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Glyn Jones (radio Executive)
Glyn Jones may refer to: * Glyn Jones (figure skater) (born 1953), British figure skater at the 1976 Winter Olympics * Glyn Jones (footballer, born 1936), English footballer *Glyn Jones (footballer, born 1959), Welsh footballer *Glyn Jones (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s for Wales, and Broughton Rangers *Glyn Jones (South African writer) (1931–2014), South African writer and actor *Glyn Jones (Welsh writer) Morgan Glyndwr Jones, generally known as Glyn Jones, (28 February 1905 – 10 April 1995) was a Welsh novelist, poet and literary historian, and an important figure in Anglo-Welsh literature. He served as both Chairman and President of the We ... (1905–1995), Welsh writer * Glyn Smallwood Jones (1908–1992), British colonial administrator See also * Glyn Johns {{hndis, Jones, Glyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Jones (figure Skater)
Glyn Jones (born 22 August 1953) is a British former competitive figure skater. He represented Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. He placed 19th in the compulsory figures, 17th in the short program, 16th in the free skate, and 16th overall. He appeared at six ISU Championships, achieving his best result, 13th, at the 1977 Europeans in Helsinki, Finland. As of August 2011, he was working as a manager at the Tampa Bay Skating Academy in Oldsmar, Florida Oldsmar is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 13,591. The Oldsmar name dates to April 12, 1916 when automobile pioneer Ransom E. Olds purchased of land by the northern part of Ta .... Competitive highlights References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Glyn 1953 births British male single skaters Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic figure skaters of Great Britain People from Oldsmar, Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Jones (footballer, Born 1936)
Glyn Jones (8 April 1936 – 2022) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ... for Mansfield Town, Rotherham United and Sheffield United. Jones died in 2022, at the age of 85. References 1936 births 2022 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Grantham Town F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Footballers from Rotherham {{England-footy-forward-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Jones (footballer, Born 1959)
Glyn Jones is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He went on to become a long serving youth coach and caretaker manager at Newport County A.F.C., Newport County. Playing career Jones played for the likes of Bristol Rovers making his league debut against Burnley in October 1977 in a Second division fixture. Unfortunately in his third match during that month he and Rovers faced the newly relegated Tottenham Hotspur who had an afternoon to remember as they put nine goals past Jones and his overworked defence without reply in front also of the BBC Match of the Day cameras. Ironically Glyn won plaudits for his inspired performance that afternoon and returned to Rovers Reserves team shortly afterwards. His next game was at Tottenham for the Reserves in front of a small crowd. Newport County A.F.C., Newport County, Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol Rovers, Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury Town, Gloucester City A.F.C., Gloucest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Jones (rugby League)
Glyn Jones (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales national rugby league team, Wales, and at club level for Hull F.C., Hull FC, Broughton Rangers and Broughton Rangers#Belle Vue Rangers, Belle Vue Rangers (as Broughton Rangers renamed following their move from Broughton, Salford to Belle Vue, Manchester). as a , i.e. number 9, during the era of contested Scrum (rugby)#Rugby league, scrums. International honours Glyn Jones played in Wales national rugby league team, Wales' 7–19 defeat by France at Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux on Sunday 24 March 1946. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Glyn Broughton Rangers players Hull F.C. players Place of birth missing Rugby league hookers Swansea RFC players Wales national rugby league team players Welsh rugby league players Wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Jones (South African Writer)
Glyn Idris Jones (27 April 1931 – 2 April 2014) was a South African actor, writer and director. Early years Glyn Idris Jones, actor, director, writer, and teacher, born in Durban, South Africa on 27 April 1931, of Italian and Welsh parentage, died at his home Vamos, Crete, Greece on 2 April 2014. In a career spanning almost sixty years, his theatrical career encompassed work in the UK, on the continent, and in the United States. After university and drama school he toured South Africa as an actor with the National Theatre of South Africa before hitch-hiking and working his passage to London. On arriving in England in 1953 he took a job with The Sunday Times, then Kemsley Newspapers, and starting writing plays in his spare time. His first acting engagement in the UK was in a summer season of weekly rep at the old Tivoli Theatre, New Brighton, extra work on television and a second summer season, this time on the Isle of Wight followed. Out of work periods saw h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Jones (Welsh Writer)
Morgan Glyndwr Jones, generally known as Glyn Jones, (28 February 1905 – 10 April 1995) was a Welsh novelist, poet and literary historian, and an important figure in Anglo-Welsh literature. He served as both Chairman and President of the Welsh Academy's English-language section. His study ''The Dragon Has Two Tongues'' (1968) discusses ways in which the interwar period affected his generation of Welsh authors. Early life Glyn Jones was born in Merthyr Tydfil in 1905 into a Welsh-speaking household. His father was a post office clerk and his mother a teacher. Despite Welsh being his family language he was educated in English, as were all attending mainstream education in Wales in the first half of the 20th century. Jones gained a place at Cyfarthfa Castle Grammar School, and by the time he left secondary education, he had all but lost his ability to speak Welsh fluently. However, he re-taught himself Welsh in later life, although his literary work was always in English. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Smallwood Jones
Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones (9 January 1908 – 10 June 1992), was a British colonial administrator in Southern Africa. He was the last governor of Nyasaland (now Malawi) from 1961 until it achieved independence in 1964. He served as the only governor-general of Malawi from 1964 until it became a republic in 1966. In 1964, he was appointed a GCMG. Education Glyn Smallwood Jones was born in Chester, in England, on 9 January 1908 and baptised in the Calvinist Methodist Church. He attended a council-run elementary school in Chester and, from 1919 to 1927, The King's School, Chester, where in 1926 he became Head Boy and Captain of School. He was later admitted as a non-collegiate student to St Catherine's Society (later St Catherine's College), Oxford, and played soccer for the university in 1928-1931 as well as being stroke of the St Catherine's 2nd VIII. After graduating in 1930, he was accepted for posting to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) as an Administrative Officer Cadet to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |