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Bill Spence (golfer)
Bill Spence may refer to: * Bill Spence (footballer) (1929–1993), English footballer * Bill Spence (musician) (1940-2019), American hammered dulcimer player * Bill Spence (racing driver) (1906–1929), American racecar driver * Bill Spence (writer) (born 1923), English writer See also * Billy Spence Billy Spence (died 1980) was a loyalist activist in Northern Ireland. A native of the Shankill Road area of Belfast, Spence was a leading figure with both Ulster Protestant Action and the Ulster Volunteer Force. Early life Born in Belfast, Spen ... (died 1980), Northern Ireland activist * William Spence (other) {{hndis, Spence, Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Spence (footballer)
William Spence (1926-1993) was an English footballer. He was a defender who played for Queens Park Rangers and Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is a professional football club based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, which compete in . They are also known as ''Pompey'', a local nickname used by both HMNB Portsmouth and the city of Portsmouth; the ''Pompey'' nick ... 1926 births 1993 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Place of birth missing {{England-footy-defender-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Spence (musician)
Bill Spence (August 12, 1940 - February 7, 2019) was a hammered dulcimer player from New York. Music Spence began playing the hammered dulcimer after hearing Howie Mitchell at the 1969 Fox Hollow Festival The Fox Hollow Festival or Fox Hollow Festival of Traditional Music and Arts was a folk festival held on the estate of folksingers Bob and Evelyne Beers in Petersburgh, New York Petersburgh is a town located in the northeast section of Rensselaer ... in Petersburgh, New York. He made his first dulcimer following a plan in Mitchell's book. The only hammered dulcimer recordings available at the time were by Mitchell and another player, Chet Parker on the Folkways label. Spence developed his own style, working out tunes he heard on recordings of other instruments. In 1970, Spence helped form Fennig's All-Stars, which featured his hammered dulcimer as the lead instrument. The group made its first recording, ''The Hammered Dulcimer'' in 1973, using a two-track recorder in Spen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Spence (racing Driver)
William Kettley Spence (June 9, 1906 – May 30, 1929) was an American racecar driver. He was killed in the 1929 Indianapolis 500 after making contact with the inside wall in turn 2. This accident was caught on film by the makers of the 1929 silent film ''Speedway'' and the horrific crash can be seen in the last reel. In the captured film, Spence's front right tire hits the inside wall, indicating the car has previously spun. The car then rotates counterclockwise, and the right side appears to hit a rut or indentation in the track, causing the car to flip, landing upside down. Spence suffered a fractured skull. Spence also served as a relief driver in the 1928 Indianapolis 500 The 16th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday, May 30, 1928. This was the first Indianapolis 500 presided over by new Speedway president Eddie Rickenbacker. Rain threatened to wash out th ... for Billy Arnold. Indianapolis 500 results R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Spence (writer)
William John Duncan Spence (born 20 April 1923) is an English writer. He has written war novels as Duncan Spence, and Westerns as Jim Bowden, Floyd Rogers and Kirk Ford. He has also used the pseudonym Hannah Cooper. His most successful novels have been historical romances written under the name Jessica Blair. Life Spence was born in Middlesbrough in 1923. He worked as a schoolteacher from 1940 to 1943. He saw active service during World War II with Bomber Command. On 1 October 1943, he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a pilot officer (on probation). His commission was confirmed and he was promoted to flying officer on 1 April 1944. He was promoted to flight lieutenant (war substantive) on 1 October 1945. He served as a bomber aimer in Avro Lancasters, completing 36 operations. He was a store manager from 1946 to 1977. He currently lives in Ampleforth near York. He was nominated for a prize at the 2014 Romantic Novelists' Association Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Spence
Billy Spence (died 1980) was a loyalist activist in Northern Ireland. A native of the Shankill Road area of Belfast, Spence was a leading figure with both Ulster Protestant Action and the Ulster Volunteer Force. Early life Born in Belfast, Spence was the older brother of Gusty, later to become an even more prominent loyalist. He was the son of William Edward Spence, who was born in Whitehaven, England but raised in Belfast, and Isabella Hayes. In 1945, Billy Spence was critical of his younger brother's invitation to Paddy Devlin to play for the Old Lodge soccer team. In keeping with the military tradition of the family, Spence served with the Royal Navy as a young man. He then worked in the Belfast Corporation's transport department as a timekeeper. In this role he served as a member of the Transport and General Workers' Union. He flirted with socialism and was sometimes critical of the refusal of the Ulster Unionist Party to run working class candidates in deprived areas. Uls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |