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Edge (surname)
Edge is a surname of Anglo-Saxon or Norse origin. Notable people with the surname include: Government and politics * Geoff Edge (born 1943), British politician * Sir John Edge (1841–1926), Irish-born British justice in India * Peter T. Edge, American government official * Walter Evans Edge (1873–1956), American diplomat and politician * Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet (1880–1948), British politician and businessman Music * Andrew Edge (born 1956), English musician * Damon Edge (1949–1995; born Thomas Wisse), American musician * Dexter Edge (born 1953), American musicologist * Dustin Edge (born 1977), American singer-songwriter and musician * Graeme Edge (1941–2021), English musician, songwriter and poet * Norman Edge (1934–2018), American jazz musician * Peter Edge, English-American record executive Sports Basketball * Charles Edge (basketball) (born 1950), American basketball player * Şafak Edge (born 1992), Turkish basketball player Cricket * Cyril Edge (1916– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Edge
Geoffrey Edge (born 26 May 1943) is a former British Labour Party politician. Biography Geoffrey Edge was born in West Bromwich. He was educated at the London School of Economics, from which he received a BA in Geography, and the University of Birmingham. He then became a university lecturer. Political career Edge was elected Member of Parliament for the newly created constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills at the February 1974 general election with a majority of only 366 votes. He was re-elected in October 1974 with an increased majority, but lost the seat in 1979 to the Conservative candidate Richard Shepherd. Whilst in parliament, Edge served as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) for ministers in the Department for Education and the Privy Council Office. After losing his seat, Edge served on West Midlands County Council, where he created an economic development department. For 25 years (1982-2007) he was chairman, later chairman and chief executive, of West Midlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Edge
Robert Richard Edge (1872–1918) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's .... References 1872 births 1918 deaths English footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Loughborough F.C. players People from Wednesfield {{England-footy-forward-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Edge
Sandra Helen Edge (born 26 August 1962 in Te Puia Springs) is a New Zealand netball coach and former international netball player. She captained the New Zealand under 21 team in 1982, aged 17. She debuted in the Silver Ferns in Melbourne in 1985, against Australia. For the next ten years she played in a record 94 internationals and three world championships; the team won the world title in 1987. She became New Zealand team captain in 1994, and retired in 1995. The team defeated England and South Africa, and came third in the 1995 world championship. As a player she was noted as the best centre in the world.Sandra Edge at The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame website In 1990, Edge was awarded the |
Denny Edge
Dennis Douglas Edge (January 10, 1903 – February 18, 1954) was a Canadian-born American player and coach of ice hockey. He served as head coach of the college ice hockey team at Gonzaga University prior to World War II. Biography Edge was born in January 1903 in Saskatchewan, Canada, and immigrated to the United States in 1925. He was active as an ice hockey player from 1918 until 1927, including two years with the Regina Pats, and culminating with a season of professional play in Los Angeles. Photos with the Oregon Historical Society show in him in uniform with other players on a team named the Spalding Aces. Edge coached the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's ice hockey team prior to World War II, taking that role during the 1937–38 season, and staying through completion of the 1939–40 season. He later served as the head coach for the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast Hockey League during their inaugural season of 1944–45. Edge died in February 1954 at his home in Medford, Oregon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Edge
David Edge (born November 12, 1954 in Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom) is a former long-distance runner, who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in the men's marathon. Biography In Blackpool, he had been a policeman. He moved to Canada in 1981, and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California he did not finish. Four years later in Seoul, South Korea he finished in 67th place. He is Jewish, and competed in the 1981 Maccabiah Games, winning a silver medal in the 10,000 m and a bronze medal in the mini-marathon, and in the 1989 Maccabiah Games. Edge won the silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the marathon, behind Australia's Robert de Castella. In 1984, he won the Ottawa Race Weekend marathon, and was the Canadian national marathon champion. A resident of Newport Beach, California USA, Edge is married to Ireland's former long-distance runner Carey May. Achievements See also * List of Canadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butch Edge
Claude Lee Edge (born July 18, 1956) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. Career Edge graduated from El Camino High School in Sacramento, California and was featured in '' Faces in the Crowd'' in the June 24, 1974 issue of ''Sports Illustrated''. Retrieved October 23, 2020 He was drafted by the as the sixth pick overall of the 1974 amateur draft. Edge was selected by the in the |
Bruce Edge
Bruce Edge (30 April 1924 – 29 September 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Edge played three consecutive matches for Melbourne in 1945, from rounds 16 to 18, before returning to play out the season with Rochester Football Club The Rochester Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Tigers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club, formed at a meeting held on 8 June 1874 at Tidy's Restdown Hotel. The club was formed with the purpose of soon "playing and beating .... Notes External links *Bruce Edge Profileat Demonwiki {{DEFAULTSORT:Edge, Bruce 1924 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Rochester Football Club players 1994 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Edge
Allan Edge is a British former slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 team event at the 1979 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Jonquière Jonquière (; ; 2021 population: 60,250) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Saguenay River, near the borough of Chicoutimi. History Jonquière .... ReferencesOverview of athlete's results at canoeslalom.net British male canoeists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{UK-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Edge
Thomas Edge (28 April 1898 – 1966) was a professional footballer. An outside right, he played in the Football League for Manchester City, Oldham Athletic, Exeter City, Blackpool and New Brighton. He also played for Brook Valley, Treherbert, Winsford United Winsford United Football Club are a football club based in Winsford, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1883 and are nicknamed ''The Blues''. The club is currently a member of the , with home matches played at The Barton Stadium. Thei ..., Stockport Wednesday and Stockport Thursday. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Edge, Tommy 1898 births 1966 deaths Footballers from Leigh, Greater Manchester Manchester City F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players New Brighton Tower F.C. players Winsford United F.C. players Place of birth missing Place of death missing Date of death missing Men's association football outside forwards English men's footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Edge (footballer)
Thomas Edge (born 6 April 1970) is a former association football player who played as a midfielder. He represented the New Zealand national team at international level. Edge made his full ''All Whites'' debut as a substitute in a 1–0 loss to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... on 12 May 1991 and ended his international playing career with seven A-international caps to his credit, his final cap an appearance in a 3–0 loss to Australia on 15 November 1995. References External links * 1970 births Living people New Zealand men's association footballers Men's association football midfielders New Zealand men's international footballers 1996 OFC Nations Cup players Waitakere City FC players {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shayne Edge
Randall Shayne Edge (born August 21, 1971) is an American former college and professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1990s. Edge played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. Early years Edge was born in Georgia.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players Shayne Edge Retrieved August 28, 2011. He attended Columbia High School in Lake City,databaseFootball.com, Players Shayne Edge. Retrieved August 28, 2011. and played high school football for the Columbia Tigers. College career Edge accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1991 to 1994. 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 179 (2011). Retrieved August 27, 2011. In four seasons as the Gators' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Edge
Roland Edge (born 25 November 1978) is an English footballer who is the assistant manager at non-league Folkestone Invicta. Career Gillingham Edge made his professional debut for Gillingham as a 40th minute substitute in a 1–0 away league loss to Chesterfield in September 1998. In just his second season with the Kent side Edge featured in the FA Cup quarter finals as Gillingham lost 5–0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, and at Wembley as they defeated Wigan 3–2 in the Football League Second Division play-off Final to gain promotion to the second tier for the first time in the club's history. Edge would go on to make 125 league and cup appearances in six years with the Gills, but was released in 2003 after being unable to agree contract terms. Hibernian After a period training with Hartlepool United Edge signed on a free transfer for Scottish Premier League side Hibernian in August 2003. During his one-season stay with the Leith side Edge played in the 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |