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Paul Williams may refer to: Entertainment * Paul Williams (saxophonist) (1915–2002), American rhythm and blues saxophonist * Paul Williams (The Temptations singer) (1939–1973), founding member of The Temptations * Paul Williams (songwriter) (born 1940), songwriter for The Carpenters, The Muppets, film and television actor * Paul Williams (British singer) (1940–2019), vocalist for Juicy Lucy, Tempest * Paul Williams (director) (born 1943), American film and television director * Paul L. Williams (author) (born 1944), FBI consultant, journalist * Paul Williams (author) (born 1967), British author and consultant on ska music * Paul Williams (journalist) (1948–2013), American founder of music magazine ''Crawdaddy!'' * Paul Williams (media personality) (born 1964), Irish journalist and non-fiction crime writer * Paul Williams (comedian) (born 1992), New Zealand comedian and singer-songwriter * Paul Andrew Williams (born 1973), British film writer and director * Paul O. Williams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (saxophonist)
Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (July 13, 1915 – September 14, 2002) was an American jazz and blues saxophonist, bandleader, and songwriter. His record " The Huckle-Buck", recorded in December 1948, was one of the most successful R&B records of the time. In his ''Honkers and Shouters'', Arnold Shaw credited Williams as one of the first to employ the honking tenor saxophone solo that became the hallmark of rhythm and blues and rock and roll in the 1950s and early 1960s. Biography Williams was born in Lewisburg, Tennessee, and grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky, before moving with his parents to Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 13. He started learning saxophone and played in school bands before forming his own band, Paul Williams and his Kings of Rhythm, with the trumpeter Lloyd Henderson, in the mid-1930s, and playing in local clubs. The band split up during World War II, and Williams then joined Clarence Dorsey's band. He toured with the band, then known as the Sensational Six, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (Conservative Politician)
Paul Glyn Williams (14 November 1922 – 10 September 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland South from 1953 to 1964. He was also a prominent businessman. He was one of 8 Conservative "Suez rebels" who resigned the Conservative Party whip to protest against the government's decision to withdraw from Suez. Personal life Williams was the son of businessman Samuel O. Williams and his wife Esmée (née Cail). He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge University (MA 1942), where he won a half blue in athletics and was secretary of the Cambridge University Conservative Association. After graduating in 1942, he served as a flight lieutenant in the RAF during the Second World War, flying transport aircraft. His first marriage, in 1947, was to former model, Barbara Joan Hardy. They had two daughters, but were divorced in 1964. He later married Gillian Foote, and they had one daughter. He live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (Australian Rules Footballer)
Paul Williams (born 3 April 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is also a former assistant coach in the AFL, which most notably included a brief period as caretaker coach of the Western Bulldogs towards the end of the 2011 season. Playing career Collingwood Football Club Williams began his AFL career with Collingwood Football Club, joining them from Tasmanian club North Hobart. Playing in a number of positions ranging from half back to half forward, the tough-tackling Williams was a regular in the mostly unsuccessful Collingwood side of the late 1990s, racking up 189 games and kicking 223 goals (his best being 6 against Carlton in 1996). Sydney Swans However, at the end of the 2000 season, he was traded to Sydney Swans for two draft picks. There, he immediately made an impact, winning two consecutive Bob Skilton Medals in 2001 and 2002, as well as being sele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (Northern Ireland Footballer)
Paul Andrew Williams (born 8 September 1965) is a Northern Irish retired footballer. He won one cap for the Northern Ireland national football team. He played as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm .... He was born in Belfast . References *Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats 1963 births Living people Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Northern Ireland men's international footballers Lisburn Distillery F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Doncaster Rovers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (Canadian Football)
Paul Williams (born January 29, 1947) was a football player in the Canadian Football League for eight years. Williams played defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1971 to 1978. He was a CFL All-Star in 1976. He played college football at the University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ .... References 1947 births Living people American players of Canadian football California Golden Bears football players Canadian football defensive backs Saskatchewan Roughriders players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players {{Canadianfootball-defensiveback-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (footballer, Born 1971)
Paul Darren Williams (born 26 March 1971) is an English professional football coach and former player who was until August 2022 academy director at Birmingham City. As a player, he was a centre back and midfielder from 1989 until 2005, playing domestically for Derby County, Lincoln City, Coventry City, Southampton and Stoke City and in the USL A-League for Richmond Kickers. Upon his retirement he moved into coaching, working in the academies at Southampton, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Norwich City, Birmingham City and with the England youth teams. He served Nottingham Forest as caretaker manager late in the 2015–16 season. He has also managed Fredericksburg Gunners and has worked on the coaching staff of Swansea City, Brentford, Aldershot Town and Sheffield Wednesday. Club career Derby County Born in Burton upon Trent, Williams began his career as a forward with First Division club Derby County and after moving back into midfield he made his debut during the 1989–90 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (footballer, Born 1970)
Paul Leslie Williams (born 25 September 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full-back for Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t .... References 1970 births Living people Footballers from Liverpool English footballers Men's association football fullbacks Sunderland A.F.C. players Swansea City A.F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (footballer, Born 1969)
Paul Richard Curtis Williams (born 11 September 1969) is an English former professional footballer, probably most remembered for his time at Plymouth Argyle in the mid-1990s. Honours Individual *PFA Team of the Year The Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year (often called the PFA Team of the Year, or simply the Team of the Year) is an annual award given to a set of 55 footballers across the top four tiers of men's English football; the Premie ...: 1995–96 Third Division External links * References 1969 births Living people Footballers from Leicester English footballers Association football defenders Leicester City F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Bury F.C. players Leigh Genesis F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1960s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (footballer, Born 1965)
Paul Anthony Williams (born 16 August 1965) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker. As a player he made 300 appearances in the Premier League for Crystal Palace as well as in the Football League for Charlton Athletic, Brentford, Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland, Birmingham City, Torquay United and Southend United. He retired in 2000 whilst with Non-league side Canvey Island. He was capped by England at under-21 and B international level. Since retiring from playing Williams returned to former clubs Charlton Athletic and Crystal Palace where he was an academy coach before emigrating to the United States where he coaches youth soccer. Playing career Born in Stratford, East London, Williams was signed by First Division Charlton Athletic from non-league Woodford Town in 1987. Where he was top goal scorer for two successive seasons. This prompted Ron Atkinson to spend nearly a million pounds to bring the Londoner to Sheffield W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (footballer, Born 1962)
Paul John Williams (born 16 November 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ... as a defender. References SourcesPaul Williams Neil Brown 1962 births Living people English footballers Men's association football defenders Chelsea F.C. players Woking F.C. players Leatherhead F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Lambeth {{England-footy-defender-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Williams (coach)
Paul Beauchamp "Billy" Williams (August 8, 1892 – July 14, 1973) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Muncie State Normal School—now known as Ball State University from 1924 to 1925, compiling a record of 3–8. He was the Ball Teachers College's head basketball from 1922 to 1925, tallying a mark of 36–34–1, and the school's head baseball coach from 1922 to 1926 and from 1928 to 1958, amassing a record of 207–228–4. In addition, Williams served as the school's athletic director from 1921 until 1958. He died on July 14, 1973, at a nursing home in Muncie, Indiana Muncie ( ) is an incorporated city and the county seat, seat of Delaware County, Indiana, Delaware County, Indiana. Previously known as Buckongahelas Town, named after the legendary Delaware Chief.http://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/history/docs .... Head coaching record Football References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (wide Receiver)
Paul Edward Williams (born December 2, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State. Williams has also been a member of the Houston Texans. Uncle of Lynn Williams, Uswnt The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, a ... forward. College career Statistics References External linksTennessee Titans bio {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Paul 1983 births Living people People from Hanford, California Players of American football from California American football wide receivers Fresno State Bulldogs football players Tennessee Titans players Houston Texans players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |