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Michael E. Davis (businessman)
Michael or Mike Davis may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Michael Davis (bassist) (1943–2012), American bass guitarist, singer, record producer * Michael Davis (juggler) (born 1953), American juggler, comedian, and musician * Michael Earl Davis (born 1959), American puppeteer, actor, writer, singer * Michael Davis (director) (born 1961), American film director and screenwriter * Michael Davis (trombonist) (born 1961), American jazz trombonist * Mick Davis (director) (born 1961), Scottish film director, producer and screenwriter * Mike Davis (guitarist) (born c. 1970), American guitarist * Michael Cory Davis (fl. 2003), American actor, filmmaker, and activist * Mike Davis (screenwriter), American screenwriter, producer, and director * Michael Davis (artist), American artist * Michael Davis (comics creator), co-founder of Milestone Media Politics and government * Michael Davis (Australian lawyer) * Michael Davis (Irish politician) (1875–1944), Irish politician * Michael Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Davis (bassist)
Michael Davis (June 5, 1943 – February 17, 2012) was an American bass guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer, best known as a member of the MC5. MC5 After dropping out of the fine arts program at Wayne State University, Davis became the bassist for the MC5 in 1964, replacing original bassist Pat Burrows when singer Robin Tyner, Rob Tyner and guitarist Wayne Kramer (guitarist), Wayne Kramer decided that they liked Davis's style and wanted him in the band. He played on the band's three original albums, including their debut ''Kick Out the Jams'', and remained in the group until 1972. In 1975–6, Davis spent time in Kentucky's Lexington Federal Prison on a drug charge, where he was unexpectedly reunited with Wayne Kramer. Destroy All Monsters Upon his release from prison, Davis joined the Ann Arbor-based art noise band Destroy All Monsters (band), Destroy All Monsters at the urging of friend Ron Asheton, of Iggy and The Stooges, The Stooges. Davis spent seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael K
''Life & Times of Michael K'' is a 1983 novel by South African-born writer J. M. Coetzee. The novel won the Booker Prize for 1983. The novel is a story of a man named Michael K, who makes an arduous journey from Cape Town to his mother's rural birthplace, amid a fictitious civil war during the apartheid era, in the 1970-80s. Plot summary The novel is split into three parts. The novel begins with Michael K, a poor man with a cleft lip who has spent his childhood in institutions and works as a gardener in Cape Town. Michael tends to his mother who works as a domestic servant to a wealthy family. The country descends into civil war and martial law is imposed, and Michael's mother becomes very sick. Michael decides to quit his job and escape the city to return his mother to her birthplace, which she says was Prince Albert. Michael finds himself unable to obtain the proper permits for travel out of the city so he builds a shoddy rickshaw to carry his mother, and they go on their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Earls-Davis
Michael Richard Gratwicke Earls-Davis (21 February 1921 − 5 April 2016) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University in 1947 and for Somerset in 1950. He was born at Hampstead, London. Biography Educated at Sherborne School, Earls-Davis went up to Cambridge University but, like many students of his time, then joined the armed forces during World War II. He was an officer in the Irish Guards and was wounded in action in 1944. He was thus 26 by the time he started his first-class cricket career as a lower-order left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler at Cambridge in 1947. In his first game, against Worcestershire, he took five wickets in the match, including Don Kenyon twice. In the following match against Gloucestershire, he took four wickets for 87 in the county's first innings, and these proved to be the best bowling figures of his career. But he did not maintain this form and dropped out of the team before the University Match, and therefore d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Davis (basketball Coach)
Michael Davis (born September 15, 1960) is an American basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Detroit Mercy, a position he has held since 2018. Davis served as the head men's basketball coach at Indiana University Bloomington from 2000 to 2006, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) from 2006 to 2012, and Texas Southern University from 2012 to 2018. Playing career Davis, an Alabama native, spent his collegiate playing career with the University of Alabama Crimson Tide after earning the state's Mr. Basketball honor in 1979. In his first season, he played for the legendary C. M. Newton and then spent his final three years playing under another coaching legend, Wimp Sanderson. He ended his career with a 10.1 points per game average. His 165 steals ranks third all-time at the school. Davis won the team's Hustle Award all four seasons and was named to the Southeastern Conference's All-Defensive team his senior year. Following his playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Davis (basketball, Born 1988)
Michael Edward Davis (born October 21, 1988) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Illinois. High school career Davis attended T. C. Williams High School under coach Ivan Thomas. As a senior, he averaged 17.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks helping T. C. Williams to reach a 25–4 record, Region and Patriot District titles and the quarterfinals of the Virginia Group AAA state tournament. For that he won the Northern Region Player of the Year award and a second-team All-Metro selection by the Washington Post. College career After graduating high school, Davis attended Illinois. In his senior season, he was the only Illini to start all 34 games where he averaged 12.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 33 minutes, being second in the team in scoring. When he graduated, he was second on Illinois' all-time rebounding list with 909 boards, No. 22 on Illini all-time scoring list with 1,279 points and third in school history in games pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Davis (basketball, Born 1956)
Michael Anthony Davis (born August 2, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player. Playing as a center, his career mostly took place in Italy and Spain, though he had a short stint in the National Basketball Association (NBA). College career Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Davis did not play high-school basketball, as he didn't make his school's team in 11th grade. However, after growing to 6-10, he took up the sport again. He moved to Shaw College, Detroit, in 1974, living in Dave Bing's house. As a sophomore, he played for Mercer County Community College, earning National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honours. Davis then moved to Maryland, playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) of the NCAA Division I, in 1976. He was an ACC Rookie of the week in 1976–1977, also being noted for his play that season, only his third of competitive basketball. However, in January 1978, he was kicked off the squad by coach Lefty Driesell after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Davis (basketball, Born 1946)
Michael A. Davis (born July 26, 1946) is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA). Davis was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the first round of the 1967 NBA draft and by the Oakland Oaks in the 1967 ABA Draft. Named to the 1970 NBA All-Rookie Team, he played from 1969 to 1973 as a member of the Baltimore Bullets, Buffalo Braves, and Memphis Tams Memphis most commonly refers to: * Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt * Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city Memphis may also refer to: Places United States * Memphis, Alabama * Memphis, Florida * Memphis, Indiana * Memp .... External linksNBA/ABA stats 1946 births Living people American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) draft picks Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) players Basketball players from New York City Buffalo Braves players Guards (basketball) Memphis Tams players Oakland Oak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Davis (American Football Coach)
Mike Davis is a former American football coach. He was the fourth head football coach at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland, serving for two seasons, from 1975 to 1976, and compiling a record of 1–16. He coached for the entire 1975 season and the first seven games of the 1976 season before coaching duties were taken over by Oscar Lewis Oscar Lewis, born Lefkowitz (December 25, 1914 – December 16, 1970) was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his vivid depictions of the lives of slum dwellers and his argument that a cross-generational culture of poverty transcen .... References Year of birth missing Possibly living people Frostburg State Bobcats football coaches {{1970s-collegefootball-coach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Davis (wide Receiver)
Mike Davis (born May 11, 1992) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Texas. High school Davis attended Skyline High School in Dallas, Texas, where he was a prep All-American, two-time all-state, two-time first-team all-area and all-district performer at wide receiver. He recorded 129 catches for 2,764 yards and 39 TDs over his final three seasons, helping Skyline post a 37-4 record. He also played in the 2010 Under Armour All-America Game, finishing as the game’s leading receiver with three catches for 53 yards and a TD. Considered a four-star recruit by ''Rivals.com'', he was rated as the 4th best wide receiver prospect in the nation. College career Davis attended the University of Texas at Austin from 2010 to 2013, where he played for the Texas Longhorns football team. He originally was going to enter the 2013 NFL Draft, but changed his mind and returned to Texas for his senior season. He finished his career with 200 receptions for 2,7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Davis (running Back)
Michael or Mike Davis may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Michael Davis (bassist) (1943–2012), American bass guitarist, singer, record producer * Michael Davis (juggler) (born 1953), American juggler, comedian, and musician * Michael Earl Davis (born 1959), American puppeteer, actor, writer, singer * Michael Davis (director) (born 1961), American film director and screenwriter * Michael Davis (trombonist) (born 1961), American jazz trombonist * Mick Davis (director) (born 1961), Scottish film director, producer and screenwriter * Mike Davis (guitarist) (born c. 1970), American guitarist * Michael Cory Davis (fl. 2003), American actor, filmmaker, and activist * Mike Davis (screenwriter), American screenwriter, producer, and director * Michael Davis (artist), American artist * Michael Davis (comics creator), co-founder of Milestone Media Politics and government * Michael Davis (Australian lawyer) * Michael Davis (Irish politician) (1875–1944), Irish politician * Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Davis (defensive Back, Born 1972)
Michael Allen Davis (born January 14, 1972) is a former American football defensive back who played for the Houston Oilers and the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Oilers. He played college football at University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 .... References Living people American football defensive backs Cincinnati Bearcats football players 1972 births Players of American football from Ohio Houston Oilers players Cleveland Browns players {{Defensiveback-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Davis (defensive Back, Born 1956)
Michael Leonard Davis (April 15, 1956 – April 25, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). College career Davis played college football at the University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado, where was part of a team that won the 1976 Big 8 Championship. He was a 1976 Newspaper Enterprise Association, NEA All American. Professional career Davis played for the National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...'s Oakland Raiders between 1978 and 1985. During that time he was a Starting lineup, starter on the Raiders Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII winning teams. Davis is best known for making a key interception at the end of the 1980 AFC Conference playoff game with the Cleve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |