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William Myers
William, Wil, Bill, or Billy Myers may refer to: Sports *Bill Myers (baseball) (1886–?), American baseball player *Billy Myers (1910–1995), shortstop in Major League Baseball * William James Myers (1937–2017), American wrestler better known as George Steele *Wil Myers (born 1990), baseball player Others * Sir William Myers, 1st Baronet (1750–1805), British soldier * Sir William James Myers, 2nd Baronet (1783–1811), British soldier *William R. Myers (1836–1907), U.S. Representative from Indiana *William Myers (British politician) (1854–1933), English politician *William Starr Myers (1877–1956), Princeton University professor and historian *Bill Myers (musician), American musician *Bill Myers (baseball) *Bill H. Myers, American actor *Bill Myers (author) (born 1953), American author *William Myers (lawyer) (born 1955), American lawyer *Bill H. Myers (born 1956), American actor *William Myers (design writer), American design historian and curator *William Myers, charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Myers (baseball)
William Vandeveer Myers (October 31, 1886 – death date unknown) was an American Negro league catcher between 1908 and 1921. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Myers made his Negro leagues debut in 1908 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants. He played for Brooklyn again in 1910, and went on to play for the Cleveland Tate Stars The Cleveland Tate Stars were a Negro league baseball team from 1919 through 1923. They played as an independent (non-affiliated) team from 1919 through 1921, and joined the Negro National League in 1922. In their only season as a full-fledged le ... in 1921. References External links *Baseball statistics and player information froBaseball-Reference Black Baseball StatsanSeamheads 1886 births Year of death missing Place of death missing Brooklyn Royal Giants players Cleveland Tate Stars players Baseball catchers Baseball players from Brooklyn 20th-century African-American sportspeople {{negro-league-baseball-catcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill H
Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Places * Bill, Wyoming, an unincorporated community, United States * Billstown, Arkansas, an unincorporated community, United States * Billville, Indiana, an unincorporated community, United States People * Bill (given name) * Bill (surname) * Bill (footballer, born 1978), ''Alessandro Faria'', Togolese football forward * Bill (footballer, born 1984), ''Rosimar Amâncio'', a Brazilian football forward * Bill (footballer, born 1999), ''Fabricio Rodrigues da Silva Ferreira'', a Brazilian forward Arts, media, and entertainment Characters * Bill (''Kill Bill''), a character in the ''Kill Bill'' films * William “Bill“ S. Preston, Esquire, The first of the titular duo of the Bill & Ted film series * A lizard in Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Meyers
William Meyers (23 July 1943 in Johannesburg – 7 May 2014) was a South African boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ... in Rome fighting as a featherweight.Profile: William Meyers ''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 13 December 2008) Meyers, who was only 17 during the Rome Olympics, was the youngest South African boxer ever to win an Olympic medal. He never turned professional. 1960 Olympic results Below is the record of William Meyers, a So ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William T
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot
''The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot'' is a 1914 silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ... thriller directed by Bertram Harrison. Synopsis A member of a counterfeiting gang gives a forged note to his daughter. When she spends it on a dress the note ends up in the hands of the secret service, who then bring the entire gang to justice. Cast References External links * 1914 films American silent feature films 1910s thriller films American black-and-white films Silent American thriller films 1910s American films {{silent-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Myers (design Writer)
William Myers is an American design historian and curator based in Amsterdam. He is the author of ''Bio Design: Nature + Science + Creativity'' (2012, second edition 2018), a book exploring design that is made with, for, or about biology. It is published by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and Thames & Hudson. Myers is also the author of Bioart: Altered Realities (2015) that is published by Thames & Hudson and BNN in Japan. His exhibitions include ''Biodesign'' at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), ''Matter of Life'' at the MU Gallery in Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Rotterdam. He also led the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Myers (lawyer)
