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Billy Byrne (other)
William, Bill or Billy Byrne may refer to: * William Byrne (boxer), former boxer from New Zealand * William Byrne (Catholic) (1780–1833), Irish missionary and educator * William Byrne (engraver) (1743–1805), British artist * William Byrne (painter) (1906–1997), American painter * William Byrne (priest), Irish priest * William A. Byrne (1872–1933), Irish poet and educator * William D. Byrne Jr., United States Navy admiral * William Draper Byrne (born 1964), Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, United States * William Henry Byrne (1844–1917), Irish architect * William Matthew Byrne Sr. (1896–1974), American judge * William Matthew Byrne Jr. (1930–2006), American judge, and son of William Matthew Byrne Sr * William Michael Byrne (1775–1798), Irish revolutionary * William Patrick Byrne (1859–1935), member of the British Civil Service * William Pitt Byrne (1806–1861), British newspaper editor and proprietor of ''The Morning Post'' * William T. Byrn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Byrne (boxer)
William Byrne is a former boxer from New Zealand. He won the silver medal in the Lightweight (75 – 81 kg) division at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games The 1974 British Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1974 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The Games were off .... References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Boxers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games New Zealand male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Light-heavyweight boxers 20th-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pitt Byrne
Jews in Georgian Society: The Laras of London, Pearl Foster, Silverwood Books, pp221-222 William Pitt Byrne (c. 1806 – 6 or 8 April 1861) was a British newspaper editor and proprietor of ''The Morning Post''. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a BA and M.A. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1835 and called to the bar in 1839 but never practised law. His father Nicholas Byrne was his predecessor as editor and proprietor of the ''Morning Post'', about whom there is little biographical information in the historical record. Nicholas Byrne took a strongly pro-Conservative editorial stance, and his son was named after William Pitt the Younger. He was mysteriously attacked by a masked intruder around 1833 and never fully recovered, dying of his injuries about two years later. His mother was the Gothic novelist Charlotte Dacre, who had three children with Nicholas: William Pitt Byrne (born 1806), Charles (born 1807) and Mary (born 1809); however the children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richard O'Byrne
William Richard O'Byrne (1823 – 7 July 1896) was an Irish biographer and politician, author of the '' A Naval Biographical Dictionary'' (1849). Life He was elder son of Robert O'Byrne and his wife Martha Trougher, daughter of Joseph Clark. He was a young man when he conceived of publishing a record of the service of every living Royal Navy officer of the executive branch. The work proved an unrewarding struggle. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring appointed him librarian at the Admiralty; but his successor, Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, did not confirm the position. Recognition for O'Byrne's work came from the Royal United Service Institution, and in 1857 he was specially elected a member of the Athenæum Club. On the death of his cousin Georgiana O'Byrne, he succeeded to the Cabinteely estate, County Wicklow. In 1872, he was High Sheriff of Wicklow, and was M.P. for the county from 1874 to 1880. But the property to which he had succeeded was heavily mortgaged; the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William O'Byrne
William Francis Thomas O'Byrne (30 April 1908 – 23 October 1951) was an English cricketer. O'Byrne was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Bromley, Kent. O'Byrne made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Cambridge University at the County Ground, Hove in 1935. In Sussex's first-innings, he was dismissed for 8 runs by James Cameron. In their second-innings, he was dismissed for 26 runs by the same bowler. This was his only major appearance for Sussex. He died at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex on 23 October 1951. References External linksWilliam O'Byrneat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...William O'Byrneat CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:OByrne, William 1908 births 1951 deaths Sportspeople from Bromley Cricketers from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Byrne (hurler)
William Byrne (born January 1960 in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish retired hurler. He played hurling with his local club Naomh Éanna and was a member of the Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 N ... senior inter-county team throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Career statistics References {{DEFAULTSORT:Byrne, Billy 1960 births Living people Naomh Éanna hurlers Wexford inter-county hurlers Leinster inter-provincial hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Byrne (footballer)
William Byrne (22 October 1918 – 2001) was an English footballer. Career Byrne joined Port Vale as an amateur in March 1946 and after making his debut in a war cup match in April that year, signed as a professional the next month. He played fifteen league and one FA Cup game in the 1946–47 season, but only scored two goals in wins over Mansfield Town and Notts County in the Third Division South. He left The Old Recreation Ground in July 1947, when manager Gordon Hodgson transfered him to nearby Crewe Alexandra of the Third Division North. He scored one goal in 18 appearances for the "Railwaymen" in 1947–48 and 1948–49 under Frank Hill and then Arthur Turner. He later he played for non-League Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T .... Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Byrne (sports Entrepreneur)
Bill Byrne (14 June 1936 – 6 March 2007) was a sports entrepreneur who founded the first women's professional basketball league in the United States. Byrne was born in Stoutsville, Ohio and founded the National Scouting Association (NSA) which represented student-athletes from the collegiate and amateur ranks to seek professional football opportunities. He then founded the Columbus Bucks, a semi-professional football team, playing in the Midwest Football League (MFL) and served as commissioner. Byrne was hired by the Chicago Fire of the start-up World Football League in 1974 as the Player Personnel Director. When that team folded toward the end of the season, Byrne then went to the Shreveport Steamer for the 1975 WFL season in a similar role. The World Football League folded toward the end of the season. Byrne then went on to found the American Professional Slo-Pitch Softball League (APSPL) in 1977, the first professional softball league in the US, attracting owners such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Byrne (politician)
William Stephen Byrne (born 19 April 1958) is an Australian Labor politician who was elected to represent Rockhampton in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland at the 2012 state election. He served until his retirement due to ill health in 2017. His party was heavily defeated at the 2012 election and Byrne was one of seven ALP members of the Legislative Assembly returned at that election. Of the seven ALP members returned at the general election, Byrne was the only one new to the Legislative Assembly although Jackie Trad was soon elected in South Brisbane replacing former Premier Anna Bligh who resigned immediately after the election defeat. After Labor's victory in the 2015 Queensland state election The 2015 Queensland state election was held on 31 January 2015 to elect all 89 members of the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The centre-right Liberal National Party (LNP), led by Premier Campbell Newman, attempted to win a s ..., he was sworn in as Minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Byrne (footballer, Born 1931)
Cyril William Byrne (15 May 1931 – 4 September 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Byrne played with North Launceston from 1951 to 1953, winning their best and fairest in 1952. He was recruited to Captain / Coach Corowa in 1954 and 1955. Byrne was then Captain / Coach of Mangoplah - Cookardinia from 1956 to 1959, for two premierships in 1956 and 1957. In Rd.1 of 1957, Byrne played his one and only game with the Melbourne Football Club, then returned to Mangoplah. Byrne coached Leeton in the South West Football League (New South Wales) The South West District Football League was a major Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 until 1981 in the Riverina region of New South Wales. History The first recorded Australian Rules Football match in the Riverina area wa ... in 1960, Byrne then coached East Devonport in 1961 and 1962, then coached Pennant Hill in Sydney i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Byrne (footballer, Born 1896)
William Byrne (14 August 1896 – 19 July 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). His brother Charlie Byrne (Australian footballer), Charlie Byrne also played with him at Fitzroy. Notes External links * * 1896 births Fitzroy Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) 1930 deaths {{AFL-bio-1896-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Byrne (athletic Director)
Clarence William Byrne Jr. is an American retired college athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at the University of Oregon from 1984 to 1992, at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1992 to 2002, and at Texas A&M University from January 2003 to May 8, 2012, when he retired. He was a Special Adviser to Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin until August 31, 2012. Upon leaving the athletic department, he held the title of athletic director emeritus at Texas A&M. Early life Byrne grew up in Idaho. He attended Idaho State University, where he served as student body president and received a bachelor's degree in business in 1967. He went on to receive his MBA from Idaho State in 1971. From 1971 to 1976, he served as the director of alumni relations at Idaho State. He then moved to the University of New Mexico, where he would serve as the executive director of the New Mexico Lobo Club, the division within the athletic department responsible for raising athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William T
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |