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Leroy Smith (musician)
Leroy Smith may refer to: * LeRoy Smith, football coach * Leroy Smith (American football), All-American football player for the University of Iowa in 1991 * Leroy Smith (basketball), basketball player * Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith, aka Stuff Smith (1909–1967), American jazz violinist * Leroy Smith, member of British soul band Sweet Sensation * Leroy Smith LeRoy Victor Smith (August 4, 1933October 25, 2002) was an American former football coach. He coached in four decades, his lifetime record was 106–77–7. Coaching career Mississippi Valley State Smith's first head coaching position was at M ..., a fictional character from the Tekken series video game * Leroy Smith (activist) Colorado Activist and Entrepreneur. {{hndis, Smith, Leroy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeRoy Smith
LeRoy Victor Smith (August 4, 1933October 25, 2002) was an American former football coach. He coached in four decades, his lifetime record was 106–77–7. Coaching career Mississippi Valley State Smith's first head coaching position was at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi, where he coached the 1958 season. He was the third head coach for the Delta Devils and produced a record of 2–5–1. Tuskegee Smith waited six years to become a head coach again. He was named the tenth head football coach at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, and he held that position for six seasons, from 1964 until 1969. His coaching record at Tuskegee was 42–13–3. Kentucky State After his success at Tuskegee, Smith was the 16th head football coach at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky Frankfort is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States, and the seat of Franklin County. It is a home rule-class city; the population w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Smith (American Football)
Leroy Smith (born January 6, 1969) is a former college football player for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1988 to 1991. He was a defensive lineman that was named a consensus first team All-American and the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Year in 1991. Playing career Smith arrived at the University of Iowa from Sicklerville, New Jersey. He played running back in high school but moved to the defensive end position in college, because the Hawkeyes The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Iowa, located in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 22 sports, 8 for men and 14 for women; a 15th women's sport will be added in 2023. The teams partici ... already had a stockpile of good running backs. As a junior in 1990, Smith played on Iowa's Big Ten championship team that went to the Rose Bowl. Smith had perhaps the most dominating senior season a Hawkeye defensive end has ever had. His signature game came against Ohio State in 1991. He r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Smith (basketball)
Harvest Leroy Smith Jr. (February 27, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player, businessperson and former high school teammate of National Basketball Association (NBA) star Michael Jordan. Early years Smith was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before moving to Wilmington, North Carolina in 1972 with his family. High school Smith and Michael Jordan were childhood friends who played together on their ninth-grade basketball squad. In 1978, during their second year at Emsley A. Laney High School, both tried out for the lone sophomore opening on the varsity basketball team. Smith, who was 6'7" (2.01 m), was selected because of his height, while the 5'11" (1.80 m) Jordan was sent to the JV basketball team by coach Clifton "Pop”" Herring. Jordan trained extensively over the next year, grew four inches and was selected for the varsity team as a junior exhibiting extraordinary competitive passion. In 1991, Jordan acknowledged the impact of the event, "It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist. He is well known for the song " If You're a Viper" (the original title was "You'se a Viper"). Smith was, along with Stéphane Grappelli, Michel Warlop, Svend Asmussen, Ray Nance and Joe Venuti, one of jazz music's preeminent violinists of the swing era. Biography He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, United States in 1909, and studied violin with his father. Smith cited Louis Armstrong as his primary influence and inspiration to play jazz, and like Armstrong, was a vocalist as well as instrumentalist. In the 1920s, he played in Texas as a member of Alphonse Trent's band. After moving to New York City he performed regularly with his sextet at the Onyx Club starting in 1935, and also with Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and later, Sun Ra. After being signed to Vocalion Records in 1936, he had a hit with "I'se a Muggin'" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Sensation (band)
Sweet Sensation was an eight piece British soul group who had some success in the mid-1970s. They are best known for their 1974 No. 1 UK hit, " Sad Sweet Dreamer". Career Formed in Manchester in 1971, the band came to prominence after appearing on the ITV talent show ''New Faces''. Under the guidance of panellist Tony Hatch, the band signed to Pye Records. The debut single "Snowfire" failed to reach the charts, but the follow-up " Sad Sweet Dreamer" was a UK number one single in October 1974 that also reached No. 14 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the following spring. The follow-up "Purely by Coincidence" reached No. 11 in the UK in January 1975. Both songs were written by David Parton. Follow-up singles "Hide Away from the Sun", "Mr Cool", "Sweet Regrets" and "Mail Train" all failed to make the charts over the next couple of years. In 1977, the band participated in ''A Song for Europe'' in an attempt to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tekken Characters
The following is a list of characters from the fighting game series ''Tekken''. Characters are chronologically listed in order of the game in which they debuted. Characters Players can choose from a diverse cast that hails from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and fighting styles. A few characters have supernatural origin, such as Devil and Ogre, while animal characters like Kuma the bear and Roger the kangaroo provide comic relief. In the story mode of the game, each character generally has their own personal reasons for entering the tournament and competing for the prize. Only one character have appeared as playable character in all eight main ''Tekken'' installments to date: Paul Phoenix. While King also appear in all the games, more than one entity has assumed the identity, as starting with ''Tekken 3'' his successor would replace the original. Five characters: Heihachi Mishima, Kazuya Mishima, Marshall Law, Nina Williams and Yoshimitsu would come close, having appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
