Roderick Jones (other)

	Roderick Jones (other) Roderick Jones may refer to: * Roderick Jones (journalist), (1877–1962), British director of Reuters * Roderick Jones (baritone) (1910–1992), Welsh opera singer * Roddy Jones (born 1944), British Olympic swimmer * Rod Jones (cornerback) (born 1964), American football player Rod Jones (tight end) (1964–2018), American football player See also Rod Jones (other) Rod Jones may refer to: Sports American football Rod Jones (cornerback) (born 1964), American football cornerback in the National Football League Rod Jones (offensive lineman) (born 1974), American football tackle in the National Football League ... {{hndis, Jones, Roderick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Roderick Jones (journalist) Sir George Roderick Jones (21 October 1877 – 23 January 1962) was a British journalist and news agency manager, who for most of his career worked for Reuters. From 1916, he was a significant shareholder in the company. Life Jones was born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, the only son of Roderick Patrick Jones, a Manchester hat salesman, by his marriage to Christina Drennan Gibb. Donald ReadJones, Sir (George) Roderick (1877–1962), news agency director in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) online, accessed 15 April 2020 His parents had been married at St Saviour's church, Manchester, on 13 September 1877, the month before his birth. His father was then a salesman, and his grandfather, John Jones, a butcher. In 1894, Jones took up an invitation to join an aunt in Pretoria, then in the South African Republic. In 1895, he took a job as sub-editor on the ''Pretoria Press'' and later that year became an assistant to the Reuters correspondent in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Roderick Jones (baritone) Roderick Jones (2 June 1910 – 16 September 1992) was a Welsh opera singer who sang leading baritone roles with the Sadlers Wells Opera Company and the Welsh National Opera during the late 1940s and 1950s. Jones was born in Ferndale in the Rhondda Valley of Wales. The son of a coal miner, he initially worked in the mines himself before studying piano and voice at the Royal Academy of Music. His studies were interrupted by World War II when he served in the Royal Navy. After the war in Europe ended, he was engaged by Sadlers Wells where on 7 June 1945 he made his operatic debut as Balstrode in the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's ''Peter Grimes''. He joined the Welsh National Opera in 1951 and remained with the company for the rest of his career. Amongst his notable performances there were Montfort in ''I vespri siciliani'' and the title role in ''Nabucco''. After his retirement from the stage in the early 1960s he became the Director of the Jamaica School of Music. He retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Roddy Jones Roderick "Roddy" Stephen Gerrard Jones (born 2 December 1944) is a male British former swimmer. Swimming career Jones competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... At the ASA National British Championships he won the 110 yards backstroke title three times (1966, 1967, 1968) and the 220 yards backstroke title in 1965. References External links * 1944 births Living people British male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain {{UK-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rod Jones (cornerback) Roderick Wayne Jones (born March 31, 1964 in Dallas, Texas) is a former professional American football cornerback who was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1st round (25th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft. A 1982 graduate of South Oak Cliff High School and former player for Southern Methodist University,"My High School: South Oak Cliff," ''The Dallas Morning News'' sports section online. Jones played in 11 seasons for the Bucs and Cincinnati Bengals from 1986 to 1996. At SMU, he was an All-American in the 400 meters, and won national titles with the 1,600-meter relay team in 1984 and 1986. The latter occurred onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rod Jones (tight End) Roderick Earl Jones (March 3, 1964 – December 8, 2018) was a professional American football tight end for three seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League (NFL). Early life Born in Richmond, California, Jones attended El Cerrito High School, a public school in nearby El Cerrito, played defensive end and tight end on the football team, and graduated in 1982. Career Jones played college football at the University of Washington in Seattle under head coach Don James. He was part of the 1984 team that beat Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl and finished the season at earning a national title. in his senior season of 1986, he left with the all-time receiving record for a UW tight end, with Selected by the New York Giants in the eighth round of the 1987 NFL Draft, Jones played two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and one with the Seattle Seahawks in 1989. He then returned to the University of Washington, earning a degree i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]