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Dennis Matthews (other)
Dennis Matthews may refer to: Sports * Denny Matthews (born 1942), American sportscaster * Dennis Matthews (cricketer) (born 1943), New Zealand cricketer * Dennis Matthews (footballer) (born 1952), Australian rules footballer Others * Dennis Matthews (politician), see Gibraltar National Day * Denis Matthews Denis Matthews (27 February 191925 December 1988) was an English pianist and musicologist whose performing career flourished after the war, during the 1950s and into the 1960s. He later turned increasingly to broadcasting, writing and teaching. ... (1919–1988), British concert pianist See also * Dennis Matthies (born 1946), American academic {{hndis, Matthews, Dennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denny Matthews
Dennis Ray Matthews (born November 14, 1942) is an American sportscaster, best known as a play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals since the team's inception in . Early history Matthews grew up in Bloomington, Illinois and attended Illinois Wesleyan University, where he played baseball and football, and belonged to the Sigma Chi fraternity. He worked for local radio and television stations in Peoria and St. Louis before his hiring by the Royals. Broadcast career Matthews has broadcast for the Royals since their inception in 1969, when he was the sidekick to Bud Blattner. Blattner retired in 1974, and Matthews has been the Royals' top broadcaster since then. From 1974 to 1998 – a stretch that includes the best seasons in the Royals' history – Matthews was paired with Fred White. In 1999, the two also teamed up to write a book called ''Play by Play: 25 Years of Royals on Radio'', which recounts anecdotes from those seasons. Matthews als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Matthews (cricketer)
Dennis Neal Matthews (born 16 July 1943) is a former New Zealand cricketer. Matthews was born in Paeroa in the Waikato, and played five first-class matches for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield in the 1963–64 season. He also played for Thames Valley in the Hawke Cup The Hawke Cup is a non-first-class cricket competition for New Zealand's district associations. Apart from 1910–11, 1912–13 and 2000–01 the competition has always been on a challenge basis. To win the Hawke Cup, the challengers must beat .... A leg-spin bowler, he was given a trial in advance of New Zealand's tour of India, Pakistan and England in 1965 but was not selected, and played no more major cricket after the 1964–65 season. John Reid, ''A Million Miles of Cricket'', A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1966, pp. 100–9. References External links * 1943 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Northern Districts cricketers Sportspeople from Paeroa Cricketers from Waikato 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Matthews (footballer)
Dennis Matthews (born 25 April 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matthews, Dennis Living people 1952 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players 20th-century Australian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Matthews (politician)
Dennis Matthews may refer to: Sports * Denny Matthews (born 1942), American sportscaster * Dennis Matthews (cricketer) (born 1943), New Zealand cricketer *Dennis Matthews (footballer) (born 1952), Australian rules footballer Others * Dennis Matthews (politician), see Gibraltar National Day * Denis Matthews Denis Matthews (27 February 191925 December 1988) was an English pianist and musicologist whose performing career flourished after the war, during the 1950s and into the 1960s. He later turned increasingly to broadcasting, writing and teaching. ... (1919–1988), British concert pianist See also * Dennis Matthies (born 1946), American academic {{hndis, Matthews, Dennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltar National Day
Gibraltar National Day, celebrated annually on 10 September, is the official national day of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The day commemorates Gibraltar's first sovereignty referendum of 1967, in which Gibraltarian voters were asked whether they wished to either pass under Spanish sovereignty, or remain under British sovereignty, with institutions of self-government. History In 1992, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Joe Bossano, travelled to the United Nations to argue for the right to self-determination inspiring the formation of the Self Determination for Gibraltar Group (SDGG) which was at the time headed by Dennis Matthews, a one-time active member of the Integration with Britain Party (IWBP). To generate popular support for self-determination they held the first National Day at John Mackintosh Square (the ''Piazza'') on 10 September 1992 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the day the 1967 sovereignty referendum was held on. Coincidentally, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Matthews
Denis Matthews (27 February 191925 December 1988) was an English pianist and musicologist whose performing career flourished after the war, during the 1950s and into the 1960s. He later turned increasingly to broadcasting, writing and teaching. Biography Denis James Matthews was born in Coventry, the son of a motor salesman. He attended Arnold Lodge School, Leamington Spa, from 1927 to 1932 and Warwick School from October 1932 to the summer of 1936, when he left to study at the Royal Academy of Music. While there, he lodged with Harold Craxton and his wife Essie in St John's Wood. He had made his professional debut in 1939 and even started to compose - his ''Five Sketches'' for violin and piano were broadcast by Isolde Menges and Howard Ferguson in May 1940. But then the war interrupted things. Matthews joined up in 1940, serving with the RAF until 1946. ] Resuming his professional career after the war, he toured extensively as a concert pianist and formed successful partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
