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Bill Findlay
William Findlay may refer to: *William Findlay (governor) William Findlay (June 20, 1768November 12, 1846) was an American farmer, lawyer, and politician. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he served as the fourth governor of Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1820, and as a United States senator fro ... (1768–1846), governor of Pennsylvania * William Findlay (cricketer, born 1880) (1880–1953), English cricketer and administrator * William Findlay (cricketer, born 1896) (1896–1951), English cricketer and officer in the British Army * William Findlay (soccer) (1904–1981), Scottish-born American footballer * W. H. Findlay (1911–2006), Scottish photographer *Willie Findlay (1926–2001), Scottish footballer *Bill Findlay (Australian footballer) (1913–1986), Australian rules footballer *Bill Findlay (Scottish footballer) (1900–1949), Scottish footballer *Bill Findlay (writer) (1947–2005), translator of drama into Scots *Billy Findlay (born 1970), Scottish footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Findlay (Australian Footballer)
Bill Findlay (29 October 1913 – 28 May 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played as a rover and was sometimes pushed forward where he was a handy goalkicker, averaging two goals a game. Findlay was started his league career with his local side Footscray and played his first game of VFL in 1933. He managed just the one game in his debut season and four in the next prompting him to move to North Melbourne in 1935. He took over the captaincy partway through the 1941 VFL season and remained in that position until the end of 1943. His leadership role expanded to captain and coach for the latter part of 1942 and the entire 1943 season. During this time Findlay found himself resting in the forward pocket and was North's leading goal kicker in 1943, 1944 and 1945. In 1946 he joined Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and started with 88 goals in his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Findlay (governor)
William Findlay (June 20, 1768November 12, 1846) was an American farmer, lawyer, and politician. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he served as the fourth governor of Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1820, and as a United States senator from 1821 to 1827. He was one of three Findlay brothers born and raised in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, on their family farm. All became politicians, serving at national, state and local levels in Pennsylvania and Ohio in the early federal years. He sold Findlay Farm in 1823; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Biography William Findlay was born in Mercersburg in the Province of Pennsylvania on June 20, 1768, to Samuel Findlay and Jane (née Smith). He was the second of three sons, with older brother John Findlay and younger brother James Findlay. All three men became active in politics, serving at national, state and local levels. Their grandfather Samuel Findlay (1711–1739) was the immigrant ancestor: he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Findlay (cricketer, Born 1880)
William Findlay (22 June 1880 – 19 June 1953) was an English cricketer and administrator. Life Findlay was born in Liverpool, and educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford. Between 1901 and 1906 he played 88 matches of first-class cricket for Lancashire and Oxford University as a batsman and wicket-keeper. He scored 1,984 runs at an average of 19.45, and made 140 catches and 27 stumpings. When Albert Chevallier Tayler was preparing his painting, '' Kent vs Lancashire at Canterbury'' he arranged sittings with the Kent team. Tayler also intended to do the same with the non-striking Lancashire batsman, Harry Makepeace. Makepeace however was unable to attend a sitting, so Tayler compromised by using Findlay as the batsman. Findlay had not played in that match in 1906, but he was able to travel to Tayler's London studio as he had just been appointed as secretary of Surrey County Cricket Club after his retirement as a cricket player at the end of 1906. Findlay was secretary at S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Findlay (cricketer, Born 1896)
William Harry Findlay (1896 – 17 June 1951) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army. Findlay was born in British Malta in 1896. He was commissioned into the British Army during the First World War, joining the Cheshire Regiment as a temporary second lieutenant in June 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross in October 1916, for conspicuous gallantry and good work during operations; one example cited described how Findlay guided a party of stretcher bearers to wounded men while under heavy artillery fire. Just before the end of the war, he was appointed a temporary captain whilst commanding a service battalion. After the war, he served in British India, where he played one first-class cricket match for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in the 1920–21 Madras Presidency Match. Batting twice in the match from the tail, he was dismissed without scoring in the Europeans first innings by T. Vasu, while in their second inni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Findlay (soccer)
William Findlay (January 15, 1904 – January 21, 1981) was an American soccer wing forward who earned four caps with the U.S. national team between 1924 and 1928. He also spent two seasons playing in the American Soccer League. Olympic teams In 1924, Findlay was selected to the U.S. soccer team which competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He played in both U.S. games, a win over Estonia followed by a second round loss to Uruguay. Findlay did not play with the U.S. again until the 1928 Summer Olympics. At that tournament, the U.S. lost its first game to Argentina. Following its elimination from the Olympics, the U.S. played one exhibition game, a 3–3 tie with Poland. Club career Findlay returned to Scotland as a teenager to play for Third Lanark of the Scottish Football League between 1921 and early 1923 (there were other players of the same name active at the time, including another at Third Lanark from summer 1923, but they do not appear to have coincided). At the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Findlay
William Findlay (15 November 1922 – 6 January 2001) was a Scottish football player who played as an inside right. Motherwell-born Findlay began his career with Scottish junior club Blantyre Victoria before moving to join Scottish Football League club Albion Rovers in December 1941. Findlay became recognized as one of the finest players ever to appear for the Cliftonhill side, forming a strong partnership on the right wing with Johnny McIlhatton. Findlay's showings for Rovers earned him a £7,500 move to Rangers in April 1947.Willie Findlay The Herald, 20 January 2001 His spell at the ''Gers'' included scoring in the 1950 Scottish Cup Final in a 3–0 win over [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Findlay (Scottish Footballer)
William Findlay (17 February 1900 – 11 June 1949) was a Scottish professional association football player and manager, most closely associated with Watford. Career Born in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Findlay started his career playing for Musselburgh Bruntonians, where he won the Scottish Junior Cup and represented Scotland at junior level, then moved on to Third Lanark in the Scottish Football League's top division in 1923. A year later Third Lanark sold Findlay to English club Liverpool for a fee of £2,500, however he made no first team appearances in his single season at Anfield, and he subsequently played for Leicester City for seven years, and finally Watford, whom he also managed between 1938 and 1947. During his tenure as manager, Watford finished fourth in the Football League Third Division South in consecutive seasons in 1937–38 and 1938–39, before the interruption of competitive football in England due to the Second World War. Although primarily the club's manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Findlay (writer)
Bill Findlay (11 June 1947 – 15 May 2005) was a Scottish writer and theatre academic. As a translator, editor, critic and advocate, he made an important contribution to Scottish theatre.Corbett, John (2011), ''Translated Drama in Scotland'', in Brown, Ian (ed.) (2011), ''The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama'', Edinburgh University Press, pp. 100, 101 & 105, He worked as a lecturer in the School of Drama at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University and was a founder editor and regular contributor to the Scottish and international literature, arts and affairs magazine, ''Cencrastus''. Born in Culross in Fife, Findlay attended Dunfermline High School and left home in 1965 to work as a civil servant in London. He returned to Scotland in 1970 to attend Newbattle Abbey College, spending two years there before going on to Stirling University, where he graduated with a first class honours degree in English in 1976. His career in writing began when he won the McCash prize for poetry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Findlay
William Findlay (born 29 August 1970) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Findlay began his senior career with Hibernian, making just over 100 appearances for the Easter Road side before moving back to hometown club Kilmarnock in the mid-1990s. From there, Findlay spent a year with Ayrshire rivals Ayr United before a short spell with Queen of the South. After leaving senior football, Findlay played for Maybole Maybole (, ) is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It had an estimated population of in . It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The town is ... up until the mid-2000s. Findlay is now active on the darts scene and indeed is deadly on the double 10. References External links * 1970 births Footballers from Kilmarnock Living people Men's association football midfielders Scottish men's footballers Hibernian F.C. players Kilmarnock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Findley
William Findley (c. 1741 – April 4, 1821) was an Irish-born farmer and politician from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House from 1791 until 1799 and from 1803 to 1817. By the end of his career, he was the longest serving member of the House, and was the first to hold the honorary title "Father of the House". Findley was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1789. Early years William Findley was born in Ulster, Ireland and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1763. In 1768, he bought a farm in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,Wood, p. 218 where he married and started a family. Findley also worked for a time as a weaver. He owned slaves as well. In the American Revolution he served on the Cumberland County Committee of Observation, and enlisted as a private in the local militia, and rose to the rank of captain of the Seventh Company of the Eighth Battalion of Cumberland County Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Finley (other)
William Finley or Finlay may refer to: * William Finlay (1853–1914), Irish-born Canadian politician * William Finlay (mayor) (1840–1885), mayor of Albany, Western Australia * William Finley (actor) (1940–2012), American actor * William Finley (Southern Railway), president of the Southern Railway in the United States, 1906–1913 * William A. Finley (1839–1912), president of Oregon State University, 1865–1872 * William L. Finley (1876–1953), American wildlife photographer and conservationist * William Finlay, 2nd Viscount Finlay (1875–1945), British barrister and judge * William Henry Finlay, South African astronomer * Willie Finlay (1926–2014), Scottish footballer for East Fife and Clyde Similar spellings * William Findlay (other) *William Findley William Findley (c. 1741 – April 4, 1821) was an Irish-born farmer and politician from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |