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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] |
Dick Davis (musician)
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) * Richard Davis (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Dick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Calhoun
Eddie Calhoun (November 13, 1921, in Clarksdale, Mississippi – January 27, 1994, in Paradise Lake, Michigan) was an American jazz double bassist. Calhoun was raised in Chicago, where he played with (1947–49) and Ahmad Jamal (1951–52). He worked with Horace Henderson (1952–54), Johnny Griffin (1954), Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, and Miles Davis. He joined Erroll Garner in 1955 and played with him through 1966, recording extensively and touring worldwide. After his time with Garner, Calhoun settled again in Chicago, where he played with vocalist and pianist Norvel Reed (1967–68), then ran a nightclub called Cal's in Chicago from 1972 to 1974 and led a sextet at the Fantasy Club from 1975 to 1980. From 1980 to 1986 he accompanied pianist Lennie Capp, then joined the Chicago All-Stars alongside Erwin Helfer for a tour of Europe."Eddie Calhoun". Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. 2007 edition, p. 105. Calhoun never recorded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Davis (politician)
Richard Joseph Davis Jr. (August 7, 1921 – March 4, 1999) was the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 serving under Governor Chuck Robb. A former mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia, Davis' 1981 election as Lieutenant Governor saw him win 8 of the 10 Congressional Districts composing Virginia in 1981; his statewide margin of victory over Republican state senator Nathan H. Miller was 150,000 votes. In 1982, Davis ran for the United States Senate, but lost to Republican candidate Paul S. Trible Jr. Davis had the distinction of being the first Catholic elected to a statewide office in Virginia history. Davis would remain the only statewide Catholic elected in Virginia history until the 2001 Virginia General Elections, when Tim Kaine was elected lieutenant governor, the same office Davis once held. Four years later, in the 2005 Virginia General elections, history was made again when Kaine won the governor's race and Bob McDonnell won the attorney general's race. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Davis (defensive End)
Richard Earl Davis (born February 6, 1938) is a former American football defensive end who played one season with the Dallas Texans of the American Football League (AFL). He first enrolled at Vanderbilt University before transferring to the University of Kansas. Davis attended Messick High School in Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos .... He was a member of the Texans team that won the 1962 AFL championship. References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Dick Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Davis (running Back)
Dick CE. Davis (born November 28, 1946) is a former American football running back who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Denver Broncos and New Orleans Saints. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the twelfth round of the 1969 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and attended Omaha North High School in Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit .... References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Dick Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Davis (translator)
Dick Davis (born 1945) is an English–American Persophile and Iranologist, poet, university professor, and translator of verse, who is affiliated with the literary movement known as New Formalism in American poetry. Born into a working-class family shortly before the end of World War II, Davis grew up in the Yorkshire fishing village of Withernsea during the 1950s, where an experimental school made it possible for Davis to become the first member of his family to attend university. Shortly before graduating from Cambridge University, Davis was left heartbroken by the suicide of his schizophrenic brother and decided to begin living and teaching abroad. After teaching in Greece and Italy, in 1970 Davis fell in love with an Iranian woman, Afkham Darbandi, and decided to live permanently in Tehran during the reign of the last Shah. As a result, he taught English at the University of Tehran, and married Afkham Darbandi, about whom he has since written and published many love p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Davis (baseball)
Richard Earl Davis (born September 25, 1953) is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball from 1977 until 1982, primarily as an outfielder. He also played five seasons in Japan with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1984 until 1988. His cousin was former infielder Enos Cabell. Playing career Brewers Davis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1972. After several years in the minors, he was called up to the Brewers in July 1977. He split time in the outfield and as a designated hitter for the next four seasons, being used at DH more often than any other Brewer between 1978 and 1980. Phillies During spring training in 1981, the Brewers traded Davis to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Randy Lerch. Davis played some right field and also came off the bench as a pinch hitter 20 times. Though Davis missed most of July and August with an injury, he had 96 at bats and hit .333 with 19 runs ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Davies
Richard Allan Davies (January 21, 1936 – February 25, 2012) was an American basketball player. He played for the gold medal-winning United States men's national basketball team at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is also the youngest brother of Bob Davies, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1970. Davies was born and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and attended John Harris High School. He then attended Gettysburg College and played freshman basketball for his brother, who was the coach at the time, before transferring to LSU Tigers men's basketball, Louisiana State University (LSU) where he lettered for two seasons. Standing at and weighing 176 pounds (80 kg), Davies played the guard (basketball), guard position. He was captain (sports), captain of LSU for one season, and in 1960 was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the 11th round of the 1960 NBA draft, NBA draft. Despite his late-round selection, Davies opted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |