1892)
Cecil William Pearson (11 November 1892 – 12 May 1959) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...er who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links * * 1892 births 1959 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players {{AFL-bio-1892-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Pearson (American Writer)
William Pearson (born July 27, 1938), known professionally as Bill Pearson, is an American novelist, publisher, editor, artist, comic book scripter and letterer, notable as the editor-publisher of his own graphic novel, graphic story publication, ''witzend''. Biography Early years Born in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, Pearson was employed in 1957 as a technical illustrator at the Ziff Davis publishing firm and began night classes at the School of Visual Arts, including an anatomy course taught by Burne Hogarth. Work as a technical illustrator for the Underwood Typewriter Company in 1959 was followed by two years as a mechanical draftsman at Motorola in Phoenix, Arizona. While serving in the military at Fort Polk in Louisiana during the early 1960s, he met artist Ed Paschke. Working together in Fort Polk's Training Aids Department, they provided illustrations for publications, signs, targets and manuals to explain weapons and procedures to incoming troops. The two remained lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Pearson (rugby League)
Bill Pearson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. A Queensland interstate representative centre, he played club football in Ipswich, Brisbane and Bundaberg, usually at . In 1955 Pearson started playing for the Ipswich Rugby League's West End club. In 1957 he became a regular centre for the Queensland rugby league team's annual matches against New South Wales. Pearson moved to Brisbane, playing with the Northern Suburbs club. He played for the Maroons against Great Britain in 1958. Pearson also played for Brisbane in the Bulimba Cup The Bulimba Cup was an Australian rugby league football competition contested by the Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba representative rugby league sides during the mid 20th century. In 1931, a team from Lismore, New South Wales participated. It was .... In the 1961 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership's grand final Pearson captained Norths at and was instrumental in his team's victory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Pearson (Neighbours)
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 until its final episode on 28 July 2022. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the serial in 1991, by order of first appearance. The 7th season of ''Neighbours'' began airing on 21 January 1991. All characters were introduced by executive producer Don Battye. Rachel Blakely and Genevieve Lemon made their debuts in August as Gaby Willis and Brenda Riley respectively. Andrew Williams joined the cast as Brenda's nephew, Guy Carpenter in September, as did Simone Robertson as Phoebe Bright. Lorraine Bayly began playing Faye Hudson in November and in the same month Andrew Robinson, son of established characters Paul and Christina Robinson was born. Gaby Willis Gaby Willis, played by Rachel Blakely, made her first appearance on 12 August 1991. Blakely was invited to audition for the role by a ''Neighbours'' casting director, who spotted her picture on the cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
