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William Steel (other)
William, Willie, Bill or Billy Steel may refer to: * William Gladstone Steel (1854–1934), American conservationist considered by many to be the father of Crater Lake National Park *William Steel (golfer) (fl. 1860), Scottish golfer *William Arthur Steel (1890–1968), Canadian Army officer and radio pioneer * Willie Steel (1908–1990), Scottish footballer *Bill Steel (born 1939), British actor and television and radio broadcaster * Billy Steel (1923–1982), Scottish international footballer *Jim Steel (footballer) William James Steel (born 4 December 1959) is a Scottish former professional association footballer. A big, aggressive player, his position was centre forward. After starting his career with Oldham Athletic in 1978, he moved onto Port Vale in ... (William James Steel, born 1959), Scottish footballer See also * William Steele (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Robert ...
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William Gladstone Steel
William Gladstone Steel (September 7, 1854 – October 21, 1934) was an American journalist who was known for campaigning for 17 years for the United States Congress to designate Crater Lake as a National Park. Steel is from Ohio, and worked in the newspaper business before becoming a mail carrier. Early life William Steel was born on September 7, 1854, in Stafford, Ohio, to Elizabeth Lawrie and William Steel,Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 234. Scottish-born abolitionists who were active in the Underground Railroad. Steel's brother, George A. Steel, became Oregon State Treasurer. His sister, Jane, attended St. Mary's School in Medford, Oregon. On March 25, 1868 the Steel family moved from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a farm near Oswego, Kansas. While a schoolboy in Kansas, in May 1870, Steel read an article, in the newspaper wrapping his lunch, about the discovery of Crater Lake. Crater Lake Steel first visited Crate ...
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William Steel (golfer)
William Steel was a Scottish professional golfer. He finished in eighth place in the 1860 Open Championship. Early life Steel was born in Scotland circa 1840. Golf career 1860 Open Championship The 1860 Open Championship was a golf competition held at Prestwick Golf Club, in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is now regarded as the first Open Championship. Eight golfers contested the event, with Willie Park, Sr. winning the championship by 2 shots from Tom Morris, Sr. Thomas Mitchell Morris (16 June 1821 – 24 May 1908), otherwise known as Old Tom Morris, and The Grand Old Man of Golf, was a Scottish golfer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife, the "home of golf" and location of the St Andrews Links, and died t ... Steel's round-by-round scores are unknown, although his total for 3 rounds of play was 232, as the event was 3 rounds of 12 holes. Death Steel's date of death is unknown. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Steel, William Scottish male golfers ...
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William Arthur Steel
William Arthur Steel MC (November 3, 1890 – November 28, 1968) was a Canadian Army officer during World War I and a radio pioneer. Steel was born in 1890 in Castleton, Ontario and graduated from electrical engineering from the University of Toronto in 1915. Military career After graduation he joined the Canadian Army (Permanent Active Militia) in World War I in France as a wireless officer. He was awarded an MC in the 1917 Birthday Honours.Post war he became Chief Wireless Officer with the Canadian Army Signals Corps and was in charge of the National Research Council's radio laboratory in the early 1930s. Later years Steel retired as lieutenant colonel in 1936, and later served as a commissioner with the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, which became the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He was involved with William Duncan Herridge in the New Democracy, a party that advocated social credit in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Steel helped create radio network in the Nort ...
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Willie Steel
William Gilbert Steel (6 February 1908 – 1990) was a Scottish footballer who played in the English Football League for Liverpool, Birmingham and Derby County. Life and playing career Born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Steel played for Bridgeton Waverley and St Johnstone before being signed by Liverpool manager George Patterson in September 1931. He made his debut on 19 December 1931 in a Football League First Division match at Anfield. Derby County were the visitors and they returned to the Baseball Ground with a point following a 1–1 draw. Steel broke into the team at full-back three months after signing, and stayed there for the rest of the season missing just one game. He followed this up with an ever-present season in 1932–33 and missed just two games of the next campaign. He had established himself as the first choice right-back until during the 1934–35 season he lost the position to Robert Done. Done lasted for only one match, but instead of being replaced by St ...
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Bill Steel
Bill Steel (born 20 May 1939) is a broadcaster and actor from North East England, best known for his work at Tyne Tees Television and Metro Radio. Career Early career Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Steel was educated at Pendower Boys School in Newcastle and at Durham University. He began his working life at the General Electric as a trainee accountant, and moved into television in the 1960s, first working in the Presentation department at Tyne Tees Television as an assistant transmission controller and at the age of 23, a presentation director. Later, he progressed into the advertising section, which involved doing voice over work for over 10,000 local adverts produced in-house. In 1967, he moved to Manchester, where he presented weekend regional news bulletins for ABC Weekend TV. Steel later moved to ABC's Midlands operation in Birmingham and became its chief announcer until 1968, when the station's staff were redeployed to Thames Television in London, where ABC had a majori ...
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Billy Steel
William Steel (1 May 1923 – 13 May 1982) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for St Mirren, Morton, Derby County, Dundee and the Scotland national team. One of Scotland's greatest inside forwards, Billy Steel combined a brilliant footballing brain with a busy work ethic and explosive shot. Steel was the subject of two record transfer fees during his career. As well as receiving 30 caps for Scotland, Steel made four appearances with the Scottish League, was a Scottish Cup finalist in 1952, and was a Scottish League Cup winner in 1952 and 1953. He scored a memorable goal for a Great Britain XI against the Rest of Europe in 1947. He was inducted into Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2006. Early career Steel began his career at local juvenile side Dunipace Thistle, signing for Junior side Bo'ness Cadora in the summer of 1938, whilst still 15 years of age. He played several games at inside-left before being developed into a winger by Cadora. Leicester City manag ...
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Jim Steel (footballer)
William James Steel (born 4 December 1959) is a Scottish former professional association footballer. A big, aggressive player, his position was centre forward. After starting his career with Oldham Athletic in 1978, he moved onto Port Vale in March 1983 for a £10,000 fee, following loan spells at Wigan Athletic and Wrexham. He won promotion with the club in 1982–83, before he joined Wrexham for £10,000 in January 1984. He scored a critical goal in his two European campaigns during his four years with the club, and also lifted the Welsh Cup. After a brief spell on loan at Deportivo de La Coruña, he then enjoyed numerous successes with Tranmere Rovers after joining the club in 1987. During his five years the club won promotion twice, and reached the final of the Football League Trophy twice, winning it in 1990. He retired in 1992, having made 485 league appearances in a fourteen-year career in the Football League, scoring 118 goals. Career Oldham Athletic Steel was born i ...
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