William Gerry Myers III (born July 13, 1955, Roanoke, Virginia) is an American lawyer and former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Background Myers graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1977 and the University of Denver law school in 1981. He served as the Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior, as Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of Energy, as legislative counsel for Senator Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming, and was in private practice. Ninth Circuit nomination under Bush In 2003, President George W. Bush nominated Myers to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His nomination was filibustered by Democrats, who expressed opposition to Myers due to his perceived anti-environmental views. Although the compromise reached by the "Gang of 14" guaranteed three previously blocked nominees (Priscilla Owen, Janice Rogers Brown and William Pryor) up-or-down votes in the full S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Myers (author)
Bill Myers is an American Christian author, film director and film producer. He was born in Seattle, Washington on September 9, 1953. Myers is most notable for the animated series ''McGee and Me!'' He is an author of books from many genres, including comedy, horror, thriller, fiction, and non-fiction. He has written over 80 books. Biography Myers attended the University of Washington and the Italian State Institute for Cinema and Television and began writing and directing independent films. Later he began to write books and novels for children, teens, and adults in the inspirational market. His video series ''McGee and Me!'' is about a typically average, mild-mannered boy named Nicholas Martin, who has what appears to be an imaginary friend named McGee. The series chronicles the boy's adventures, ending with him learning a moral or spiritual lesson. He is the author of Bloodhounds Inc., a series of Christian comedy/detective books for children. Beginning in 2001, Marcia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Myers (musician)
William E. Myers is a musician, bandleader, and educator from North Carolina. He and Cleveland Flowe co-founded The Monitors in 1957. The band, which plays a mix of R&B, funk, and jazz, still performs multiple shows each year in and around their home of Wilson, North Carolina. In 2011, Myers and the Monitors played the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The next year, Myers received the Brown-Hudson Folklore Award from the North Carolina Folklore Society, and in 2014, the North Carolina Heritage Award The North Carolina Heritage Award is an annual award given out by the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, in recognition of traditional artists from the U.S. state of North Caro .... References Musicians from North Carolina American educators Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-jazz-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Myers
William Harrison Myers (August 14, 1910 – April 10, 1995) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1935 through 1941 for the Cincinnati Reds (1935–1940) and Chicago Cubs (1941). Listed at 5' 8", 168 lb., Myers batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Enola, Pennsylvania. His younger brother, Lynn, was also a major leaguer. Major league player Myers hit .313 for Triple-A Columbus in 1934 before joining Cincinnati in 1935, to become the Reds' starting shortstop for the next six seasons and served as their team captain. A valuable defensive player, he was recognized as a master of reading baserunners' intents and picking up hit-and-run and stolen base signs from opposing teams. In his rookie season, Myers hit .267 with 30 extra base hits and a .315 on-base percentage in 117 games. In 1937 was considered in the National League MVP vote, after hitting .251 and slugging .370 with a .328 OBP in 124 games. His most productive season came in 1939, when he pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Starr Myers
William Starr Myers (June 17, 1877 – January 27, 1956) was a Princeton University professor and historian who chronicled New Jersey and the GOP Myers was the son of J. Norris Myers and Laura Virginia Starr of Baltimore, the family later moving to North Carolina. Myers married Margaret Barr on 8 June 1910. Myers graduated from the University of North Carolina, class of 1897. Myers, the class of '97 poet, evidently felt great pride in his alma mater and was a prolific song writer who wrote several school-related songs which remain famous. "Hark the Sound" and " Tar Heel Born" are two of his most famous. At UNC Myers joined the fraternity Beta Theta Pi and was its president in his senior year. He was active in the Dialectic Society. After graduating from UNC cum laude, Myers went to graduate school at Johns Hopkins University where he studied political science, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received his PhD in 1900. Myers was an Editor of "Prominent Families of New Jerse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Myers (British Politician)
William Henry Myers (30 November 1854 – 21 December 1933) was an English Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1892 to 1906. Myers was elected Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Winchester (UK Parliament constituency), Winchester in 1892. He held the seat until 1906. Myers died at the age of 79. References External links * Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 1933 deaths 1854 births {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
