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Leon Smith (other)
Leon Smith may refer to: * Leon Smith (basketball) (born 1980), American former basketball player * Leon Smith (naval commander) (died 1869), Texas Marine Department during American Civil War * Leon Smith (politician) (born 1937), Idaho House of Representatives * Leon Smith (tennis) (born 1976), Scottish tennis coach * Leon Kristopher Smith (1978–2011), New Zealand soldier * Leon Polk Smith (1906–1996), American painter See also * Lee Smith (other) Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction *Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor *Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer *Lee Smith ... * Liam Smith (other) {{hndis, Smith, Leon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Smith (basketball)
Leon Smith (born November 2, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Continental Basketball Association, the USBL and the IBL, and abroad in Puerto Rico and Argentina. Smith was raised in a foster home, called Lydia Children's Home, as a ward of the state of Illinois due to neglect from his parents when he was five years old. Smith was selected out of Chicago's Martin Luther King High School (where he averaged 25.5 points and 14.5 rebounds per game in his senior year) by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round (29th overall) of the 1999 NBA draft, and was immediately traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for the draft rights to Gordan Giriček and a second-round pick in the 2000 NBA draft. However, in subsequent months he suffered numerous psychological concerns, and was released in February 2000 without ever playing a game for the Mavericks. A month previous, Smith was released from a psych ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Smith (naval Commander)
Leonidas R. Smith (1829 – December 26, 1869) was an American steamboat captain and soldier. In the American Civil War he served the Confederate States of America as a volunteer; he was named Commander of the Texas Marine Department under General John B. Magruder. Smith was involved in most major conflicts along the Texas coast during the war, and was described by war-time governor of Texas Francis Lubbock as "undoubtedly the ablest Confederate naval commander in the Gulf waters". Personal life and family Smith was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1829. He was a Freemason, and according to some wartime and post-war reports, Caleb Blood Smith, a cabinet member under President Lincoln, was his half-brother. New York Times, 23 Feb 1863 Smith was married, and had a son, named Leon B. Smith. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Smith (politician)
Leon E. Smith Jr. (born 30 May 1937, Great Bend, Kansas) was a member of the Idaho House of Representatives, having served from 1999 to 2013. Prior, he was mayor of Twin Falls and a prosecutor for Twin Falls County, Idaho. He holds a bachelor's degree from Kansas State University, and a law degree from Washburn University. He and his wife Jan are the parents of three children. ReferencesLeon Smith, Jr.at BallotpediaLeon Smith, Jr.at Project Vote Smart Vote Smart, formerly called Project Vote Smart, is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States. It covers candidates and elected officials in si ... 1937 births 20th-century mayors of places in Idaho American prosecutors Kansas State University alumni Living people Mayors of places in Idaho Republican Party members of the Idaho House of Representatives People from Great Bend, Kansas People from Twin Falls, Idaho W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Smith (tennis)
Leon Smith, (born 1976) is a British tennis coach. Smith has been captain of the Great Britain Davis Cup team since 2010, and led the Great Britain team to win the 2015 Davis Cup. Early years Smith was born in Glasgow, Scotland and attended Hutchesons' Grammar School. He played junior tennis at national level but did not become a professional player. Career Smith began coaching professionally at club level aged 18. He has focused on elite players since 1998, and became national performance officer for Tennis Scotland that year. Two years later he helped set up a tennis academy at the Next Generation club in Edinburgh. He rejoined Tennis Scotland as LTA academy coach, and became national training coach for Scotland in 2004. Smith has coached several Scottish junior players, most notably Andy Murray. Smith worked with Murray from age 11 to 15, during which time Murray won the Junior Orange Bowl under-12 title and five ITF Futures events. Smith and Murray remained friends, and Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Kristopher Smith
Leon Kristopher Smith, (24 July 1978 – 28 September 2011) was a New Zealand Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the New Zealand Gallantry Decoration and the Charles Upham Bravery Award for his actions when attempting to resuscitate a mortally wounded colleague, while responding to an insurgent attack on the British Council Offices in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2011. Smith, who was a member of the New Zealand Special Air Service, was himself mortally wounded during a later operation in Afghanistan. Background Smith was born on 24 July 1978 and grew up in Wellington, New Zealand, before moving to Auckland with his work. He enlisted into the Royal New Zealand Navy on 14 January 1997 and was allocated the service number T1002840. Smith served with the Royal New Zealand Navy as a commissioned officer and was subsequently released in the rank of ensign on 12 January 1999. Between 2000 and 2004 Smith worked in various roles for the Malaghan Institute. He also worked for NZ Post as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Polk Smith
Leon Polk Smith (1906–1996) was an American painter. His geometrically oriented abstract paintings were influenced by Piet Mondrian and he is a follow er of the Hard-edge school. His best-known paintings constitute maximally reduced forms, characterized by just two colors on a canvas meeting in a sharply delineated edge, often on an unframed canvas of unusual shape. His work is represented in many museums in the United States, Europe, and South America. Thanks to a generous bequest from the artist, the Brooklyn Museum has 27 of his paintings on permanent display. Early life Smith was born near Chickasha, a year before Oklahoma became a state. His parents, William and Samantha Smith, had arrived in present-day Oklahoma from Tennessee at the end of the 19th century, and had settled on land with the Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory. Smith was the eighth of nine children and labored on his parents' modest homestead throughout an impecunious childhood. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Smith (other)
Lee Smith is the name of: Arts, entertainment and media *Lee Smith (fiction author) (born 1944), American author of fiction *Lee Smith (film editor) (born 1960), Australian film editor *Lee Smith (musician) (born 1983), American drummer *Lee Smith (journalist) (born 1962), American journalist, editor and author Sports *Lee Smith (American football) (born 1987), American football player *Lee Smith (baseball) (born 1957), American baseball pitcher *Lee Smith (rugby) (born 1986), English rugby league player See also *Leigh Smith (other) *Leon Smith (other) *Liam Smith (other) {{hndis, Smith, Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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