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Billy Griffiths (other)
William, Will, Bill or Billy Griffiths may refer to: Sports * William Griffiths (boxer) (born 1932), Australian Olympic boxer * William Griffiths (field hockey) (1922–2010), British Olympic hockey player * Will Griffiths (rugby union) (born 1998), Welsh rugby union player * Bill Griffiths (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1928), Australian rules footballer * Bill Griffiths (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1970), Australian rules footballer * Billy Griffiths (footballer, born 1876), (1876–1946), English footballer Others * William Griffiths (VC) (1841–1879), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross * William Griffiths (politician) (1912–1973), British politician * Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths (William Hugh Griffiths, 1923–2015), British soldier, cricketer, judge and life peer * William Garonwy Griffiths (born 1955), American author * Bill Griffiths (poet) (1948–2007), British poet and scholar * Billy Griffiths (writer), Australian historian and writer See also * Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Griffiths (boxer)
William Griffiths (6 September 1932 – 13 December 2010) was an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December .... References External links * 1932 births 2010 deaths Australian male boxers Olympic boxers for Australia Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Lightweight boxers 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Griffiths (field Hockey)
William Satterlee "Bill" Griffiths (26 June 1922 – 27 October 2010) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all five matches as forward. Griffiths was President of Abergavenny Hockey Club from 1967 to 2007, for 40 of the club's 110 years existence. He was about 14 years of age when he started to play hockey. He was to represent Great Britain on 8 occasions and was the holder of an Olympic silver medal that he won at the 1948 London Olympic Games when Great Britain came second to gold medallists India in the final. He played in all the matches of that campaign. His GB caps were awarded against Switzerland, the United States, Pakistan, India, Holland (twice), France, and Afghanistan. Whilst a student at Cambridge University Griffiths was awarded a hockey blue. When World War II came he joined the Royal Air Force and was posted to South Africa where he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Griffiths (rugby Union)
Will Griffiths (born 25 December 1998) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Ospreys as a lock. Griffiths made his debut for the Ospreys in 2018 having previously played for the Ospreys academy, Swansea RFC and the Ospreys Development. He made his Challenge Cup debut on 15 December 2018 against Stade Français Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French .... References External links Ospreys Player Profile Welsh rugby union players Ospreys (rugby union) players 21st-century Welsh sportsmen Living people 1998 births Rugby union locks {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Griffiths (footballer, Born 1879)
William John Griffiths (5 April 1879 – 16 October 1928) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Griffiths played his early football at Essendon Town, in the Victorian Football Association. He appeared eight times for Fitzroy in the 1903 VFL season but was not selected in the finals. The following year he took the field with South Melbourne and played eight games in his first season and one more in 1905. Griffiths was a field umpire for one league game in 1911 and a boundary umpire in 19 games between 1911 and 1913. After retiring from football, Griffiths kept active as a district cricketer and spent some time with the St Kilda Cricket Club. He was a member of the Elsternwick second eleven when he was killed in 1928, while practicing. A ball had struck him on the head as he was attempting to take a catch and he suffered a skull fracture. He was taken to The Alfred Hospital The Alfred Hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Griffiths (footballer, Born 1896)
This is a list of St Kilda Football Club players who have made one or more appearances in the Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, or the AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football competition for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the l .... St Kilda were one of the foundation clubs for the inaugural VFL season in 1897, and entered the AFL Women's competition in its fourth season in 2020. VFL/AFL players 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Listed players yet to make their AFL debuts for St Kilda AFL Women's players 2020s See also * List of St Kilda Football Club coaches ReferencesAFL Tables – All Time Player List – St Kilda {{AFL club players Players * St Kilda St Kilda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Griffiths (footballer, Born 1876)
Billy Griffiths (16 April 1876 – 26 October 1946) was an English footballer who played as a centre half-back. He joined Newton Heath in February 1899 as a replacement for James McNaught. In the 1903-04 season, he scored 11 goals, becoming joint leading scorer from centre half-back. However, he soon lost his place to Charlie Roberts. Griffiths left Newton Heath, which had been renamed Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ... in 1902, for Atherton Church House in June 1905, after scoring 30 goals in 175 appearances for United. References English men's footballers Manchester United F.C. players Footballers from Manchester Atherton F.C. players Place of birth missing 1876 births 1946 deaths Men's association football central defenders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Griffiths (VC)
William Griffiths VC (1841 – 22 January 1879) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details His VC not awarded for bravery in action against the enemy, but for bravery at sea in saving life in storm off Andaman Islands. Griffiths, born in County Roscommon, was about 26 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot (later The South Wales Borderers), British Army during the Andaman Islands Expedition when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 7 May 1867 at the island of Little Andaman, eastern India, in the Bay of Bengal, Private Griffiths was one of a party of five ( David Bell, James Cooper, Campbell Mellis Douglas and Thomas Murphy) of the 2/24th Regiment, who risked their lives in manning a boat and proceeding through dangerous surf to rescue some of their comrades who had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Griffiths (politician)
William Griffiths (7 April 1912 – 14 April 1973) was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Born in Moss Side, Manchester, Griffiths became an ophthalmic optician, and a Fellow of the British Optical Association. During World War II, he served in the Eighth Army and was still in uniform when he was elected to Parliament in 1945. He was Member of Parliament for Moss Side Moss Side is an Inner city, inner-city area of Manchester, England, south of the Manchester city centre, city centre. It had a population of 20,745 at the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 census. Moss Side is bounded by Hulme to the north, Cho ... from 1945 until 1950 and for Manchester Exchange from 1950 until his death in 1973. References * External links * 1912 births 1973 deaths British Army personnel of World War II British optometrists Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths
William Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, MC, PC (26 September 1923 – 30 May 2015) was a British soldier, cricketer, barrister, judge and life peer. The son of Sir Hugh Griffiths, he was educated at Charterhouse School and St John's College, Cambridge. During the Second World War he served in the Welsh Guards, receiving a Military Cross in 1944 for an action in which he disarmed a German tank. Griffiths was called to the Bar, Inner Temple in 1949, and became a Queen's Counsel in 1964. From 1962 to 1964, he was Recorder of Margate, and from 1964 to 1970 of Cambridge. In 1971, Griffiths was knighted and was made Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, a post he held until 1980. Between 1980 and 1985, he was Lord Justice of Appeal, and between 1985 and 1993 Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, and was created, on 23 May 1985, a life peer with the title Baron Griffiths, of Govilon, in the County of Gwent on his appointment. Griffiths married three time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Garonwy Griffiths
William Goronwy Griffiths was born and lives on Long Island, New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * .... He is the author of award winning books including ''Malchus'', ''Driven'', ''Takedown'', ''Stingers'', ''Talons'', "Methuselah's Pillar", "The Renegade Writer", "Time Trove", "Blindsided", ""Ice Mummies", and ''The Road to Forgiveness''. He is the host of The Renegade Writer TV Show based on research for the books. ''The Road to Forgiveness'' In ''The Road to Forgiveness'' he recounts the death of his daughter and his mother-in-law, Janice Nicolich, in a drunk-driving crash on June 28, 1996. Publications * ''Malchus'' (2000) * ''The Road to Forgiveness'' (2001) * ''Driven'' (2002) * ''Takedown'' (2003) * ''Stingers'' * ''Talons'' * "Methuselah's Pillar" * " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Griffiths (poet)
Brian William Bransom Griffiths (20 August 1948 – 13 September 2007), known as Bill Griffiths, was a poet and Anglo-Saxon scholar associated with the British Poetry Revival. Overview Griffiths was born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, England. As a teenager, he became a Hells Angel; his experiences with bikers provided material for many early poems. From 1971, these poems were published in ''Poetry Review'', under the editorship of Eric Mottram, and by Bob Cobbing's Writers Forum. He also collaborated on a number of performance poetry pieces with Cobbing and others. Griffiths soon started his own imprint, Pirate Press, which published work by himself and other like-minded poets. In addition to Cobbing and other Writers Forum poets, Griffiths listed his early influences as Michael McClure, Muriel Rukeyser, John Keats, George Crabbe, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Old English poetry. In 1987, he obtained a Ph.D. in Old English from King's College London. He published a number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Griffiths (writer)
Billy Griffiths, also known as William Griffiths, is an Australian historian and writer, known for his book ''Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia'' (2018). , he is a lecturer at Deakin University in Victoria, and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage. Griffiths won the Ernest Scott Prize in 2019. Education Griffiths earned his Honours degree at the University of Sydney in 2011, basing his thesis on Gough Whitlam and Australia-China relations. His father is Tom Griffiths, the W K Hancock Professor of History at the Australian National University. In 2017 he earned his PhD at the University of Sydney, and was congratulated "on what his examiners agreed was a stunning PhD thesis". One examiner commented "Griffiths brilliantly charts the history of modern Aboriginal archaeology in Australia, and how the continent’s astonishing deep time history was discovered", and suggests that this could be "a landmark book". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |