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Seals (surname)
Seals is an English surname of Cornish origin. The Seals family lived in the parish of Seal which had holdings in the English counties of Northumberland, Leicester, Surrey and Kent. List of people with surname Seals * AJ Seals (born 2000), American soccer player * Baby Franklin Seals (c. 1880 – 1915), American vaudeville performer and songwriter *Brady Seals (born 1969), American country music artist * Brian Kennedy Seals (born 1983), American songwriter, record producer, composer and musician *Bruce Seals (1953–2020), American basketball player *Dan Seals (1948–2009), American musician *Dan Seals (Illinois politician) (born 1971), American politician *Darren Seals (1987–2016), American activist from Ferguson, Missouri * David Seals (born 1947), American poet *Franklyn Seales (1952–1990), American actor *George Seals (born 1942), American football player * Jay Seals (born 1976), American actor *Jim Seals (1942–2022), American musician, one half of the duo Seals and Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Seals
George Edward Seals (October 2, 1942 – May 6, 2022) was an American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears, and the Kansas City Chiefs. Biography Seals was born in Higginsville, Missouri. He played college football at the University of Missouri and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1964 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. Seals was also selected in the eighth round of the 1964 AFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers. His son Dan Seals lost to Mark Kirk in 2006 and 2008 and also lost to Bob Dold Robert James Dold Jr. (born June 23, 1969) is an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2013 and again from 2015 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party (United ... in 2010 for the 10th District of Illinois' Congressional seat. References 1942 births 2022 deaths American football defensive linemen American f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Seals
Warren James Seals (born 12 February 1992) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with English National League 1 side Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C., Darlington Mowden Park following his transfer from Yorkshire Carnegie for the 2017–18 season. His regular position is fly-half or inside centre. Rugby career Youth rugby Seals was born in Sandton, but attended Kearsney College in KwaZulu-Natal. He was a member of the team that played in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring 48 points in his twelve appearances. He played rugby for the Stellenbosch University, including making a single appearance in the 2013 Varsity Cup. He joined rivals for the 2015 Varsity Cup, making eight starts and top-scoring for his team with 81 points, the third-highest in the competition. Boland Cavaliers He was included in the squad for the 2015 Currie Cup First Division and made his first class debut by coming on as a replacement in a 24–62 defeat to the . He made h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venetta Seals
Venetta Seals is an American politician and businesswoman who was the Mayor of Pecos, Texas from May 2010 to June 2019. Before serving as mayor, Seals was the President of the Pecos Area Chamber of Commerce. Education and career Seals graduated from Tyler Junior College with an Associate of Arts, and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa. She continued her education at the University of Texas at Tyler and the University of Texas at El Paso, eventually graduating with a bachelor's degree in Commercial Art Design with a minor in English Literature. While working towards her bachelor's degree, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to becoming mayor, Seals served as the President of the Pecos Area Chamber of Commerce, and is currently a board member. She is the owner of Hang Your Hat Storage, and is the Director of Public Relations, Marketing, Community Development, Physician Recruitment, and Grants for the Reeves County Hospital District. Prior to being elected mayor, Seals was a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Seals
Troy Harold Seals (born November 16, 1938, in Bighill, Madison County, Kentucky, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes Jim Seals (of Seals and Crofts), Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley), Brady Seals ( Little Texas and Hot Apple Pie), and Johnny Duncan. During the 1970s, Seals recorded with Lonnie Mack and Doug Kershaw and although he made two albums of his own, he is best known as a songwriter. His compositions have been recorded by artists such as Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, Nancy Sinatra, Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Jr., Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Levon Helm, and Jerry Lee Lewis. George Jones' "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes," was co-written with Max D. Barnes. Seals has played guitar on numerous sessions for recording stars and has collaborated on compositions with Waylon Jennings, Vince Gill, Will Jennings and others. He has had three co-written compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Ray Seales
"Sugar" Ray Seales, (born September 4, 1952) is an American former boxer. He was the only American boxer to win a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he fought middleweight champion Marvin Hagler three times. He is also the former NABF and USBA middleweight champion. Family and early life Seales was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where his father, who boxed in the U.S. Army, was stationed. The Seales family moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1965. He is the half-brother of boxer Dale Grant and the brother of boxer Wilbur Seales. Career Seales was a product of the Tacoma Boys Club amateur boxing program, and was coached by Joe Clough. :File:Joe Clough and Ray Seales.jpg Amateur record: 338–12 *1972 Olympic gold medalist (139 lbs.) *1971 National AAU light welterweight champion *1972 National Golden Gloves 139 pounds champion, defeating Donnie Nelson of Lowell, MA in the final 1972 Olympic results *Round of 32: defeated Ulrich Beyer (East German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Seals
Frank "Son" Seals (August 13, 1942 – December 20, 2004) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. In 2009, Seals was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Career Seals was born in Osceola, Arkansas, where his father, Jim "Son" Seals, owned a small juke joint, called the Dipsy Doodle Club. He began performing professionally by the age of 13, first as a drummer with Robert Nighthawk and later as a guitarist. At age 16, he began to play at the T-99, a local upper-echelon club, with his brother-in-law Walter "Little Walter" Jefferson. He played there with prominent blues musicians, including Albert King, Rufus Thomas, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, and Rosco Gordon. Their varying styles contributed to the development of Seals's own playing techniques. While playing at the T-99, he was also introduced to country- western music by Jimmy Grubbs, who occasionally asked Seals to play the drums or guitar with his group. At the age of 19, Seals formed his own band, Son Seals and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shea Seals
Shea Brandon Seals (born August 26, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in four games during the 1997–98 NBA season as a shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Seals, who played collegiately for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team and is still their all-time career scoring leader, also played in the ABA with the Indiana Legends and the Kansas City Knights, in the NBDL with the Mobile Revelers, and professionally in France with Villeurbanne and Chalon-sur-Saône. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane The Golden Hurricane are the athletic teams that represent the University of Tulsa. These teams are referred to as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (or variously as TU or Tulsa). Before adopting the name Golden Hurricane in 1922, the University of Tu ... have retired Seals' number (#21). He served eight years as the head basketball coach at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Seals-Jones
Roderick "Ricky" Seals-Jones (born March 15, 1995) is an American football tight end who is a free agent. He played college football at Texas A&M as a wide receiver and signed with the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2017. He has also been a member of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, and Washington Football Team. High school career A two-sport athlete at Sealy High School, Seals-Jones was a dominant force at the 3A Texas high school football level and was also named a Parade Magazine All-American in basketball. College career Seals-Jones played college football for Texas A&M from 2013 to 2016 under head coach Kevin Sumlin. 2013 season As a true freshman, he ended up redshirting after only appearing in two games before suffering a season-ending injury. In the game against Rice, he had his first three collegiate receptions for 84 yards, which included a 71-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Matt Joeckel. 2014 season As a redshirt freshman, his ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Seals
Raymond Bernard Seals (born June 17, 1965) is an American former football defensive end in the NFL. He is famous for not having attended college, a rarity in the NFL. Ray lettered in football at Anthony A. Henninger High School in Syracuse, New York. Seals started in Super Bowl XXX as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ray Seals went from playing for the minor-league Syracuse Express of the Empire Football League to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1989. He went to the Steelers in 1994 as a free agent and played two seasons as their starting right defensive end. He was injured in 1996, his third season with the Steelers, and finished with Carolina in 1997. Ray Seals was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992. Seals's cousin, Jonny Gammage, was killed after a traffic stop by Pittsburgh Police The Pittsburgh Police (PBP), officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melvin Seals
Melvin Seals (born 1953 in San Francisco, California) is an American musician, best known as a longtime member of the Jerry Garcia Band. Early life and career Melvin Seals began playing piano at age eight and began his musical adventure playing gospel music for his local church. Over the next years he joined a few different bands in San Francisco and became good at playing other keyboards, particularly the electric organ, which he would play for the majority of his musical career. He went on to record and perform with artists such as Charlie Daniels, Elvin Bishop and Chuck Berry. Projects In 1980 Melvin Seals joined the Jerry Garcia Band and remained a member until Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. He had the third-longest tenure in the band next to Garcia and bassist John Kahn, who had been members for the band's entire history. After Garcia and Kahn's deaths in 1995 and 1996 respectively, Seals formed JGB which he performs with to this day. JGB aims to continue the Jerry Garcia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
