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Billy King (musician)
Billy King may refer to: * Billy King (sportsman) (1902–1987), Irish cricketer and Singaporean rugby union player * Billy King (Australian footballer) (1920–1990), Australian rules footballer * Billy King (basketball) (born 1966), American basketball player and general manager * Billy King (footballer, born 1994) Billy King (born 12 May 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for USL League One club Northern Colorado Hailstorm. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Rangers, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Dundee U ..., Scottish footballer (St Patrick's Athletic F.C.) * Billy King (vaudeville) (1867–1951/75–1951), American vaudeville entertainer and showman * Robin King (born 1966), Northern Irish paramilitary nicknamed "Billy" See also * William King (other) {{hndis, King, Billy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy King (sportsman)
William Robert King (16 December 1902 – January 1987) was an all-round sportsman who played cricket for both Ireland and the Straits Settlements, and played rugby union for Singapore. Biography Educated mainly in Tipperary, he excelled at sport, particularly cricket and rugby union. He entered Trinity College Dublin in 1921, where he quickly found himself part of the Dublin University Cricket Club, for whom he played a first-class match against Essex in 1922. His sole appearance for the Irish national side came against Wales in August 1923, scoring 45 as Ireland beat Wales by an innings. Soon after that match, he took up an appointment in Singapore, and eventually played both rugby for Singapore and cricket for the Straits Settlements, playing against the Federated Malay States in 1926. of Federated Malay States v Straits Set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy King (Australian Footballer)
William Herbert King (17 August 1920 – 23 August 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the VFL during the 1940s. King, who started his career at South Melbourne in 1940, was recruited from Ascot Vale. Primarily a wingman, he participated in the famous 1945 'Bloodbath' Grand Final which South Melbourne lost to Carlton. In 1947 he represented Victoria at the Hobart Carnival and was selected in the 'Sporting Life' Team of the Year. King was runner up to Bill Williams in South Melbourne's 1946 best and fairest award. King was captain / coach of the Corowa Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League in 1949 and 1950. King played in the New South Wales state team against Western Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in June, 1949. King also played for New South Wales against Victoria in July, 1949, at the Sydney Cricket Ground. After two years at Corowa, King accepted the role of captain / coach at North Albury Football Club i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy King (basketball)
Billy Matthew King (born January 23, 1966) is an American basketball executive. He is the former general manager of the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers NBA teams, as well as former team president of the 76ers. Early life and education King grew up in Sterling, Virginia where he played basketball at Park View High School. He received a scholarship to play at Duke University and wore jersey number 55. He was known primarily for his tough defense. In his senior season, he served as a captain of Duke's 1988 Final Four team and was named NABC National Defensive Player of The Year. Post-playing career King served as an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers for four seasons under Larry Brown. He joined the professional ranks after spending four seasons as an assistant at Illinois State University under head coach Bob Bender. King also spent one year as a color analyst for ESPN's men's basketball coverage of the Ohio Valley Conference. King then joined the Philadelphia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy King (footballer, Born 1994)
Billy King (born 12 May 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for USL League One club Northern Colorado Hailstorm. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Rangers, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Dundee United, Gillingham, Greenock Morton and St Patrick's Athletic and has represented Scotland up to under-21 level. Club career Heart of Midlothian King began his career with Heart of Midlothian. He was a member of the club's under-20 squad when he was promoted to the first team for their match against Ross County on 27 October 2012, where he was an unused substitute. He remained an unused substitute on three further occasions before on 30 January 2013, King aged 18, made his first team debut playing from the start in a 1–0 victory over Dundee in the Scottish Premier League. He made a total of 8 appearances over his first season in senior football. His brother Adam King broke through to the first team and made his debut on 26 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy King (vaudeville)
William King (circa 1869 or 1875 – 1951) was an African-American vaudeville comedian who led the ‘’’Billy King Stock Company’’’ who was described as "a living link between the Harlem Renaissance and nineteenth-century black minstrelsy." He married fellow performer Hattie McIntosh. Biography He was born in Whistler, Alabama, but left home when young. He formed his own company, "King and Bush, Wide-Mouth Minstrels", before joining the Georgia Minstrels. By around 1902 he was established as one of the leading comedians in the travelling troupe. He moved into vaudeville in 1911, and established his own company, writing prolifically and touring between bases in Atlanta, Kansas City, Savannah and elsewhere. The company included comedian Billy Higgins. In 1915, he and his company performed regularly at the Grand Theatre in Chicago. Some of his shows there starred Bessie Brown and Howard Kelly. Between 1916 and 1923, he wrote, staged and starred in a succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin King
Robin Andrew King, (born 7 July 1966) is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader who, despite having been born into a Catholic family, served as the commander of the Ulster Protestant Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF). A close friend of the organisation's founder Billy Wright, King took over as leader following the death of Mark "Swinger" Fulton, who had succeeded Wright when he was assassinated by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) in December 1997. Early years King was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, on 7 July 1966 to a Roman Catholic family, in which faith he was raised until the age of nine. He attended St. Paul's Catholic primary school in the Ballymacbredan Road in Magheralin, on the outskirts of Lurgan, where he excelled as a Gaelic Athletic Association player and received a medal for his skill at Irish dancing. When he was nine years old, the family transferred to Waringstown in the wake of his mother's conversion from Catholicism to the Church of Ire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
