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Rod Smith (translator)
Rod, Rodney or Roderick Smith may refer to: Sports * Rod Smith (sportscaster), sportscaster with The Sports Network * Rodney Smith (skateboarder), American skateboarder, co-founder of Zoo York * Rodney Smith (cricketer) (born 1944), English cricketer * Rodney Smith (wrestler) (born 1966), American Olympic wrestler *Rod Smith (ice hockey) (1894–1961), ice hockey player Gridiron football * Rod Smith (wide receiver) (born 1970), American football wide receiver *Rod Smith (defensive back) (born 1970), American football defensive back * Rod Smith (running back) (born 1992), American football running back *Rodney Smith (wide receiver) (born 1990), American football wide receiver * Rodney Smith (running back) (born 1996), American football running back * Rod Smith (Canadian football) (1925–2016), Canadian Football League player *Rod Smith (American football coach) (born 1973), American football coach and quarterback Others *Rod Smith (politician) (born 1949), former Florida State Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Smith (sportscaster)
Rod Smith is a Canadian sports commentator and host of TSN's SportsCentre. He formerly hosted the ''CFL on TSN'' before being replaced by Kate Beirness in 2021. He is currently the lead play-by-play announcer for the ''CFL on TSN''. Career Smith has been with TSN since 1987, joining as an editorial assistant for '' SportsCentre'' (then ''SportsDesk''). He became a reporter in 1992 and has presented ''SportsCentre'' since 1995. He was also a play-by-play announcer for ''CFL on TSN'' and CIS University Football. At the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Smith provided the play-by-play commentary for Long Track Speed Skating. He earned his first Gemini Award nomination in the category of Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer later that year. During the London 2012 Olympic Summer Games, Smith delivered play-by-play commentary from the Aquatic Centre and was honoured with the first-ever Canadian Screen Award for Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer in 2013. In 2014, Smith won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Smith (American Football Coach)
Rod Smith (born February 22, 1973) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator at Jacksonville State University. Prior to that, he was an offensive analyst at the University of Virginia. Smith has also served as the interim head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Playing career Smith played college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ... as a quarterback at Glenville State College from 1993 to 1996, where he played for head coach Rich Rodriguez. Coaching career After graduating from Glenville State in 1997, Smith was hired to be the offensive coordinator on his father's coaching staff at Franklin High School in West Virginia. He spent time as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roots Manuva
Rodney Hylton Smith, better known by his stage name Roots Manuva (born 9 September 1972), is a British rapper and producer. Since his debut in 1994, he has produced numerous albums and singles on the label Big Dada, achieving commercial success with albums ''Run Come Save Me'' and ''Slime & Reason''. He has been described as "one of the most influential artists in British music history." His most recent studio album, '' Bleeds'', was released in October 2015. Biography Smith grew up around Stockwell, London, England. His parents were from a small village in Jamaica where his father was a preacher and tailor. He spent much of his early life in poverty and this and his strict Pentecostal upbringing had an influence on his music as can be heard in many of his tracks such as "Sinny Sin Sins" and "Colossal Insight". Of his early discovery of music he says: Smith made his recorded debut in 1994 as part of IQ Procedure through Suburban Base's short-lived hip hop imprint Bluntly Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney K
Rodney may refer to: People * Rodney (name) * Rodney (wrestler), American professional wrestler Places ;Australia * Electoral district of Rodney, a former electoral district in Victoria * Rodney County, Queensland ;Canada * Rodney, Ontario, a village located within the township of West Elgin, Ontario ;New Zealand * Rodney District, a former territorial local authority district * Rodney (local board area), a local government area ** Rodney Local Board, an Auckland Council local board ** Rodney Ward, an Auckland Council ward * Rodney (New Zealand electorate), an electoral district containing most of Rodney District ;United States * Rodney, Iowa * Rodney, Mississippi, a former city * Rodney, Ohio * Rodney, Wisconsin, a ghost town * Rodney Village, Delaware * Rodney Scout Reservation Delmarva Council, Northeast, Maryland Other uses * ''Rodney'' (TV series) * Rodney boat A rodney or punt is a small Newfoundland wooden boat typically used by one man for hook and line fishing Fis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney "Gipsy" Smith
Rodney "Gipsy" Smith MBE (31 March 1860 – 4 August 1947) was a British evangelist who conducted evangelistic campaigns in the United States and Great Britain for over 70 years. He was an early member of The Salvation Army and a contemporary of Fanny Crosby and acquaintance of G. Campbell Morgan and H. A. Ironside. Early life Smith was born in a Romani bender tent in Epping Forest, six miles northeast of London. Today the site is marked with a large, commemorative stone in the woods near Waterworks Corner, Woodford Green. Smith received no education, and his family made a living selling baskets, tinware, and clothespegs. His father, Cornelius (1831–1922), and his mother, Mary (Polly) Welch (c1831-1865), provided a home that was happy in their vardo. Smith was a child when his mother died from smallpox near Baldock in Hertfordshire. She is buried in the nearby churchyard of St Nicholas church in Norton, now part of Letchworth Garden City. Cornelius Smith was later bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Smith (photographer)
