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Dial (surname)
Dial is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Benjy Dial (1943–2001), American football player *Buddy Dial (1937–2008), American football player *Derrick Dial (born 1975), American basketball player *Jeff Dial (born 1976), American politician * Joe Dial (born 1962), American pole vaulter *Nathaniel B. Dial (1862–1940), American politician *Quinton Dial (born 1990), American football player *Thornton Dial Thornton Dial (10 September 1928 – 25 January 2016) was a pioneering American artist who came to prominence in the late 1980s. Dial's body of work exhibits formal variety through expressive, densely composed assemblages of found materials, oft ... (1928–2016), American artist See also * Dial D. Ryder (1938–2011), American gunsmith {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjy Dial
Benjamin Franklin "Benjy (Benji)" Dial (May 21, 1943 – April 5, 2001) was an American football quarterback who played one season with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the thirteenth round of the 1966 NFL Draft. He played college football at Eastern New Mexico University and attended Farwell High School in Farwell, Texas. He was in Washington Football Team, Washington Redskins Training camp (National Football League), training camp but was released on September 1, 1970. Dial was also a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League, as well as teams from various other leagues. References External linksJust Sports Stats [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Dial
Gilbert Leroy "Buddy" Dial (January 17, 1937 – February 29, 2008) was an American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Rice University. Early years Dial was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, but grew up in Magnolia, Texas. He attended Magnolia High School, where he played six-man football, while being a three-time All-District End and linebacker. He helped his team achieve district titles in his junior and senior years, although they lost the class B regional championship to Sugar Land High School in 1953 and to Barbers Hill High School in 1954. In 2002, he was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame. College career Dial attended Rice University and played as a two-way end on the football team. In 1956, he had 21 receptions for 357 yards, five touchdowns, and was selected sophomore lineman of the year in the Southwest Conference. In 1957, he made 21 receptions (which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick Dial
Derrick Jonathon Dial (born December 20, 1975) is an American-born former professional basketball player. He played parts of four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dial graduated from Cass Technical High School. He played for Eastern Michigan University before being drafted in the second round as a 52nd overall pick by the NBA's San Antonio Spurs in 1998. Dial played for the Spurs until 2001 when he moved to the Toronto Raptors for the 2001–02 season and then the Orlando Magic for the 2003–04 season. As of February 2008, he plays in the NBA Development League for Anaheim Arsenal. On November 7, 2008, Dial was selected as the 18th pick in the ninth round of the 2008 NBA D-League Draft by the Tulsa 66ers Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Dial
Jeff Dial (born April 4, 1976 in Los Angeles County, California) is a former State Senator in the Arizona State Legislature. Dial was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2010 and was reelected in 2012. Dial was elected to the Arizona Senate representing the 18th district in 2014. In 2015, the ''Arizona Republic'' reported that Dial had made an eight-year commitment to the United States Army Reserve in 1996, but Dial said he received an honorably discharge due to his weight in 2004. In 2016, Dial's reelection was challenged by Republican candidate Frank Schmuck,Stephenson, Hank.Sen. Dial, 2 other lawmakers go down to defeat in primary. ''Arizona Capitol Times'' (Phoenix, Arizona). September 6, 2016. police chief of Chandler, Arizona. Schmuck portrayed himself as a conservative running against a moderate. Schmuck also persistently questioned Dial's military record, asking whether Dial really earned the "Army veteran" status that Dial claimed in his campaign materia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Dial
Joe Dial (born October 26, 1962, in Marlow, Oklahoma) is a retired American pole vaulter, best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships in Budapest. His personal best was 5.96 metres, achieved in June 1987 in Norman, Oklahoma. While competing for Marlow High School, he was ''Track and Field News'' "High School Athlete of the Year" in 1981. Since retiring from the sport, Dial has turned to coaching. He was the head coach of the men's and women's track and cross country programs at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1993-2022. During his tenure at ORU, he coached 50 All-Americans and turned ORU into a powerhouse in the Mid-Continent Conference. In spite of his coaching a rival school, Dial is still a popular alum of Oklahoma State University Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel B
, nickname = {{Plainlist, * Nat * Nate , footnotes = Nathaniel is an English variant of the biblical Greek name Nathanael. People with the name Nathaniel * Nathaniel Archibald (1952–2018), American basketball player * Nate Archibald (born 1948), American basketball player * Nathaniel Ayers (born 1951), American musician who is the subject of the 2009 film ''The Soloist'' * Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), Virginia colonist who instigated Bacon's Rebellion * Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816–1894), American politician and American Civil War General * Nat Bates (born 1931), two-term mayor of Richmond, California * Nathaniel Berhow (2003–2019), perpetrator of the Saugus High School shooting in 2019 * Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), American mathematician, father of modern maritime navigation * Nathaniel Buzolic (born 1983), Australian actor * Nathaniel Chalobah (born 1994), English footballer * Nathaniel Clayton (1833–1895), British politician * Nat King Cole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinton Dial
Quinton Arnaz Dial (born July 21, 1990) is a former American football nose tackle. He played college football at Alabama, and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Green Bay Packers. High school career Dial attended Clay-Chalkville High School, where he played for the Clay-Chalkville Cougars high school football team. He was named as the 2008 ASWA's 6A Defensive Lineman of the Year. He was selected to the second-team All-State honors from The Birmingham News. He was ranked as the 33rd defensive tackle prospect by Rivals.com. College career Dial played College football at East Mississippi Community College for his freshman and sophomore seasons. He spent his junior and senior seasons the University of Alabama. In his final two seasons at the University of Alabama, He finished with a total of 46 tackles, 2.5 sacks. His ferocity of play was illustrated by a hit he made on Georgia quarterback, Aaron Murray, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornton Dial
Thornton Dial (10 September 1928 – 25 January 2016) was a pioneering American artist who came to prominence in the late 1980s. Dial's body of work exhibits formal variety through expressive, densely composed assemblages of found materials, often executed on a monumental scale. His range of subjects embraces a broad sweep of history, from human rights to natural disasters and current events. Dial's works are widely held in American museums; ten of Dial's works were acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2014. Biography Thornton Dial was born in 1928 to a teenage mother, Mattie Bell, on a former cotton plantation in Emelle, Alabama, where relatives in his extended family worked as sharecroppers. He lived with his mother until he was around three when Dial and his half-brother Arthur moved in with their second cousin, Buddy Jake Dial, who was a farmer. When Thornton moved in with Buddy Jake, he farmed and learned about the sculptures that Buddy Jake made from items ly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
