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Nick Webb (other)
Nick Webb may refer to: * Nick Webb (musician) (1954–1998), British musician and founder of Acoustic Alchemy * Nick Webb (soccer) (born 1986), American professional soccer player * Nick Webb (journalist) (born 1971), Irish newspaper journalist and author * Nick Webb (boxer) (born 1987), British boxer {{hndis, Webb, Nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Webb (musician)
Nicholas Webb (14 March 1954 – 5 February 1998) was an English acoustic guitarist, composer, and co-founder of contemporary jazz group Acoustic Alchemy. Webb was the brother of Alex Webb, the nephew of actress Sylvia Syms, and appeared as a child in '' The Punch and Judy Man'', British comedian Tony Hancock's second starring film, in which Syms played the wife of his character. Career Nick Webb was born in Manchester, Lancashire and educated at Berkhamsted School, Ashlyns School Berkhamsted, LAMDA, and Leeds College of Music. Captivated by the folk musicians of the 1960s, particularly John Martyn, he began playing and performing as a teenager and ran The Portcullis Club in Berkhamsted. At the beginning of the 1980s, Webb met classical and flamenco guitarist Simon James and founded Acoustic Alchemy as a duo, recording a self-financed, self-produced album in 1981. James left the partnership to study flamenco guitar in Spain, leaving Webb to promote the record. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Webb (soccer)
Nick Webb (born May 6, 1986) is a soccer striker, who played professionally for the Carolina Giants of the Puerto Rico Soccer League and the Vancouver Whitecaps of the USL First Division. Youth career Webb began his youth career with local Premier Division team, Whatcom FC Rangers. During his development with the Rangers, he was selected to the Washington State Olympic Development Program from the ages 15–18 and was selected 1 year with the Region IV Olympic program pool. He finished his youth club play with top club, Snohomish United Santos. In College, he began his career at Division II Western Washington University earning NWAC First Team All Conference honors as a freshman before transferring to Division I Oregon State University. At Oregon State, Nick received top honors including Second Team All-Conference as well as First Team All-Academic both his Junior and Senior years. In the summer of 2007 he aided OUSA Orange of Oregon to a United States Adult Soccer Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Webb (journalist)
Nick Webb (born 1971) is an Irish journalist. He succeeded his father-in-law Shane Ross as Business Editor at the '' Sunday Independent'' when Ross was elected as a TD. Webb married Rebecca Ross, Shane Ross's daughter, in July 1997. In 2009, he and Shane Ross were jointly honoured both as business journalist of the year and as overall Journalist of the Year. He had previously been Smurfit Business school specialist reporter of the year in 2008. '' Sunday Independent'' journalist Nick Webb broke the FÁS expenses scandal with Shane Ross in October 2008, before they exposed the culture of corruption and waste at semi-state transport company CIÉ. The pair have written a bestselling book called ''Wasters'', exposing the scandal of "the people who squander your taxes on white elephant A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of, and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness. In modern usage, it is a metaphor used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |