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William Welsh (other)
William Welsh may refer to: * William Welsh (RAF officer) (1891–1962), British Royal Air Force officer *Willie Welsh (1907–1987), Scottish rugby player * William Welsh (actor) (1870–1946), American actor * William Welsh (Canadian politician) (1822–1905), merchant, ship owner and politician in Prince Edward Island *William Welsh (footballer) (fl. 1919–20), footballer for Grimsby Town * William P. Welsh (1889–1984), American muralist, portrait painter, and illustrator * William Halliday Welsh (1879–1972), Scottish rugby union player * Bill Welsh (1911–2000), American television announcer * Bill Welsh (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1987), Australian rules footballer for Geelong *Bill Welsh (footballer, born 1924) (1924–2019), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood *William Welsh, brother of John Welsh See also * William Welch (other) *Bill Walsh (other) Bill Walsh is the name of: * Bill Walsh (American football, born 1927) (1927–2012), playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Welsh (RAF Officer)
Air Marshal Sir William Lawrie Welsh, (10 February 1891 – 2 January 1962) was a Royal Air Force officer who commanded British air operations during Operation Torch. Early career Welsh started his career in the Merchant Navy and from 1910 he was midshipman in the Royal Navy Reserve prior to the outbreak of the First World War, Welsh joined the Royal Naval Air Service in November 1914 as a pilot at ''RNAS Calshot''. During the early years of the war, Welsh acted as a test pilot and became one of the first pilots to fly a plane off an early carrier, flying a Sopwith Schneider floatplane off , while sailing at approximately 18 knots, on 6 August 1915. He again repeated this on 3 November with the ship sailing at full speed. Welsh was shot down while flying a Sopwith Baby seaplane, landing only six miles northeast of Dunkirk on 23 April 1917, although he was unhurt in the crash. In 1918, Welsh received his first command as head of No. 17 Squadron RNAS, which became No. 217 Squadr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Welsh
William Berridge Welsh (11 February 1907 – 27 February 1987) was a Scottish international rugby union player, and later rugby league footballer, who played for and the Lions.Bath, p. 118 Welsh scored his début try in his first international against the 1927-8 Waratahs from New South Wales, and was capped 21 times for Scotland.McLaren, p. 11 He also played for Hawick. He toured with the 1930 British Lions, including a match against the All Blacks, and was the only Scot on the squad. The Welsh player Ivor Jones, who played alongside him in the tour, described Willie Welsh as "one of the truly great forwards". Bill McLaren, who would later play for Hawick RFC himself, remembers the game of Willie Welsh. "I was brought up on stories of the great Scottish players of the twenties, many of whom I never saw play but knew all about… I used to go with my father to see matches at a very early age, the great Hawick heroes including Willie Welsh, Jock Beattie and Jerry Foster, so I h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Welsh (actor)
William Welsh (February 9, 1870 – July 16, 1946) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 153 films between 1912 and 1936. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Los Angeles, California at age 76. Selected filmography * ''Robespierre'' (1913) - Dumont * ''Traffic in Souls'' (1913) - William Trubus * '' Neptune's Daughter'' (1914) - King Neptune * ''Courtmartialed'' (1915) - General Bleirot * ''The White Terror'' (1915) - David Duncan * ''Conscience'' (1915) - John Benson * ''Thou Shalt Not Lie'' (1915, Short) - Fred Wales * ''The Primrose Path'' (1915) - Cartwright * ''The Lords of High Decision'' (1916) - Walsh * ''Autumn'' (1916) * ''Elusive Isabel'' (1916) - Chief Campbell * ''The Narrow Path'' (1916) - Bessie's Father * '' Two Seats at the Opera'' (1916, Short) - Dr. Jones * ''The Foolish Virgin'' (1916) - Jim's father * ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916) - Charles Denver * '' The Eternal Sin'' (1917) - Gubetta * ''Parentage'' (1917) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Welsh (Canadian Politician)
William Welsh (November 22, 1822 – June 22, 1905) was a merchant, ship owner and politician in Prince Edward Island. He represented Queen's County in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1896 as an Independent Liberal and then Liberal member. Welsh represented 4th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1878 as a Liberal member. He was born on Prince Edward Island, the son of Charles Welsh, and educated in Charlottetown. In 1854, he married Maria J. Pethick. He was a justice of the peace and served in the local militia, reaching the rank of major. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1873 by-election held after David Laird David Laird, (March 12, 1833 – January 12, 1914) was a Canadian politician. He was born in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, into a Presbyterian family noted for its civic activism. His father Alexander had been a long time Reformer and L ... was elected to the House of Commons. He ran uns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Welsh (footballer)
William Welsh was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie .... References English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Grimsby Town F.C. players English Football League players Place of birth missing Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{England-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William P
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 should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Halliday Welsh
Dr. William Halliday Welsh (1879-1972) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 58th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. Rugby Union career Amateur career Welsh played for Edinburgh University.The Essential History of Rugby UNion:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003 He was part of a famous University back line in 1901–02 season: Alec Boswell Timms, James Barnett Allison (of Ireland), and Alfred Fell together with Welsh and Alexander William Duncan at Full Back. The half back pairing of Ernest Simson and Frank Fasson completed the international line-up of backs. For 4 straight seasons, the Edinburgh University side had won the Scottish Unofficial Championship from 1899 to 1903, albeit in 3 of those seasons they shared the title with Edinburgh Academicals and Hawick (1899–1900), Watsonians (1901–02), and Glasgow Academicals (1902–03). The 1900–01 season championship was won outright by the University. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Welsh
Bill Welsh (April 25, 1911 – February 27, 2000) was a radio and television announcer. Early years Welsh born in Greeley, Colorado, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Welsh. He attended the Colorado State College of Education. Career Welsh's career in broadcasting began with a part-time job at radio station KFKA in Greely. Beginning as a disk jockey and announcer, he expanded his work into gathering news and giving evening newscasts. His coverage of the murder of a police sergeant caught the attention of executives at KFEL radio in Denver, and he went to work there next, staying at that station from 1935 to 1942. Welsh's television debut came in the broadcast of a hockey game on KTLA in Los Angeles. His broadcasting of sporting events included the first telecast of a Rose Bowl Game, in addition to coverage of football games of southern California colleges and games of the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference. Over the course of his career, he broadcast 49 Rose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Welsh (footballer, Born 1908)
William George Welsh (30 June 1908 – 12 April 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Welsh, who was born in Berringa, came to Geelong from local side Geelong West. He made five appearances for Geelong, one in the 1929 VFL season and four in 1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be .... His 1930 season ended on a good note as he was a centre half-back in Geelong's seconds premiership. References External links * 1908 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Geelong West Football Club players 1986 deaths {{AFL-bio-1908-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Welsh (footballer, Born 1924)
William Charles Welsh (3 August 1924 – 10 December 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the father of Hawthorn and Richmond player Peter Welsh. Originally from Yinnar, Welsh came to Collingwood via Morwell, a club in the Central Gippsland Football League. Welsh, a half forward, played eight league games for Collingwood in the early rounds of the 1950 VFL season. He got a clearance back to Morwell mid-season and ended the year with a starring role in their grand final win over Warragul Warragul is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. As of the , the town had a population of 19,85 .... After captain-coaching Morwell in 1951, Welsh was put in charge of Traralgon for the 1952 season. He continued to captain-coach Traralgon in 1953, then didn't reapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Welsh (diplomat)
John Welsh (November 9, 1805 – April 19, 1886) was an American merchant and diplomat who served as US Minister to the Court of St. James. Biography His ancestors were among the early Swedish and English settlers in America. His father, also named John Welsh, moved from the state of Delaware to Philadelphia in 1786, and soon became a prominent merchant in that city. His father trained John and his brothers Samuel and William to mercantile life, and gradually introduced them to his business. John was the youngest, received a good preparatory education, including a classical course, but began the mercantile business, in which he was remarkably successful, at a very early age. He formed a partnership with his brothers, Samuel and William, and for more than half a century the firm of S. & W. Welsh, and later S. & J. Welsh, was among the leading commission houses in Philadelphia, and familiarly known all over the country. In addition to the cares of his large business, Welsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Welch (other)
William Welch may refer to: * William C. Welch (born 1977), American professional wrestler for the CZW * William Welch (cricketer, born 1907) (1907–1983), Australian cricketer * William Welch (cricketer, born 1911) (1911–1940), Australian cricketer * William Welch (printer), U.S. manufacturer * William Welch II, former Chief of the Public Integrity Section of the DOJ Criminal Division * William A. Welch (1868–1941), American engineer and environmentalist * William H. Welch (1850–1934), founder of Johns Hopkins Medical School and instrumental reformer of medical education in the United States * William Welsh (actor) (1870–1946), or William Welch, American actor * William H. Welch (judge) (1805–1863), fourth and last Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota Territory * William H. Welch, known as Wilton Welch (born 1884) Australian actor, dramatist, director * William Welch (designer) (born 1972), English industrial designer * William W. Welch (1818–1892), m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
