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George Davies (other)
George Davies may refer to: *George Davies (athlete) (born 1940), American pole vaulter * George Davies (baseball) (1868–1906), American major league pitcher * George Davies (cricketer) (1892–1957), Australian cricketer * George Davies (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1956), English footballer in the 1920s * George Davies (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1942), English footballer in the 1920s * George Davies (footballer, born 1927) (born 1927), English footballer in the 1950s * George Davies (footballer, born 1996) (born 1996), Sierra Leonean footballer in the 2010s *George Davies (politician) (1875–1950), British Member of Parliament *George Davies (retailer) (born 1941), British fashion retailer * George Davies (rugby union) (1875–1959), Welsh international rugby player * George M. Ll. Davies (1880–1949), British member of parliament *George Llewelyn Davies (1893–1915), with his brothers the inspiration for playwright J. M. Barrie's characters of Peter Pan and the Lost Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davies (athlete)
George Davies (born November 19, 1940) is an American retired pole vaulter and a former world record holder. He set his record on May 20, 1961, in Boulder, Colorado, jumping . He was the first pole vaulter to break a world record with a fiberglass pole.The current world record was set in 2020 currently stands at 6.18 meters or 20 feet 3.3 inchesJohn Pennel Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. References 1940 births American male pole vaulters World record setters in athletics (track and field) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-polevault-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davies (baseball)
George Washington Davies (February 22, 1868 – September 22, 1906), was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues in -. He was born in Portage, Wisconsin, and played for the Cleveland Spiders, New York Giants, and Milwaukee Brewers. He died in Waterloo, Wisconsin Waterloo is a city in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the census of 2020, the population was 3,483. The name Waterloo was suggested by Mr. Wilt, a Frenchman living here, who was one of Napoleon's soldiers, at the battle of ..., aged 38. External links 1868 births 1906 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Cleveland Spiders players Milwaukee Brewers (AA) players New York Giants (NL) players 19th-century baseball players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Milwaukee Creams players People from Portage, Wisconsin Baseball players from Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers baseball players Burials in Wisconsin {{US-baseball-pitcher-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davies (cricketer)
George Davies (19 March 1892 – 27 November 1957) was an Australian cricketer. He played five first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1921 and 1932. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston. Below is a chronological list of cricketers to have represented Vi ... References External links * 1892 births 1957 deaths Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from Victoria (state) {{Australia-cricket-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davies (footballer, Born 1897)
George Albert Davies (19 January 1897 – 1956) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, George 1897 births 1956 deaths Footballers from Prescot English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Prescot Cables F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Merthyr Town F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Whiston F.C. players Llandudno F.C. players Caernarvon Athletic F.C. players Ashton National F.C. players Northwich Victoria F.C. players English Football League players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davies (footballer, Born 1900)
George Davies (February 1900 – November 1942) was an English professional footballer who scored 18 goals in 92 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham and Southend United. Davies was born in Wellington, Shropshire. He played football for Wellington St George's and Ironbridge and made guest appearances for Wrexham during the First World War, before joining Birmingham of the Football League Second Division in 1918; he was recommended to the club by Birmingham player Jack Elkes, who came from the same area. He made his debut in a 2–0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers on 15 November 1919, and played regularly in the second half on that season. The following season, he lost his place to Ted Linley, but returned for the last eight games of the 1920–21 season to score five goals and help the club to the Second Division title. Davies played only three games in the First Division, and had a brief spell with Wellington Town before signing for Southend United of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davies (footballer, Born 1927)
George Davies (born 1 March 1927) is an English former professional footballer who played as a wing half. He played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Chester in the 1950s. Playing career Davies played for village side Llanymynech before spending four years with Oswestry Town.'Player Memories', Chester City v. Hull City programme, 7/3/1995, p.15 In June 1950 he moved to Sheffield Wednesday for £250, with his six years at Hillsborough including an appearance in the FA Cup semi–finals against Preston North End in 1953–54 at Maine Road. After nearly 100 league appearances for Wednesday, Davies moved to Third Division North side Chester ahead of 1956–57, in a summer in which new manager John Harris also recruited Billy Foulkes, Ron Hansell and John Mulholland as a wave of enthusiasm gripped the club. Davies went on to score in a shock Welsh Cup victory over First Division side Cardiff City later in the campaignSumner (1997), p 69 and also scored four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davies (footballer, Born 1996)
George Kweku Davies (born 16 November 1996) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays for Austrian Football Second League club Admira Wacker as a left midfielder. Club career Davies has played youth football in Sierra Leone, Ghana and England for FC Johansen, Right to Dream Academy and Manchester City. Davies joined the youth team of German club Greuther Fürth in August 2014. In November 2014 he signed a professional contract with them which runs until June 2019. Davies made his first team league debut for the club on 16 December 2014 as a 71st-minute substitute in a 0-0 draw with VfL Bochum. In January 2017 Davies joined the Austrian club Floridsdorfer AC on loan. On 19 July 2017, he joined SKN St. Pölten Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is an Austrian football club from Sankt Pölten, capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. St. Pölten currently play in the Austrian Football Second League, the second tier of the Austrian footbal .... International car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davies (politician)
Major Sir George Frederick Davies, CVO (19 April 1875 – 21 June 1950) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Yeovil from 1923 to 1945. He was born in Honolulu in Hawaii, the son of Theophilus Harris Davies. He was educated at Uppingham School and then at King's College, Cambridge. During the First World War, he served in The Gloucestershire Regiment. He married in 1900, and had two sons and three daughters. He was briefly British vice-consul in Honolulu. Whilst in parliament, he became an assistant government whip in 1931, served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1932 to 1935, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1935–37 and Comptroller of the Household 1937–38. He was one of the earliest members of the 1922 Committee. He was knighted in the 1936 King's Birthday Honours List. and appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order the next year. References *Obituary, ''The Times ''The Times'' is a Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davies (retailer)
George William Davies (born 29 October 1941) is an English fashion designer and retailer. Davies headed Next from its creation in the 1980s, before moving on to start the fashion label ' George at Asda' in the 1990s. Leaving Asda in 2000 following their acquisition by Walmart, he launched the '' Per Una'' fashion collection at Marks & Spencer. In 2009, Davies launched his 4th brand (called GIVe) which saw 26 stores opening in selected towns and cities in the UK along with an e-commerce retailing. Dubbed as a "serial brand creator", the "King of the High Street" and "the leading fashion visionary" he was awarded the Drapers Record Life Time Achievement award in 2003 and the "Designer of the Decade" by Prima in 2004. Early life George William Davies was born in Crosby, Lancashire, on 29 October 1941 to sausage maker George Snr, and seamstress Mary Davies. Davies cites his mother as his motivation to succeed in life in fashion: His grandparents lived on a farm in Thornton, Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davies (rugby Union)
George Davies (25 December 1875–23 July 1959) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llandeilo and Swansea. A two time Triple Crown winner, Davies would represent his country on nine occasions. A skillful player, Davies was unfortunate to be playing during the same period as Rhys Gabe, who was the selectors' first choice at his position.Smith (1980), pg 130. It was all the more unfortunate for Davies as it was a collision between himself and Gabe, during a Swansea match, that caused an injury that would allow Gabe to take his position for Wales.Smith (1980), pg 131. Rugby career Davies originally played rugby at the lower-level team Llandeilo, whom he captained for two seasons, but on moving to Swansea impressed enough to be capped for Wales. In 1905, he was part of the Swansea team that faced the Original All Blacks on their first British tour. Davies was first capped for Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George M
''George M!'' is a Broadway musical based on the life of George M. Cohan, the biggest Broadway star of his day who was known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway." The book for the musical was written by Michael Stewart, John Pascal, and Francine Pascal. Music and lyrics were by George M. Cohan himself, with revisions for the musical by Cohan's daughter, Mary Cohan. The story covers the period from the late 1880s until 1937 and focuses on Cohan's life and show business career from his early days in vaudeville with his parents and sister to his later success as a Broadway singer, dancer, composer, lyricist, theatre director and producer. The show includes such Cohan hit songs as "Give My Regards To Broadway", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Productions The musical opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on April 10, 1968 and closed on April 26, 1969 after 433 performances and 8 previews. The show was produced by David Black and directed and choreographed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Llewelyn Davies
George Llewelyn Davies (20 July 1893 – 15 March 1915) was the eldest son of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. Along with his four younger brothers, George was the inspiration for playwright J. M. Barrie's characters of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. The character of Mr. George Darling was named after him. He was killed in action in the First World War. He was the first cousin of the English writer Daphne du Maurier. Early life Davies (the family only used the double surname Llewelyn Davies on official occasions) and his brother Jack met Barrie during their regular outings to Kensington Gardens, with their nurse Mary Hodgson. As the oldest (he was four years old when he met Barrie) he featured most prominently in the early storytelling and play adventures from which the writer drew ideas for Barrie's works around that time about young boys. He and Jack (and to a lesser extent Peter) were featured in a photo storybook ''The Boy Castaways'' which Barrie made during a shared ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