Rodney Lewis Smith (December 24, 1947 – December 5, 2016) was a New York-based fashion and portrait photographer. Smith primarily photographed with a 35mm Leica M4 before he transitioned to a 120/6x6 (medium format) Hasselblad with an 80mm lens. He preferred natural light to illuminate his subjects, but occasionally used continuous lighting. Smith shot predominantly in black and white, until 2002, when he first began to experiment with color film. His work is commonly referred to as classic, minimalistic, and whimsical. Early life Rodney Smith was born December 24, 1947, in Manhattan, New York. His father, Sanford Smith, was president of fashion industry giant. Smith recalls, "A sense of style, a sense of proportion and a sense of beauty and a sense of grace – all of those things were very important in my upbringing." Education After he studied English Literature and Religious Studies at University of Virginia in 1970, Smith went for his graduate degree in Theology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Smith (poet)
Rod Smith (born 1962) is an American poet, editor and publisher. Life He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio. He grew up in Northern Virginia and moved to Washington, DC in 1987. Smith has authored several collections of poetry, including '' In Memory of My Theories, Protective Immediacy,'' and '' Music or Honesty''. He has taught creative writing at George Mason University where he is finishing his MFA. Smith currently teaches Cultural Studies at Towson University, and was a visiting writer at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in the Spring of 2010. Smith is co-editor of ''The Selected Letters of Robert Creeley,'' along with Kaplan Harris and Peter Baker (University of California Press, 2014). Publishing and the DC poetry community In 1984, along with Wayne Kline, Rod Smith began the journal Aerial Magazine, a poetry magazine devoted to avant-garde and experimental writing. Soon after, Smith began publishing books under the name EDGE Books. Smith published the first Edge Book in 1989. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Smith (R/C Modeling Pioneer)
Rod Smith (born 1926) was a pioneer in radio-controlled model aviation. He began in the 1950s, building his own radio systems and flying them in Frank Zaic Thermic 100 or similar tow-line gliders. He was the father of Mark Smith who designed the “Windfree” Radio Controlled Sailplane, one of the most successful R/C kits in the history of the hobby. References 1926 births Possibly living people {{US-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Smith (politician)
Rodney Warren Smith (born November 15, 1949) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democrat, Smith was a member of the Florida Senate from Gainesville from 2001 until 2006. Smith ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Florida in the 2006 election but lost to Congressman Jim Davis. In 2010, Smith was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Florida as the running mate of Alex Sink in her campaign for Governor of Florida. From November 2010 through January 2013 Smith served as chairman of the Florida Democratic Party. In 2016, Smith again ran for a seat in the Florida Senate but was ultimately defeated by Keith Perry, a Republican and former state representative. Early life and education Smith was born on November 15, 1949, in Southwest City, Missouri, just across the state line from his family's home in Oklahoma. Before he reached the age of two, Smith's family moved to Florida, where they grew eggplant and green peppers. Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Smith (Canadian Football)
Rod Smith (1925–2016) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. He played offensive guard. A graduate of University of Toronto, Smith played at least one year with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers, and then took 1948 off from football (to work in South Africa). He joined the Montreal Alouettes in 1949 and was part of the Larks first Grey Cup championship.Montreal Alouettes Pack Power, Passing, Speed Ottawa Citizen, November 23, 1949 He worked as a civil engineer while playing with the Als. After retiring from the CFL, he worked as a civil engineer in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car .... References Montreal Alouettes players University of Toronto alumni Players of Canadian football from Ontario Sportspeople from Guelph Ontar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Smith (skateboarder)
Rodney Smith is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and skate company founder from New York City. Skateboarding Rodney Smith is considered by many to be the Godfather of East Coast skateboarding. Shut Skates Smith founded Shut Skates in 1986 with Bruno Musso. Shut Skates was New York City’s first skate company and the world’s first entirely street skate based company. The board company shifted the focus of skateboarding away from the surf vibe of California to the urban, street-savvy attitude alive in the streets of the East Coast. The brand went dark in the nineties when Smith co-founded Zoo York with Eli Morgan Gessner and Adam Schatz. SHUT relaunched in 2006 and in 2007, the company reopened their flagship skate shop 320px, Ridin' High Skate Shop in Burlington, Vermont A skate shop or skateshop is a store that sells skateboards and skateboarding apparel. When financially possible, skate shops sponsor local riders and promote skateboarding locally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Smith (running Back)
Rodney Smith (born February 28, 1996) is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at Minnesota, and signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2020. He has also played for the Tennessee Titans and Detroit Lions. Early years A 2014 graduate of Mundy's Mill High School, Smith played both football and baseball. As a senior, Smith helped lead Mundy's Mill to its best record to date, 8–5, while rushing for 261 times for 2,201 yards and earning first team all-state honors. As a baseball player, Smith finished his career by being named the Region 4-AAAAA Player of the Year in Georgia. As a recruit, Smith was ranked a three-star prospect and the 71st best running back in the 2014 recruiting class by 247Sports. Smith was also rated as a three-star prospect by ESPN and Scout, while Rivals listed him as a two-star prospect. Smith committed to Minnesota over offers from East C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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