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Bill Russell (other)
Bill Russell (1934–2022) was an American basketball player and coach. Bill or Billy Russell may also refer to: Entertainment *Bill Russell (composer) (1905–1992), American music historian and modernist composer *Bill Russell (lyricist) (born 1949), American librettist and lyricist *Billy Russell (comedian) (1893–1971), English comedian and actor *Bill Russell (illustrator), Canadian-American illustrator Sports * Bill Russell (pitcher) (fl. 1944), American baseball player *Bill Russell (shortstop) (born 1948), American baseball player and manager *Billy Russell (footballer, born 1935), English amateur international footballer *Billy Russell (footballer, born 1959) William McKnight Russell (born 14 September 1959) is a Scottish former footballer who previously worked as Centre of Excellence Manager at Hull City, where he has been caretaker manager on three occasions. As a player, he was a defender, playing ..., Scottish footballer and manager See also * William Russell (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Russell
William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) and a 12-time NBA All-Star, he was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that won 11 NBA championships during his 13-year career. Russell and Henri Richard of the National Hockey League are tied for the record of the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league. Russell is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He led the San Francisco Dons to two consecutive NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956, and he captained the gold-medal winning U.S. national basketball team at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Despite his limitations on offense, as Russell averaged 15.1 points per game, his rebounding, defense, and leadership made him one of the dominant players of his era ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Russell (composer)
William Russell (February 26, 1905 – August 9, 1992) was an American music historian and modernist composer. Named Russell William Wagner at birth, when he decided to become a European classical music, classical music composer, he dropped his last name—as it already "was taken" by Richard Wagner. He was commonly known as "Bill Russell". Composer Born in the small Missouri city of Canton, Missouri, Canton, Bill Russell was a leading figure in percussion music composition, influenced by his acquaintances John Cage and Henry Cowell. In turn, Russell also influenced Cage, in his emphasis of percussion. During the 1930s, predating Cage's main work, Russell's percussion works called for vernacular textures such as Jack Daniels bottles, suitcases, and Haitian drums, as well as "prepared pianos", although it is not clear how specifically he wanted the piano to be prepared. One notable performance of his "Fugue for eight percussion instruments" took place in 1933, with the ubiquito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Russell (lyricist)
Bill Russell (born 1949) is an American librettist and lyricist. Among his stage musicals are ''Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens'' and ''Side Show'', which was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Musical. Career Russell's first musical to be produced is ''Fortune'', which ran Off-Broadway at the Actors' Plahouse from April 27, 1980 to November 23, 1980. Ronald Melrose wrote the music, with Russell writing the book and lyrics. The musical director and arranger was Janet Hood; they have gone on to write several musicals together. The musical concerned four performers who were headed to be stars. According to ''The New York Times'' reviewer, John Corry, it "marked the maturity of the gay musical", and he commended the "literate" lyrics. Russell wrote the book and lyrics for the song cycle ''Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens'', with music by Janet Hood, which originally ran Off-Off-Broadway in 1990 and in the West End in 1993. It played a benefit concert in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Russell (comedian)
Adam George Brown (16 July 1893 – 25 November 1971), who used the stage name Billy Russell, was a British comedian and character actor. Biography He was born in Birmingham, and first appeared on stage at the age of seven in 1900 in a theatrical show in Gloucester. He also worked in funfairs, and before the First World War as a child actor in the north of England, the Midlands and Wales, sometimes as part of a duo. He learned stagecraft from actors and music hall performers such as Bransby Williams and George Robey. A skilled visual artist, he sometimes appeared as "Baroni the Ambidextrous Cartoonist". He served in the South Staffordshire Regiment during the war, and entertained the troops as "The Trench Philosopher", performing monologues in the style of the character "Old Bill" devised by cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Russell (illustrator)
William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played Center (basketball), center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. He was the centerpiece of the Celtics Dynasty (sports), dynasty that won 11 NBA championships during his 13-year career. Russell is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time. At the University of San Francisco, Russell led the San Francisco Dons men's basketball, San Francisco Dons to consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, NCAA championships in 1955 NCAA basketball tournament, 1955 and 1956 NCAA basketball tournament, 1956. He was named NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, and captained the gold medal-winning U.S. national basketball team at the Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics. After being chosen by the St. Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Russell (pitcher)
William Russell is an American former Negro league pitcher who played in the 1940s. Russell played for the New York Black Yankees The New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New York City; Paterson, New Jersey; and Rochester, New York. Beginning as the independent Harlem Stars, the team was renamed the New York Black Yankees in 1932 and ... in 1944. In three recorded appearances on the mound, he posted a 5.87 ERA over 7.2 innings. References External links anSeamheads Year of birth missing Place of birth missing New York Black Yankees players Baseball pitchers {{negro-league-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Russell (shortstop)
William Ellis Russell (born October 21, 1948) is a former shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. Russell played his entire 18-year, 2,181-game career with the Los Angeles Dodgers as the starting shortstop for four National League pennant winners and one World Series championship team. He also served as the team's manager from 1996 to 1998. Playing career A right-handed batter and thrower, Russell came to the Dodgers as a 20-year-old outfielder in , and his first two MLB seasons were spent in the outfield (veteran Maury Wills was the Dodgers shortstop). During the 1970–71 offseason, Russell was converted to a second baseman, and then – the following year – to shortstop. With Wills out of shape at the start of the 1972 season and mired in a slump, Russell got the start at shortstop on April 29 and held onto the position for the next eleven years.John and Valenti, p. 128 He anchored an infield that included third baseman Ron Cey, second baseman Davey Lopes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Russell (footballer, Born 1935)
William Russell (7 July 1935 – 10 November 2022) was an English footballer who played as an inside or outside right. He began his career with Rhyl before playing top-flight football for Sheffield United. After leaving United he had spells at Bolton Wanderers, Rochdale, Scarborough and was playing for Chorley when forced to retire through injury. Initially playing as an amateur Russell was capped four times by the England amateur side before turning professional in 1957. Club career Russell was playing as an amateur with Rhyl when he was spotted by Sheffield United manager Joe Mercer who duly signed him in August 1957 on similar amateur terms. After impressing in the reserve team, Russell was handed his full debut whilst still an amateur, scoring United's only goal in a 3–1 defeat by Charlton Athletic at the end of August. Following his successful transition to league football Russell signed professional terms with Rhyl in November 1957, allowing them to claim a fee of £ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Russell (footballer, Born 1959)
William McKnight Russell (born 14 September 1959) is a Scottish former footballer who previously worked as Centre of Excellence Manager at Hull City, where he has been caretaker manager on three occasions. As a player, he was a defender, playing for Everton, Celtic, Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United and Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ..., making over 450 league appearances. Honours Doncaster Rovers * Football League Fourth Division runner-up: 1983–84 Rotherham United * Football League Fourth Division: 1988–89 Individual * PFA Team of the Year: 1988–89 Fourth Division References External links * 1959 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Everton F.C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
