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Dickie Davis (other)
Dickie Davis may refer to: * Dickie Davis (footballer) (1922–1999), English footballer who played for Sunderland and Darlington * Dickie Davis (British Army officer) (born 1962), British general * Dickie Davis (cricketer) (1966–2003), English cricketer See also * Dickie Davies Richard John Davies (born 30 April 1933) is a retired British television sports presenter, who anchored '' World of Sport'' from 1968 until 1985. Early life Davies attended Oldershaw Grammar School after passing his eleven-plus; he then did ... (1928–2023), British television presenter * Dick Davis (other) * Richard Davis (other) {{hndis, Davis, Dickie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickie Davis (footballer)
Richard Daniel Davis (22 January 1922 – 11 August 1999) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland and Darlington as a forward. Life and club career Davis was born in Birmingham in 1922. He was a schoolboy international, and after playing football for Morris Motors he signed for Sunderland in 1939. He made his debut on 7 December 1946 against Leeds United in a 1–1 draw at Elland Road. He finished as the Football League First Division's top scorer in the 1949–50 season with 25 goals. During his time at Roker Park spanning from 1946 to 1954, he made 144 league appearances and scored 73 goals. He moved on to Darlington in 1954 and scored 32 goals in 93 league appearances in three seasons at Feethams. In 1957 he retired from football, aged 35. He died in Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, north-east of central London, and by rail from Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickie Davis (British Army Officer)
Major General Richard Roderick Davis, (born 2 August 1962) is a retired British Army officer and author who has worked extensively in sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently the Managing Director of Nant Enterprises and a Special Advisor to the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation. Military career Educated at Bloxham School, Davis studied for a degree in civil engineering at the Royal Military College of Science before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and being commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1984. Following service as a junior officer he attended the Army Staff Course gaining an MSc in Defence Technology. He served as commanding officer of 22 Engineer Regiment in which role he was deployed to Kosovo and subsequently to West Yorkshire to provide firefighting cover as part of Operation Fresco. In June 2003 he set up and led the first UK Provincial Reconstruction Team in Mazar-e-Sharif, Northern Afghanistan. The team established a ceasefire between the rival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickie Davis (cricketer)
Richard Peter Davis (18 March 1966 – 29 December 2003) was an English cricketer. Davis was a right-handed batsman, who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Westbrook, Kent. Early life and Kent Davis grew up in East Kent and was educated firstly at King Ethelbert School in Birchington-on-Sea and later at Thanet Technical College on the Isle of Thanet. He was coached at county level throughout his life, eventually making his first-class cricket debut for Kent in 1986 against Warwickshire. Despite making his first-class debut for the county at the age of just 20, Davis faced a challenge to remain within the team; he was expected to succeed Derek Underwood, one of the finest left-arm spinners. This following the most successful period in the history of the county and with pitches at Canterbury which were not conducive to slow bowling. Nonetheless, between 1986 and 1993, he represented Kent in 125 first-class matches with his final appearance for the county comin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickie Davies
Richard John Davies (born 30 April 1933) is a retired British television sports presenter, who anchored '' World of Sport'' from 1968 until 1985. Early life Davies attended Oldershaw Grammar School after passing his eleven-plus; he then did National Service in the Royal Air Force, and worked as a purser on the and ocean liners. Career His first job in broadcasting was as an announcer for Southern Television. In the early stages of his career, Davies was known by his full name, Richard Davies, but changed to Dickie Davies at the suggestion of his ITV Sport colleague Jimmy Hill. Davies began work on ''World of Sport'' (initially called ''Wide World of Sports'') in 1965 as an understudy to Eamonn Andrews, who was paid £40,000 by ITV to present it (about £825,250 at 2022 prices)—taking over the role of presenter in 1968 when Andrews left the show. After ''World of Sport'' ended in 1985, Davies stayed with ITV, presenting boxing, darts, and snooker, as well as playing a pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Davis (other)
Dick Davis may refer to: * Dick Davis (musician) (1917–1954), American tenor saxophonist who played with Eddie Calhoun * Dick Davis (politician) (1921–1999), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia * Dick Davis (defensive end) (born 1938), American football defensive end * Dick Davis (running back) (born 1946), American football running back * Dick Davis (translator) (born 1945), British translator * Dick Davis (baseball) (born 1953), American baseball player See also * Dick Davies (1936–2012), American basketball player * Dickie Davis (other) Dickie Davis may refer to: * Dickie Davis (footballer) (1922–1999), English footballer who played for Sunderland and Darlington * Dickie Davis (British Army officer) (born 1962), British general * Dickie Davis (cricketer) (1966–2003), Englis ... * Richard Davis (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Dick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |