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William Johnson (handballer)
William Johnson (born February 3, 1953) is an American former handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.Second Page/ref> Life He was born in New York City. He played basketball for the Ramapo High School (New York). He received a BS in Physical Education from the Adelphi University. Handball In January 1972 he was approached by the Adelphi handball coach and former United States men's national handball team, national team player Laszlo Jurak to play handball because he is left-handed. He thought first Jurak is talking about American handball. He declined the offered first but later joined the team. In his first game he scored two goals. As sophomore and junior he won the USA Team Handball Nationals – Men's Open Division, Men's Open Division (Adults Championship) with Adelphi. In 1976 he was part of the American team which finished tenth in the Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Olympic tournament. He played two matches and scored one goal. References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
