Roby Speedway
Roby may refer to: Places *Roby, Merseyside * Roby, Texas * Roby, Poland People with the surname *Courtney Roby, NFL wide receiver *Isaiah Roby, American basketball player * Lelia P. Roby (1848-1910), American philanthropist; founder, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic *Martha Roby, US representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district * Peta Roby, Australian dancer and choreographer *Reggie Roby, NFL punter *Roby Lakatos Roby Lakatos (born 1965) is a violinist from Hungary who combines jazz, classical, and Hungarian Romani music Romani music (often referred to as gypsy or gipsy music, which is sometimes considered a derogatory term) is the music of the Roman ..., Romani violinist * John Roby (1793-1850), English banker, writer, and poet * Henry John Roby (1830-1915), English classical scholar See also * North Roby, Texas - ghost town * Robey {{Disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roby, Merseyside
Roby is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. It was previously administratively linked with its neighbour Huyton by the Huyton-with-Roby civil parish and Huyton with Roby Urban District. Like Huyton, Roby is effectively a dormitory village or suburb of the neighbouring City of Liverpool. At the 2001 Census, the population of Roby was 9,353, (4,511 males, 4,842 females). reducing to 7,254 at the 2011 Census. Roby is the location of the sixth form centre of Knowsley Community College. History Roby grew from a tenth-century Norse settlement named ''Rabil'', meaning "boundary farm/village". Roby is therefore mentioned, as ''Rabil'', in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086. In 1351, it became part of the Barony of Widnes and subsequently merged into the Duchy of Lancaster. Governance In 1894 Roby was included in the Huyton with Roby Urban District. On the abolition of the administrative county of Lancashire in 1974, the urban district was also abolis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roby, Texas
Roby is a city in and the county seat of Fisher County, Texas, United States. The population was 643 at the 2010 census. History In 1885, shortly after Fisher County was organized, a dispute arose between business partners from Mississippi and a town called Fisher. Both wanted their land to host the courthouse. The partners were M.L. and D.C. Roby, and the town of Fisher is now called North Roby. In 1886, construction was begun on the new courthouse and a school and post office opened. The community had 13 houses by that summer. In 1890, the population was estimated to be 300 people and the town had a hotel, two general stores, Baptist and Methodist churches, a restaurant, and a weekly newspaper, the ''Fisher County Call''. Roby had no jail until 1892, when one was constructed out of stone. A new jail was built in 1926 out of brick, and remained in use until 2016. In 2016, a new jail was built and the brick jailhouse was declared a historic landmark. It has had three diff ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roby, Poland
Roby (german: Robe) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebiatów, within Gryfice County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Trzebiatów, north of Gryfice, and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... The village has a population of 251. References Roby {{Gryfice-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Courtney Roby
Courtney E. Roby (born January 10, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver, drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft, following a historical college football career at Indiana. Roby has also played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, and Atlanta Falcons. Early years Roby attended North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana where he starred in both football and track for the Panthers. As a senior at North Central High School, Roby was an All-State selection in football, after rushing for 539 yards and six touchdowns, catching 12 passes for 296 yards and three touchdowns, while averaging 32 yards per kickoff return and returning three for touchdowns. He was also an All-State selection in track and field while being selected to the Indiana All-Star teams in both sports. College career Courtney attended Indiana University as a two sport athlete in football and track. In football, Roby was an elected Ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Isaiah Roby
Isaiah Roby (born February 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. High school career Roby attended Dixon High School in Dixon, Illinois. He joined a team that finished its previous season with a 1–28 record, but in his final three years at Dixon, he led the team to a combined 76–13 record. In his junior season, Roby averaged 12.5 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 3.7 blocks per game, earning second-team all-state Class 3A honors. As a senior, he averaged 19.7 points, 10.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.9 blocks per game. Roby finished eighth in Illinois Mr. Basketball voting and was named second-team all-state by the ''Chicago Sun-Times''. He left Dixon with the most career rebounds and blocks in school history and the second-most career points. Roby was rated a three-star recruit by ESPN and 247Sports, and a four-star recruit by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lelia P
Lelia or Lélia may refer to: ; People * Lélia Abramo (19112004), Italian-Brazilian actress and political activist * Carmen Lelia Cristóbal (born before 1959), Argentine botanist * Lelia Doolan (born 1941), Irish television and theatre producer * Leila Esfandyari (1971–2011), Iranian mountain climber * Lelia Foley (born 1942), first African American woman to be elected mayor in the United States * Lelia Goldoni (born 1936), American actress who appeared in motion pictures and on television * Lélia Gonzalez (193594), Brazilian intellectual, politician, professor and anthropologist * Lélia Gousseau (1909-1997), French classical pianist * Lelia Green (born before 1994), Australian media theorist * Lelia Masaga (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player * Lelia N. Morris (18621929), American hymnwriter * Lelia J. Robinson (185091), American lawyer, the first woman to be admitted to the bar and to practice in the courts of Massachusetts * Lelia P. Roby (1848-1910), American phi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martha Roby
