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Willie Brown (other)
Willie Brown may refer to: Sports Association football *Willie Brown (footballer, born 1900) (1896/1900–1977), Scottish footballer (Rochdale AFC, Torquay United) *Willie Brown (footballer, born 1922) (1922–1978), Scottish football player (Preston North End, Grimsby Town) and manager (Barrow AFC) *Willie Brown (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2017), Scottish footballer (Forfar Athletic, Accrington Stanley) * Willie Brown (footballer, born 1938), Scottish footballer (Accrington Stanley, Chester City, Greenock Morton) *Willie Brown (footballer, born 1950), Scottish footballer (Newport County, Torquay United) Other sports *Willie Brown (American football) (1940–2019), American football Hall-of-Fame cornerback *Willie Brown (American football, born 1942) (1942–2018), Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach * Willie Brown (golfer) (c. 1858–?), 19th century Scottish golfer *Willie Brown (rugby league), former Sydney Roosters rugby league player Other *Willie Brown (musician) (1900–1952), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Brown (footballer, Born 1900)
William John Brown (25 December 1896 – 23 August 1977) was a Scottish professional footballer. He was born in Larne, although of Scottish descent, returning to Dundee in 1901. Brown, a full-back, played for a local junior side Dundee North End F.C before joining Welsh side Llanelli for the 1922–23 season. He moved to Rochdale in 1923, making his debut in the opening game of 1923–24, a 2–0 home win against Durham. Bill played 178 league games for Rochdale without finding the net and completed a run of 85 successive games toward the end of the 26/27 season. He was part of the Rochdale side which defeated Chesterfield 8-1 during the same campaign, a club record which stands today. Originally a left back he was switched to the right back position during this period. However, after a loss to New Brighton the following season he was dropped and subsequently released after 5 years with the club. His last match was a 1–0 home win against Doncaster on 5 May 1928. Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Brown (politician)
Willie Lewis Brown Jr. (born March 20, 1934) is a retired American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004, the first African American to hold that office. Born in Mineola, Texas, where he graduated from high school, Brown moved to San Francisco in 1951. He graduated from San Francisco State University in 1955 and earned a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1958, after which he worked as an attorney and was involved in the Civil rights movement. He was elected to the California Assembly in 1964, during which he became popular in San Francisco and became known as one of the country's most powerful state legislators. As a legislator, Brown earned a reputation as a supporter of civil rights of gays and lesbians and was able to manage colleagues and maintain party discipline. He served as the speaker of the California Assembly from 1980 to 1995. His long tenure and powerful position were u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Brown (other)
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Will Brown may refer to: *Will Brown, central figure in the Omaha race riot of 1919 *Will Brown (basketball) (born 1971), head men's basketball coach at the University at Albany * Will Brown (sport shooter) (born 1991), American sport shooter *Will Brown (racing driver) (born 1998), Australian racing driver See also *Willie Brown (other) * William Brown (other) *Bill Brown (other) *Billy Brown (other) Billy Brown may refer to: People *Billy Brown (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1985), English professional footballer * Billy Brown (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1993), footballer who played in the Football League * Billy Brown (footballer, bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brown (other)
William Brown may refer to: Academics *William Brown (industrial relations expert) (1945–2019), British academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge *William Brown (plant pathologist) (1888–1975), British mycologist and plant pathologist *William Brown (psychologist) (1881–1952), British psychologist * William Fuller Brown Jr. (1904–1983), American physicist * W. G. Brown, Canadian mathematician * William Harvey Brown (1862–1913), American naturalist *William Jethro Brown (1868–1930), Australian jurist and professor of law * William L. Brown (geneticist) (1913–1991), American geneticist *W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), American Indologist and Sanskritist *William Yancey Brown (born 1948), American zoologist and attorney Sportspeople Association football *William Brown (footballer, born 1865), English footballer *William Brown (footballer, born 1874) (1874–1940), English footballer and cricketer *William Brown (footballer, born 1876), Scottish footballer *William Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Brown
Willie Jerome Brown III (February 4, 1965 – June 25, 1992) was an American football defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire five-year NFL career with the Eagles from 1987 to 1991, before his death just before the 1992 season. He was selected to two Pro Bowls in 1990 and 1991. He played college football at the University of Miami. College career Brown played college football at the University of Miami, where he was a standout player for one of college football's most successful and perhaps its most dominant program. He graduated from the university in 1987. Among his more notable moments as a Miami player, five days before the 1987 Fiesta Bowl, at a promotional Fiesta Bowl dinner with the Penn State team, Brown led a walkout by the Miami players. Leading the walkout, he asked: "Did the Japanese go and sit down and have dinner with Pearl Harbor before they bombed them?" Brown and his teammates felt that the Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Browne
William Browne (21 February 1936 – 14 October 2004) was an Irish soccer player during the 1960s. A Bohemian F.C. legend, he was the last amateur to have been capped for the full Republic of Ireland national team for 43 years until Joseph Lapira was capped against Ecuador in May 2007. Career Born in Longford and educated at St. Mel's College, Browne began his career at UCD, where, as well as winning numerous international university caps, he was a member of 4 winning Collingwood Cup teams, and after graduating, he signed for then strictly amateur Bohemians in time for the 1961/62 season. A strong central defender, he was made captain of Bohemians in only his 2nd season at the club. He was a born leader, so much so that Bohs broke with their tradition of having a different man captain the team each year and Willie kept the captaincy for 3 seasons in a row. The 1963/64 season was Willie's finest as Bohs reached the semi-final of the FAI Cup and Willie won three full in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Willie Brown
Miss Willie Brown was an American country music duo consisting of Amanda Watkins and Kasey Buckley, who are respectively natives of West Virginia and Texas but met in California. They are signed to A&M/Octone Records, to which they were the first group signed. The duo performed on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' in 2011 before their signing. Afterward, they began working with producer Keith Stegall on their debut album. They also toured with Dierks Bentley and Josh Thompson and released a self-titled extended play. Debut single "Sick of Me" did not enter the charts, but its followup, "You're All That Matters to Me", was made into a music video and charted in August 2012. Miss Willie Brown performed "You're All That Matters to Me" and "Sick of Me" on The CW's ''Hart of Dixie'' on April 9, 2012 in the episode " Always on My Mind". On April 16, 2013, the duo announced on their Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha Race Riot Of 1919
The Omaha Race Riot occurred in Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, September 28–29, 1919. The race riot resulted in the lynching of Will Brown, a black civilian; the death of two white rioters; the injuries of many Omaha Police Department officers and civilians, including the attempted hanging of List of mayors of Omaha, Mayor Edward Parsons Smith; and a public rampage by thousands of white rioters who set fire to the Douglas County Courthouse (Omaha), Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Omaha. It followed more than 20 race riots that occurred in major industrial cities of the United States during the Red Summer of 1919. Background Three weeks before the riot, federal investigators had noted that "a clash was imminent owing to ill-feeling between white and black workers in the Omaha Stockyards, stockyards." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie B
Willie B. (C. 1957 - February 2, 2000) was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Zoo of Atlanta for 39 years, from 1961 until his death on February 2, 2000. He was named after the former mayor of Atlanta, William Berry Hartsfield. Willie B. was kept in isolation for 27 years with only a television and a tire swing to keep him company. In 1988, he was moved to an outside exhibit and allowed to socialize and raise a family. He then embraced his role as silverback and leader of a troop. Willie B. was the second Gorilla known by that name at the Atlanta Zoo. The previous Willie B had died at the age of 3 shortly before the better-known successor was purchased. Both Willie B's had been purchased from international gorilla hunter Dr. Deets Pickett of Kansas City. The second Willie B. cost $5,500 to obtain for the zoo. Willie B. fathered five offspring at Zoo Atlanta: Kudzoo, Olympia, Sukari, Kidogo, and Lulu. When he died at the age of 41, he was the oldest gorilla in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Brown (musician)
Willie Lee Brown (August 6, 1900 – December 30, 1952) was an American blues guitar player and vocalist. He performed and recorded with other blues musicians, including Son House and Charlie Patton, and influenced Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. Brown is considered one of the pioneering musicians of the Delta blues genre. Brown worked as a side player, performing mostly with House, Patton, and Johnson. He recorded six sides for Paramount Records in Grafton, Wisconsin in 1930, which were subsequently released on 78-rpm discs. He made three recordings for the Library of Congress in 1941, accompanied by House. In 1952, Brown briefly joined House in Rochester, New York, but soon returned to Tunica, Mississippi, where he died the same year. Although normally an accompanist, Brown recorded three highly rated solo performances: "M & O Blues", "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" and "Future Blues". He disappeared from the music scene during the 1940s, together with House, and died befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Brown (footballer, Born 1922)
William Falconer Brown (20 October 1922 – 27 May 1978) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Preston North End, Queen of the South, Elgin City and Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ..., then managed Barrow from July 1958 to August 1959. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Willie 1922 births 1978 deaths Footballers from Larkhall Scottish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Preston North End F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Elgin City F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players Scottish football managers Barrow A.F.C. managers English Football League managers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Brown (rugby League)
Willie Brown is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s, he played 2 matches for the Sydney Roosters in the 2007 National Rugby League season. He made his NRL debut in Round-4 2007 in the 16-32 loss to the Brisbane Broncos at SFS. He is of Samoan descent, and he previously served a 2-year Mormon missionary in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Willie Australian rugby league players Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent Australian expatriates in the Philippines Sydney Roosters players Rugby league props Living people Australian Latter Day Saints Australian Mormon missionaries Mormon missionaries in the Philippines Rugby league players from Sydney 1979 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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