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Alfred Day (other)
Alfred Day may refer to: * Alf Day (1907–1997), Welsh footballer * Alf Day (Australian footballer) (1884–1968), Australian rules footballer * Alfred Day (jockey) (1830–1868), British jockey * Alfred Day (music theorist) Alfred Day (1810 – 11 February 1849) was an English homeopath and music theorist, known for his book ''A Treatise on Harmony'', published in 1845. Life Day was born in London in January 1810. Though showing very strong musical tastes, in accorda ... (1810–1849), English music theorist * Alfred Norwood Day (1868–1939), South Australian railways official {{hndis, Day, Alfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Day
Alfred Day (2 October 1907 – 15 November 1997) was a Welsh professional association football, footballer who played at wing half for Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur, Millwall F.C., Millwall, Southampton F.C., Southampton, Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers, Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town in the 1930s and represented Wales national football team, Wales at international level on one occasion. Playing career Day was born in Ebbw Vale and attended Pontygof School. After playing youth football with Ebbw Vale F.C., his home-town club, he moved to London where he began his career at Non League Football, non League club Cheshunt F.C., Cheshunt. In May 1931, he signed for Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur as a trainee, being "''farmed out''" to the Spurs' nursery team Northfleet United F.C., Northfleet United, where he joined his former Ebbw Vale colleague, Taffy O'Callaghan, Eugene "Taffy" O'Callaghan. On 4 November 1933, Day made his only international appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Day (Australian Footballer)
Alfred James Day (19 May 1884 – 3 July 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1884 births 1968 deaths Australian rules footballers from Geelong Geelong Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1884-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Day (jockey)
Alfred Day (3 November 1830 – 4 January 1868) was a British classic winning jockey. He won seven classics between 1849 and 1859, including the Derby on Andover, and was nicknamed "King Alfred" for his success. Career Day was born into a famous racing family that included his father John Barham Day and several jockey brothers. He was born on 3 November 1830 and baptised on 6 October 1833 at St Edith’s Church, Monks Kirby, a village in north-eastern Warwickshire. He was educated at Winchester and, in the holidays, rode his father’s horses on Stockbridge Downs. He rode in the 1843 Cesarewitch, aged just 12 and weighing 4st 7lbs, on a three-year-old called Shocking Mamma, but he first came to prominence at the age of 14, when he won the Goodwood Stakes on Mr Wreford's Flea, at a weight of 6 stone. Then, in 1847 and 1848, he won consecutive Ascot Gold Cups on The Hero, during the period when the race was known as the Emperor's Plate. He went on to ride for some of the most t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Day (music Theorist)
Alfred Day (1810 – 11 February 1849) was an English homeopath and music theorist, known for his book ''A Treatise on Harmony'', published in 1845. Life Day was born in London in January 1810. Though showing very strong musical tastes, in accordance with his father's wishes he studied medicine in London and Paris, and, after taking a medical degree at Heidelberg, settled in London in practice as a homeopath. For several years he devoted himself during his leisure hours to maturing a plan which he had conceived for forming a complete and logical theory of harmony out of the existing mass of isolated and often inconsistent rules. The results of his study were published in 1845 as ''A Treatise on Harmony''. In almost every branch of the scientific basis of music Day proposed some reform. The work was unfavourably received, though its originality attracted the attention of a few scientific musicians. In a review of the work, George French Flowers wrote: The ''Treatise on Harmony'' . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |