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Bill Lane (songwriter)
Bill Lane may refer to: * Bill Lane (baseball), American baseball player * Bill Lane (basketball) (1916–1997), American basketball player * Bill Lane (ornithologist) (1922–2000), Australian amateur ornithologist *Bill Lane (publisher) Laurence William Lane Jr. (November 7, 1919 – July 31, 2010) was an American magazine publisher, diplomat, and philanthropist. Early life and education Lane was born November 7, 1919, to Laurence William Lane (1890 – February 20, 1967) and R ... (1919–2010), American publisher and diplomat See also * William Lane (other) {{hndis, Lane, Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lane (baseball)
William Lane was an American Negro league infielder in the 1910s. Lane played for the Chicago Giants and the Chicago American Giants The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" F ... in 1911. In 20 recorded games, he posted 16 hits in 71 plate appearances. References External links *Baseball statistics and player information froBaseball-Reference Black Baseball StatsanSeamheads Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing Chicago American Giants players Chicago Giants players Baseball infielders {{negro-league-baseball-infielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lane (basketball)
William Bradfield Lane (November 2, 1916 – June 21, 1997) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Detroit Eagles in the National Basketball League for three games during their 1940–41 season. After basketball he worked for a long time at Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi .... References 1916 births 1997 deaths American men's basketball players United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II Basketball players from Detroit Centers (basketball) Detroit Eagles players Forwards (basketball) Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players {{1910s-US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lane (ornithologist)
Selwyn George "Bill" Lane E.D. R.L. (1922–2000) was an Australian amateur ornithologist who worked for the Sydney County Council for most of life until he retired in 1983. Career Bill Lane joined the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1947, was a State Representative for New South Wales on that body from 1964 until 1967, and a Vice-President from 1968 to 1969. He was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1983. He was a founding member and President of the Australian Bird Study Association. Lane banded Australian birds for half a century (from the 1950s to the 1990s) throughout Australia, and was an early experimenter with cannon netting. He also helped in the training of many of Australia's bird-banders. Lane published numerous articles in the '' Australian Bird Bander'', '' Corella'' and ''Emu''. He was instrumental in raising the awareness of the impact urban development has upon the habitat and distribution of Australia's native birds and other animals. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lane (publisher)
Laurence William Lane Jr. (November 7, 1919 – July 31, 2010) was an American magazine publisher, diplomat, and philanthropist. Early life and education Lane was born November 7, 1919, to Laurence William Lane (1890 – February 20, 1967) and Ruth Bell. His father was known as "Larry", so he was generally called "Bill". In 1928, the family moved from Des Moines, Iowa where Larry Lane was advertising director for the Meredith Corporation (publisher of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' magazine) to California. The Lane family owned and published Sunset Magazine. Lane graduated from Palo Alto High School. Bill Lane attended Pomona College before transferring to Stanford University to study Journalism. He was a member of the Stanford Chaparral. After graduating with a bachelor's degree from Stanford, he joined the US Navy during World War II. Lane married Donna Jean Gimbel in 1955, they met while she was working as an interior designer in Chicago. Career As their father phased himse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |