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Harry Davis (businessman)
Harry Davis may refer to: Sports * Harry Davis (1900s first baseman) (1873–1947), Major League Baseball first baseman * Harry Davis (1930s first baseman) (1908–1997), played for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns (1932–1937) * Harry Davis (Australian footballer) (1879–1948), Australian rules footballer * Harry Davis (basketball) (born 1956), American professional basketball player * Harry Davis (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1938), English footballer for Sheffield Wednesday * Harry Davis (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1945), English footballer for Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday * Harry Davis (footballer, born 1991), English association football player Others * Harry Davis (soldier) (1841–1929), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Harry Davis (potter) (1910–1986), English potter * Harry Edward Davis, state legislator and community leader in Cleveland, Ohio * Harry L. Davis (1878–1950), 50th Governor of Ohio * Harry Davis (gangster) (1898–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davis (1900s First Baseman)
Harry H. Davis (July 19, 1873 – August 11, 1947) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the New York Giants (1895–96), Pittsburgh Pirates (1896–98), Louisville Colonels (1898), Washington Senators (1898–99), Philadelphia Athletics (1901–11, 1913–17), and Cleveland Naps (1912). Early life Davis was born in Philadelphia. He had no middle name, but he added the middle initial ''H'' to distinguish himself from others who shared his first and last names. He attended Girard College; the institution served as an elementary school and high school. Davis, who picked up the lifelong nickname of "Jasper" at Girard, graduated in 1891 and played amateur baseball until beginning his professional baseball career in 1894. Career After having played the 1900 season for the minor league Providence Grays, he decided to quit baseball, but Athletics manager Connie Mack made him an offer too large to refuse to return to baseball in 1901 with the Athletics. He led the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davis (1930s First Baseman)
Harry Albert Davis Jr. (March 7, 1908 – March 3, 1997), nicknamed "Stinky", was an American professional baseball first baseman. His playing career spanned 26 seasons from 1925 to 1950, including three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers (1932–1933) and St. Louis Browns (1937). Early years Davis was born in 1908 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He attended C. E. Byrd High School and then Centenary College. Professional baseball Davis began his professional baseball career playing for the Shamokin Shammies of the New York-Pennsylvania League from 1925 to 1927. He joined the Syracuse Stars of the same league in 1928. He next played for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League from 1929 to 1931. Davis was the Detroit Tigers' starting first baseman for 141 games in 1932. For the season, he had a .269 batting average with a .339 on-base percentage (OBP), 92 runs scored, 159 hits, and 74 runs batted in (RBIs). The following year, Davis lost his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davis (Australian Footballer)
Henry Ernest Davis (18 February 1879 – 23 October 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He represented the VFL, playing at full-forward (he kicked 3 goals), in a match against a combined Ballarat Football Association The Ballarat Football League (BFL) is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia. The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football ... team, on the MCG, on 24 June 1905. Notes References * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. External links * * 1879 births 1948 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davis (basketball)
Harry A. Davis (born January 27, 1957) is a retired American basketball player who played for two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs. Davis, a 6'7 forward from Cathedral Latin High School in Cleveland, Davis played for coach Hugh Durham at Florida State University from 1974 to 1978. Davis scored 1,514 points in his career, averaging 14.0 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. His best year was 1977–78, where he averaged 19.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per game and was named Metro Conference co-player of the year with Louisville's Rick Wilson. He led the Seminoles to the 1978 NCAA tournament. Following his collegiate career, Davis was drafted by his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1978 NBA draft (second round, pick #33). He played one season with the Cavaliers, averaging 4.1 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in 40 games. He was waived the following season, but signed a 10-day contract with the San Antoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davis (footballer, Born 1873)
Henry Davis (November 1873 – 1938) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for The Wednesday. He played in the 1896 FA Cup Final victory against 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 1949 deaths English footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Football Alliance players Birmingham St George's F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players FA Cup final players Footballers from Smethwick {{England-footy-forward-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davis (footballer, Born 1879)
Harry Davis (8 November 1879 – 17 October 1945) was an English footballer during the late 1890s and early 1900s. Career His career started in non-League Football at Ardsley. He then became a part of the 1898–99 Barnsley squad in their first season in the Football League 2nd Division. His late goal against Luton Town secured the Reds' first ever league win. On 22 January 1900, Davis moved to Sheffield Wednesday where he was part of two League Championship victories in the 1902–03 and 1903–04 seasons. Vintage Footballers He won three caps for , all during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davis (footballer, Born 1991)