Martha Kehres Roby ( ; née Dubina; born July 26, 1976) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she defeated the incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Bobby Bright in 2010. That year, Roby and Terri Sewell became the first women elected to Congress from Alabama in regular elections. On July 26, 2019, Roby announced she would retire from Congress at the end of her fifth term, which ended in 2021. Early life, education, and legal career Martha Dubina was born in Montgomery, Alabama. She is the daughter of Joel Fredrick Dubina and his wife; her father became a Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She attended New York University, where she received a Bachelor of Music degree. She entered the Samford University Cumberland School of Law at Birmingham, Alabama, receiving her J.D. in 2001. Before entering politics, she worked at the law firm of Cop ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peta Roby
Peta Roby is an Australian dancer and choreographer. With dance partner Jason Gilkison, she won multiple Australian national titles. Roby has also worked with Gilkison on the stage show ''Burn the Floor''. Early life Roby was born in Perth, Australia. Roby started dancing with Jason Gilkison at age of seven. During her senior year of high school, Roby and Gilkison moved to London for two months of training and returned to London for further training after graduation. Career Competitive dancing Roby formed a professional partnership with Gilkison in 1980 and together they were undefeated Australian Latin champions from 1981 to 1997.Burnthefloor.com At age 23, Gilkison and Roby were the top ranked pair in Ten-Dance Competition. Although competing for Australia, Roby and Gilkison taught in L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Reggie Roby
Reginald Henry Roby (July 30, 1961 – February 22, 2005) was an American professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was recognized as a consensus All-American. He played professionally for the Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston/Tennessee Oilers, and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. Roby died of a heart attack at his Nashville home in 2005. Early years Roby was born in Waterloo, Iowa. In addition to playing high school football, he was also a standout pitcher on the Waterloo East High School baseball team, and was drafted by Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds. Instead, he chose to attend college. College career Roby attended the University of Iowa, where he played for the Hawkeyes from 1979 to 1982. Despite the fact that he had experience at quarterback and possessed a strong arm, Hawkeyes head coa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roby Lakatos
Roby Lakatos (born 1965) is a violinist from Hungary who combines jazz, classical, and Hungarian Romani music Romani music (often referred to as gypsy or gipsy music, which is sometimes considered a derogatory term) is the music of the Romani people who have their origins in northern India but today live mostly in Europe. Historically nomadic, though n .... References External links Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Lakatos, Roby 1965 births Living people 20th-century Hungarian musicians 21st-century Hungarian musicians Romani violinists Romani fiddlers Hungarian violinists Male violinists Hungarian fiddlers Jazz violinists Hungarian Romani people Musicians from Budapest 21st-century violinists 20th-century Hungarian male musicians 21st-century Hungarian male musicians Male jazz musicians ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Roby
John Roby (5 January 1793 – 18 June 1850) was an English banker, poet, and writer. Life Roby was born in Wigan, England in 1793, the son of Mary Aspull and a schoolmaster named Nehemiah Roby. He began his career as a banker in Rochdale, Lancashire. In his work '' Lancashire Sketches'', Edwin Waugh recalled that, while Roby was working for the firm of Fenton and Roby in Rochdale, Waugh worked as an apprentice at the bookshop next door. For the clergy of the district, and for a certain class of politicians, this shop was the chief rendezvous of the place. Roby used to slip in at evening, to have a chat with my employer homas Holden and a knot of congenial spirits who met him there. In the days when my head was yet but a little way higher than the counter, I remember how I used to listen to his versatile conversations. Roby died in a shipwreck in June 1850. Despite clear weather, the S. S. Orion struck rocky bottom at Portpatrick en route from Liverpool to Glasgow. Works ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Henry John Roby
Henry John Roby (20 August 1830 – 2 January 1915), was an English classical scholar and writer on Roman law, and a Liberal Member of Parliament. He was a Cambridge Apostle. Early life and Cambridge Roby was the son of a solicitor and was born in Tamworth, and was educated at Bridgnorth Grammar School. He won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge in 1849. He graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1853, and was the "Senior Classic" or top classics student of that year. He was made a fellow of St John's College in the following year. He worked as a lecturer and private tutor in Cambridge from 1854 to 1861. He was, however, highly critical of the administration of the university. In particular he felt that the constituent colleges were prone to pursue policies in complete isolation from each other, leading to frequent conflicts. This he likened to the collision of "17 bodies in a confined space moving vagueley in the dark". Dulwich In 1860, he left Cambridge, becoming un ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |