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Swindell Fork, North Carolina
Swindell or Swindells is a surname. Notable people with the name include: __NOTOC__ Government * A. B. Swindell (born 1945), American politician *Charles Swindells (born 1942), former United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa (2001–2005) Sports *Greg Swindell (born 1965), American former Major League Baseball player * Herbert 'Bert' Swindells (1909–2001), English footballer *Jackie Swindells (1937–2009), English footballer *Robert Swindell (born 1950), English retired cricketer *Sammy Swindell (born 1955), American race car driver Arts and entertainment *Cole Swindell (born 1983), American country music singer-songwriter *Connor Swindells (born 1996), British actor and model *Robert Swindells (born 1939), British children's writer *Steve Swindells (born 1952), English singer, songwriter, keyboardist, club promoter and journalist Other *Michael Swindells (died 2004), British police officer stabbed to death in 2004 See also *Swindall *Swindle (surname) Swindle is a sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Swindells
Charles Joseph "Butch" Swindells (born 1942) is a former United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He was appointed to the position by U.S. President George W. Bush, with the strong support of his home state of Oregon's two U.S. Senators. He served from 2001 to 2005. Swindells earned a B.S. from Lewis & Clark College in 1964, and served as a trustee there from 1998 to 2001. He also attended Willamette University College of Law. After law school, he went into finance and investing. In 1968, he and law school roommate Jeffrey Grayson founded Capital Consultants together; Swindells left that company in 1985 (and was not involved in the company's financial scandal of the late 1990s). He later co-founded Capital Trust Co., which became one of the largest trust companies in the Northwest, in 1981. Swindells has served on the board of directors of Swift Energy Company and The Greenbrier Companies. See also * Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (New Zealand) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Swindell
Forest Gregory Swindell (born January 2, 1965) is an American former professional baseball player. He had a 17-year career in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from to . He played for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League. He was a member of the Diamondbacks team that defeated the New York Yankees to win the 2001 World Series. Early life Swindell was born on January 2, 1965, to Tonii and Harold Swindell in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the youngest of four children, two sisters Treva and Chrystie and a brother Corky He graduated from Sharpstown High School in 1983. The previous year, led his high school team to a Texas Class 5A state championship going 14-0 on the mound with a 0.65 ERA. Collegiate career Swindell attended the University of Texas at Austin where he was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. According to the Texas Longhorns me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Swindells
Herbert Swindells (13 August 1909 – 2001) was an English professional footballer who first rose to prominence playing for Crewe Alexandra. He scored 128 League goals for Crewe – a club record that still stands. In 1937 he joined but never played for Chesterfield, later moving on to play for Barrow, Chelmsford, Bradford City, Mossley and Macclesfield Town, where he was joint top-scorer in the 1946–47 season. He later had two spells as manager of Macclesfield Town. Career Crewe Alexandra Swindells was born in Stockport and signed for Crewe in 1927. He made his first-team debut, aged 19, in a Third Division North game against Ashington on 6 April 1929, a game in which he also scored his first goal. He scored a further three times in the final five games of the season, and began the following season with four goals in 10 games before a prolonged layoff. He returned to the first team in December 1930, scoring ten goals in 15 appearances up to March 1931, including his first ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Swindells
Jack "Jackie" Swindells (12 April 1937 – 23 June 2009) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Career Born in Manchester, Swindells played as an amateur for Manchester City, before turning professional with Blackburn Rovers in 1957. He also played for Accrington Stanley, Barnsley, Workington, Torquay United and Newport County, scoring a total of 65 goals in 190 appearances in the Football League. He later played non-League football for Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ... and Radcliffe Borough. Swindells will best be known as an Altrincam F.C favourite. Swindells' achievement of 82 goals in a single season is a record for Altrincham and he cemented his name in the Alty history. Death Swindells died on 23 June 2009, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Swindell
''For the author with a similar name, see Robert Swindells.'' Robert Swindell (born 22 January 1950) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler who played for Derbyshire between 1972 and 1977. Having represented the Second XI since 1968, Swindell made his County Championship debut in 1972 in a draw against Surrey. Economical with the ball, he did not make a batting contribution throughout the match. He played extensively throughout the 1972 season which saw Derbyshire rooted to the foot of the Championship table, though he was to play against a team of West Indians early in the following season. He played little throughout the following five seasons and finished his first-class career with an expensive bowling return and little to show from his batting against an in-form Gloucestershire side. Swindell was part of the Derbyshire tailend attack along with teammate Mike Hendrick during the early 1970s. Swindell played with the Second X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Swindell
Samuel Alan "Slammin Sammy" Swindell (born October 26, 1955) is an American sprint car driver. He is a three-time champion and four-time runner-up in the World of Outlaws series; he has also competed in NASCAR and Champ Car competition and attempted to qualify for the 1987 Indianapolis 500. Career Swindell is a three-time World of Outlaws champion. He won his first two titles in 1981 and 1982 driving the famous Nance Speed Equipment #1n house car. He won his third title in 1997 driving his own Channel Lock sponsored No. 1 team car. Sammy has 394 World of Outlaws A-main victories to his credit. He also competed in the CART series in 1985 and 1986 and failed to qualify for the 1987 Indianapolis 500 in a March-Pontiac. Swindell took off the wings in 1981, to win the prestigious Pacific Coast Nationals at Ascot. Swindell made his debut in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in the 1985 Atlanta Journal 500; in 1991, he planned to move full-time to the Winston Cup Series, competing for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Swindell
Colden Rainey Swindell (born June 30, 1983) is an American rock music singer and songwriter. He has written singles for Craig Campbell, Thomas Rhett, Scotty McCreery, and Luke Bryan, and has released four albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville. He has released thirteen singles, eight of which have reached number one on the Hot Country Songs and/or Country Airplay charts. Three more singles have reached the Top 10. Early life Swindell was born on June 30, 1983 to William Keith Swindell and Betty Carol Rainey. His father died on September 2, 2013, at 65. His mother died in September 2021. He grew up in Bronwood, Georgia, and has two brothers and a stepbrother. Swindell attended Terrell Academy in Dawson, Georgia. Swindell attended Georgia Southern University, where he majored in marketing. He met Luke Bryan, who attended the same university some years earlier and was also a fellow Sigma Chi member, at the fraternity house when Bryan came back to Statesboro to do a show. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Swindells
Connor Ryan Swindells (born 19 September 1996) is an English actor and model. He gained prominence through his role as Adam Groff in the Netflix comedy-drama ''Sex Education'' (2019–present). He has since starred in the BBC One historical drama '' SAS: Rogue Heroes'' (2022–present). Early life Swindells was born in Lewes, East Sussex, the youngest of four sons to parents Ian and Phoebe. His mother was of Romani Traveller heritage. She died of bowel cancer when Swindells was seven years old, which he has said he is still processing. After her death, he and his father went to live with Swindells' paternal grandparents in West Chiltington until moving out to Billingshurst, both in the Horsham District of West Sussex. Swindells attended Rydon Community College and Steyning Grammar School. He dropped out of college at age 17. Career Swindells began acting when he saw an audition poster for a local play and his friend dared him to audition; he got the lead role. He then act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Swindells
Robert E. Swindells (born 20 March 1939) is an English author of children's and young adult fiction. For the young-adult novel '' Stone Cold'' (Heinemann, 1993), which dealt with homelessness, he won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognizing the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Biography Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Swindells worked for a newspaper after leaving school aged 15. He served with the Royal Air Force and held various jobs before training as a Primary school teacher. While in training he wrote his first novel, ''When Darkness Comes'', which was published by Brockhampton Press of Stenhousemuir in 1973."When darkness comes" Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved 13 July 2012. He combined writing with teaching until 1980 when he took up writing full-time. He was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Swindells
Steve Swindells (born 21 November 1952) is an English singer-songwriter, keyboardist, party organizer, club promoter and journalist. Life and career Early life Swindells grew up in the Bath and Bristol area, dropping out of art college to play keyboards with the rock banSquidd(which was put together by drummer and fantasy artist, Rodney Matthews). Relocating to London in 1973 and living in squats, he recorded his debut solo album, '' Messages'' for RCA in 1974. Produced by his manager Mark Edwards, Swindells felt the production quality to be poor, despite the presence of quality musicians.Swindells, Steve (2009). ''Messages'' (CD sleeve notes). London: Esoteric. ECLEC2163. A follow up album ''Swindells' Swallow'' was recorded, mastered and test pressings manufactured, but the deal fell through. Departed from his manager, Swindells joined Pilot, recording the 1977 album ''Two's a Crowd''. In 1978 he joined a reformed Hawkwind, renamed as Hawklords, for the '' 25 Years On'' album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Swindells
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swindall
Swindall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Swindall (1876–1939), American politician *Pat Swindall (1950–2018), American politician, lawyer and businessman *Steve Swindall (born 1982), Scottish rugby player See also *Steve Swindal, American businessman * Swindell *Swindle (surname) Swindle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christina Swindle (born 1984), American swimmer * Clinton Howard Swindle (1945–2004), investigative journalist and editor for ''The Dallas Morning News'' and author * Gerald Swindle ... {{surname, Swindall English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