Harry Spencer Davis (born 24 September 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for AFC Fylde. Davis has previously played for Crewe Alexandra, St Mirren, Grimsby Town, Morecambe and Scunthorpe United. Early in his career, he was loaned by Crewe to Nantwich Town, Stafford Rangers and Curzon Ashton. Career Crewe Alexandra Davis was born in Burnley, Lancashire. After progressing through the club's academy, he made his first-team debut for Crewe Alexandra on 8 May 2010, in a 1–0 defeat to Bradford City on the final day of the 2009–10 season. Before making his Crewe debut he enjoyed a short loan spell at Northern Premier League Premier Division team Nantwich Town. He was given his first professional contract in May 2010. In August 2010 he joined Stafford Rangers of the Conference North on a one-month loan, along with teammate Kelvin Mellor. His second game for the club came on the final day of the following season, also against Bradford. Crewe wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davis (soldier)
Private Harry Clay Davis (February 5, 1841 to July 9, 1929) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Davis received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Ezra Church The Battle of Ezra Church, also known as the Battle of Ezra Chapel and the Battle of the Poor House (July 28, 1864) saw Union Army forces under Major General William T. Sherman fight Confederate States Army troops led by Lieutenant General John ... in Atlanta, Georgia on 28 July 1864. He was honored with the award on 2 December 1864. Biography Davis was born in Franklin County, Ohio on 5 February 1841. He enlisted into the 46th Ohio Infantry. He died on 9 July 1929 and his remains are interred at the Pomona Cemetery and Mausoleum in California. Medal of Honor citation See also * List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F References {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Harry Clay 1841 births 1929 deaths Peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davis (potter)
Harry Clemens Davis (20 November 1910 – 7 July 1986) was a Welsh-born New Zealand potter, and husband of May Davis. Biography Davis was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1910, the only child of a Swiss mother and English father. He was educated in Switzerland and England, and was fluent in German. After school he was sent to the Bournemouth School of Art where the pottery class was oversubscribed. Undaunted, he worked in the pottery room after hours, turning out large numbers of enormous pots which drew the attention of the headmaster. He was sent to Broadstone Potters, near Poole, which had been established in 1928 by Lancelot Cayley Shadwell and Mary Longbottom. Initially, he worked as a decorator, responsible for the ''"Joyous Pottery"'' range, but soon showed interest in all aspects of the craft. He came under the tutelage of a certain Mr. Bean who instructed him in the skills needed at a potter's wheel. With the demise of Broadstone Potters in 1933, he applied for a job with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Edward Davis
Harry Edward Davis (December 26, 1882 – February 4, 1955) was a lawyer and state legislator in Ohio. He served both houses of the Ohio General Assembly. He was born in Cleveland. He graduated from Western Reserve University Law School in 1908. He was first elected to represent Cuyahoga County in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1920 and served four terms. He was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1947 and re-elected in 1953. He married Louise Wormley in 1917. He was a Freemason and published ''Freemasonry Among Negroes in America'' in 1946. Russell Howard Davis was his brother. Harry E. Davis Jr. High School was named in his honor in 1962. See also *List of African-American officeholders (1900–1959) The following is a list of African-American holders of public office from 1900 to 1959. This period saw setbacks for African Americans following the Reconstruction era after "Redeemer" Democrats retook control of the South and restored white supre ... References 1882 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry L
Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show hosted by Harry Connick Jr. People and fictional characters * Harry (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Harry (surname), a list of people with the surname * Dirty Harry (musician) (born 1982), British rock singer who has also used the stage name Harry * Harry Potter (character), the main protagonist in a Harry Potter fictional series by J. K. Rowling Other uses * Harry (derogatory term), derogatory term used in Norway * ''Harry'' (album), a 1969 album by Harry Nilsson *The tunnel used in the Stalag Luft III escape ("The Great Escape") of World War II * ''Harry'' (newspaper), an underground newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland See also *Harrying (laying waste), may refer to the following historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davis (gangster)
Harry Davis (born 1898 in Romania,D’Arcy O’Connor, ''Montreal’s Irish Mafia: the True Story of the Infamous West End Gang''(Mississauga: John Wiley and Sons ,2011),33. died on July 25, 1946, in MontrealL.W. Conroy, "Gambler is Slain in Uptown ‘Book’: Ex-Convict Falls in Own Stanley Street Establishment in Early Evening," The Montreal Gazette, July 26, 1946.) was a Montreal gangster and the city's last "edge man" (a strictly Montreal term used to signify the go-between for gamblers, politicians and police, the ‘edge’ was the undisputed boss of all vice in the city) back when the ‘Jewish Mafia’ ran the city. Davis, a Jewish mobster, ran Montreal's underworld for a year before he was shot to death in one of his betting emporiums at 1224 St. Catherine Street, by Louis Bercovitch (alias Joe Miller), a rival Jewish mobster.Suzanne Morton, "At odds : gambling and Canadians, 1919-1969" (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003), 158. Although Montreal was the gambling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
