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Sam White (other)
Sam or Sammy White may refer to: * Sam White (baseball) (1893–1929), American baseball player * Sam White (film producer) (1906–2006), American film producer * Sam White (footballer) (1903/1904 – after 1929), English footballer * Sam White (foreign correspondent) (1913–1988), British journalist * Sam White (political adviser) (born 1975/1976), British political adviser * Sammy White (actor) (1894–1960), American actor and comedian * Sammy White (American football) (born 1954), American football wide receiver * Sammy White (baseball) (1927–1991), American baseball player * Clayton Sam White Clayton "Sam" Samuel White (October 11, 1912 – April 26, 2004) was an American physician, nuclear physicist and medical researcher best known for developing the field of “blast and shock biology” which explored the effects of blast and sh ..., American physician and brother of associate justice Byron White See also * Samuel White (other) {{hndis, White, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam White (baseball)
Samuel Lambeth White (August 23, 1893 – November 11, 1929) was an English born Major League Baseball player. White played in only one game, for the Boston Braves in the 1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ... season; he went 0 for 1. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. White was born in Kinsley, England, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery. External links 1893 births 1929 deaths Sportspeople from Hemsworth Sportspeople from the City of Wakefield Major League Baseball catchers Boston Braves players Major League Baseball players from England English baseball players English emigrants to the United States {{baseball-catcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam White (film Producer)
Sam White (October 16, 1906August 8, 2006) was an American film producer, film director and actor. White was born in Los Angeles on to parents who had immigrated from Austria and Hungary. In 1937, he married Claretta Ellis, a studio contract dancer. They were married for 65 years until her death in 2002. For much of the 1930s, Sam White directed numerous musical sequences in films such as ''Roberta (1935 film), Roberta'' with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Irene Dunne; ''Old Man Rhythm'' with Betty Grable and Charles Rogers (actor), Buddy Rogers; ''Top of the Town (film), Top of the Town'' with George Murphy; and ''Hooray for Love (film), Hooray for Love'', with Ann Sothern. During World War II, Sam made six training films for the U.S. Armed forces. Also in the 1940s, the feature films he produced and directed included ''Reveille with Beverly'', starring Ann Miller (Frank Sinatra's first film); ''People Are Funny (film), People Are Funny'', starring Jack Haley and Rudy Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam White (footballer)
Samuel White (15 May 1903 – 1972) was an English footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Darlington. Before joining Darlington, he was on the books of Leeds United and Hull City without playing in the League for either. Life and career White was born on 15 May 1903 in Newburn, Northumberland, the son of John White, an engineering fitter and turner, and his wife Barbara. At the time of the 1911 UK Census, the family was living in nearby Walbottle and the seven-year-old White was the fifth of nine surviving children. He played football for Newburn and for Annfield Plain before joining Second Division club Leeds United in May 1927. He played for Leeds' reserves in the Central League, but not for the first team, and moved on to Second Division Hull City a year later. Again, he never played for their first team, and after winger Billy Eden left for Sunderland in October 1929, Darlington signed White in his position. He scored twice from nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam White (foreign Correspondent)
Sam White (1913–1988) was a foreign correspondent who worked for the London Evening Standard in Paris. He was born in Ukraine, and grew up in Australia where he was a member of the Communist party as a student. He is most famous for working at the Crillon Bar. He wrote a book on Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ... (''De Gaulle'', , 1984). An MI5 file on White which reveals the intelligence agency suspected him of being a Communist was recently opened at the National Archives at Kew.http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/christopher-andrew.mp3 He is famous for the adage 'Write about statesmen as though they are nightclub singers, and the latter as though they are politicians. That way you get to the truth about their real personalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam White (political Adviser)
Sam White (born ) is a British political adviser. He is best known as Chief of Staff to Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer during the period Labour gained a substantive poll lead (September 2021 to November 2022). Early life White was born in 1974. His father is the journalist Michael White. Career White worked for the politician Alistair Darling from 2004 to 2010, including as a special adviser in HM Treasury. He also worked at the Government trade department and transport department. From 2010 to 2021, White was group sustainability and public policy director at Aviva, where he oversaw Aviva's Net Zero carbon plans. In this role White was a vocal advocate of paternity leave. White was Strategic Adviser to Keir Starmer, supporting his transition to Leader of the Opposition in 2020 and running his response to the COVID-19 pandemic from April to August 2020. White was appointed Chief of Staff to Starmer in July 2021, taking up the role in September. White was hired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy White (actor)
Sammy White ''(né'' Samuel Kwait; 28 May 1894 Providence, Rhode Island – 3 March 1960 Beverly Hills, California) was an American vaudeville song-and-dance comedian who appeared in a few films. He appeared with Lew Clayton, as Clayton and White, in the Broadway show ''Schubert Gaieties of 1919''. Career With his first wife, Eva Puck, White appeared in vaudeville as Puck and White. They starred in the original Broadway stage version of the classic musical ''Show Boat'' (1927). In ''Show Boat'', he played the role of comic dancer Frank Schultz, and Puck played the role of Ellie May Chipley, who eventually marries Frank. In 1932, they reprised their roles in the first Broadway revival of the show. However, by the time the Universal Pictures film version was made in 1936, White and Puck had divorced, so the role of Ellie went to Queenie Smith, with White repeating his performance as Frank in the film. White later married Broadway actress Beatrice Curtis (1906–1963), the daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy White (American Football)
Sammy White (born March 3, 1954) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). After attending Grambling State University, White played all 10 seasons (1976–1985) of his professional career as a wide receiver with the Minnesota Vikings, winning the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year and UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year awards in 1976. He was a two-time Pro Bowl selection in 1976 and 1977. In 128 career games, he totaled 393 receptions, 6,400 receiving yards, and 50 touchdowns. College career White played at Grambling from 1972-1975, playing on the same team as future NFL quarterback and Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams during his final two seasons. He was a first-team All- Southwestern Athletic Conference selection in 1973 and 1975. As a senior, White caught 37 passes for 802 yards and 17 touchdowns. Notoriety White holds the single-game receiving yards record for the Minnesota Vikings with 210 yards (1976). One of the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy White (baseball)
Sammy Charles White (July 7, 1927 – August 4, 1991) was a Major League Baseball catcher and right-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox (1951–59), Milwaukee Braves (1961) and Philadelphia Phillies (1962). He was a solid defensive catcher, with a good arm and the ability to get the most out of a Boston pitching staff that included Mel Parnell, Ellis Kinder, Bill Monbouquette, Mike Fornieles and Frank Sullivan. White was born in Wenatchee, Washington. A college baseball player and All-American college basketball player at the University of Washington, he signed his first professional baseball contract with the Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League in 1949. After the 1949 minor league season ended, the Minneapolis Lakers asked White to join their National Basketball Association team. But the Red Sox, who had acquired White's contract during 1949, were furious and prevented White from doing that. On June 11, 1952, White hit a ninth-inning grand slam of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Sam White
Clayton "Sam" Samuel White (October 11, 1912 – April 26, 2004) was an American physician, nuclear physicist and medical researcher best known for developing the field of “blast and shock biology” which explored the effects of blast and shock waves from nuclear bombs and other explosions. By bringing together the disciplines of mathematics, physics, biology and anatomy, White was able to measure the impact of nuclear weapons on physical structures and the human body. His studies, many of which were conducted at above ground tests of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site, paved the way for precision bombing in support of troops in the field and helped determine how to build effective bomb shelters and treat blast victims. In a related field, White studied the biological effects of inhaling small fission particles produced by nuclear tests. He also examined, with “remarkable prescience,”the environmental impact of consumer aerosol products on the atmosphere and the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |