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Jim Sweeney (other)
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Jim Sweeney may refer to: Sports * Jim Sweeney (American football, born 1929) (1929–2013), American college football coach * Jim Sweeney (American football, born 1962) (1962–2022), American professional football player and assistant coach * Jim Sweeney (basketball), American basketball player Others * Jim Sweeney (actor) (born 1956), Scottish actor * Jim Sweeney (comedian) (born 1955), English actor and comedian See also *Jimmy Sweeney (1922–1992), American singer *Jimmy Sweeney, Irish musician, based in Canada, and member of Barley Bree *James Sweeney (other) James Sweeney may refer to: * James Johnson Sweeney (1900–1986), museum curator * James Joseph Sweeney (1898–1968), American, Roman Catholic bishop * James Sweeney (film editor) (1901–1957), American film editor * James Sweeney (Medal of Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sweeney (American Football, Born 1929)
James Joseph Sweeney (September 1, 1929 – February 8, 2013) was an American football player and coach, the head coach at Montana State University (1963–1967), Washington State University (1968–1975), and California State University, Fresno (1976–1977, 1980–1996), compiling a career college football record of Sweeney's 144 wins at Fresno State are the most in the program's history. Early years Born in Butte, Montana, Sweeney was the youngest of seven children of Will and Kate Sweeney; his father was a hard-rock miner who emigrated from Ireland. As a youth in Butte, he was a top pitcher and outfielder in baseball, and graduated from Butte Central Catholic High School in 1947. Sweeney played college football as an end at the University of Portland in Oregon, and graduated in 1951. After his junior year, the school dropped football as an intercollegiate sport, and Sweeney spent his senior season of 1950 as a high school coach at Columbia High School in Portland. Coaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sweeney (American Football, Born 1962)
James Joseph Sweeney (August 8, 1962 – October 1, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a center and guard for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). After his playing career, he became an assistant coach. Early life and college career Sweeney was born in Pittsburgh and attended Seton-La Salle Catholic High School in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. At the University of Pittsburgh, he played all five offensive line positions and tight end for the Pittsburgh Panthers from 1980 to 1983, including two seasons as starter. As a senior in 1983, he played at center and guard, and he won second-team All-American honors from ''The Sporting News''. Sweeney graduated from Pittsburgh in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in sociology and administration of justice. Professional playing career The New York Jets selected Sweeney in the second round, with the 37th overall selection in the 1984 NFL Draft. Sweeney played for the Jets from 1984 to 1994. With the Jets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sweeney (basketball)
James Sweeney was a 1980 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the United States' top collegiate basketball player under 6'0" tall. Basketball He was the captain of the Boston College Eagles. He was nominated by Boston College (BC) as a Rhodes Scholar candidate. Raised in Trenton, New Jersey, he attended the Lawrenceville School before receiving an athletic scholarship to Boston College. Sweeney testified as a witness in the 1978–79 Boston College basketball point shaving scandal in which members of organized crime schemed to control the outcomes of several games. Sweeney was neither charged nor offered immunity in exchange for his testimony. The ''Tampa Bay Times'' featured Sweeney as one of the "Top 10 most intriguing people of Tampa Bay in 2014", for their fellow resident having displayed "little fear of the mob and no bitterness about getting caught up in a wise-guy point-shaving scheme." Following his 1980 graduation from BC, Sweeney played basketball br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sweeney (actor)
Jim Sweeney (born 8 August 1956) is a Scottish actor. Over the years, Sweeney has starred in a variety of productions for both film and television. Starting with a small role in ''River City'', he later went on to play Mick Turner in ''The Crews'' opposite actors such as David Hayman. In film he has appeared in '' The Angels Share'' and ''The Wee Man'' as well as a variety of short films. In 2013, he took part in a tribute video to Quentin Tarintino's ''Reservoir Dogs'' to mark the 21st birthday of the film. The film recreated the opening scene of the original picture with Sweeney playing the role of Joe Cabot. The film was shot in Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ... and was directed by Colin Ross Smith. Recently, Sweeney has starred in the starred in the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sweeney (comedian)
Michael James Dominic Sweeney (born 7 February 1955; Bournemouth, England) is an England, English actor and comedian, best known for his Improvisational comedy, improvisation partnership with Steve Steen. Life and career When Sweeney was 11 years old, he moved to London with his parents, along with two brothers and a sister. He became interested in theatre and improvisation while attending Clapham College, an all-boys Roman Catholic school. Sweeney spent the 1970s in theatre productions, creating and touring shows with Steen, who was a friend from school. The pairing's first television work as a duo came on the ITV Network, ITV children's show ''CBTV (Thames), CBTV'', followed by the Channel 4 comedy ''Little Armadillos'' and resident support comic slots on Rory Bremner's first sketch show for the BBC. In 1987, Sweeney played Samuel Taylor Coleridge in an episode of ''Blackadder the Third'', with Steve Steen alongside him as George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, Lord Byron. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Sweeney
Jimmy Sweeney (March 15, 1922 – October 6, 1992) a WW2 veteran, and a member of the Nashville African-American music scene. He was a singer, songwriter, and self-taught guitarist. As a pop singer, he was known professionally as Jimmy Sweeney a.k.a. Jimmy Bell. Jimmy was born, raised, and died in Nashville, Tennessee. His recordings span country, rhythm and blues, soul, and doo wop. He was an early influence on Elvis Presley. Jimmy and Elvis Jimmy's main claim to fame is as an influence to the young Elvis and that he was the mystery singer on a demo disk played to Elvis by Sam Phillips. An enduring myth from the fifties is that the young unknown Elvis was daunted by the performance on record of an (unknown) singer. The story is that Elvis as an undiscovered 18-year-old was introduced to a demo record of "Without You" by Sam Phillips on 24 Jun 1954. (Elvis had already visited Sun before that to record two sessions for personal use, and Marion Keisker had taken note of his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barley Bree
Barley Bree was a Northern Irish-Canada, Canadian band active from 1973 to 1995. It was formed in Northern Ireland in 1973, by Nicky Bryson, Buncrana fiddler P.V. O'Donnell, Seamus O'Hagan (Cookstown), and Jimmy Sweeney, a nephew of Tommy Makem and grandson of Traditional singer Sarah Makem. In 1977, all except Bryson moved to Nova Scotia; Bryson was replaced by Tom Sweeney. In 1979, O'Hagan returned to Northern Ireland and the band continued on as a trio until 1995, when Tom Sweeney left to pursue a solo career. Barley Bree widely toured North America and released eight successful albums. They also fronted a weekly television series called ''Barley Bree'' which lasted for two years. After breaking up, they reunited several times at the Milwaukee Irish Fest. Barley Bree appeared with Tommy Makem and Cherish the Ladies on the 1992 CD and video, ''Tommy Makem and Friends in Concert''. Nova Scotia musician Brian Doherty (of Evans & Doherty) joined the band as their recording bass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |