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Daley
Daley, originally an Irish family name derived from the Gaelic Ó Dálaigh, as a surname, may refer to: People Given name * Daley Blind (born 1990), Dutch footballer * Daley Mena (born 1985), Colombian footballer * Daley Ojuederie (born 1985), professional boxer featured on the British TV show ''Big Brother 14 (UK), Big Brother 14'' * Hot Since 82, real name Daley Padley, British DJ * Daley Peters (born 1984), Canadian curler * Daley Sinkgraven (born 1995), Dutch footballer * Daley Thompson (born 1958), British decathlete, born Francis Morgan Thompson * Daley Williams (born 1986), rugby league footballer Surname * Arthur Daley (sportswriter) (1904–1974), columnist for ''The New York Times'' * Ben Daley (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player * Brian Daley (1947–1996), American science fiction novelist * Brian E. Daley (born 1940), American Jesuit and theologian * Bud Daley (born 1932), American professional Major League baseball pitcher * Caroline Daley, New Zealand hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Daley
Sergeant Harry Daley (14 November 1901 – 12 March 1971) was the first known openly gay British policeman. Born in Lowestoft he later moved to Dorking and, in 1925, to London where he joined the Metropolitan Police. Soon after joining the police, he met gay writer J. R. Ackerley and, through him, a number of other literary and artistic figures. Daley became the lover of writer E. M. Forster at the age of 25, a relationship that lasted seven years. After retiring from the police in 1950 he returned to Dorking where he lived with his brother and his partner. Daley wrote an autobiography that was published posthumously in 1986. Early life Harry Daley was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk on 14 November 1901, the second youngest of five children. His father, Joseph Daley, was an orphan born in Poplar, London, who became the skipper of a fishing smack; his mother was Emily née Firman, a former parlourmaid. From the age of three Harry Daley was educated at the local school and when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daley (musician)
Gareth Daley (), known mononymously as Daley, is a British singer-songwriter and creative artist from Manchester, known for his collaborations with Gorillaz, Jill Scott, Pharrell Williams, Marsha Ambrosius and Jessie J. After signing with Universal Music, Daley achieved ''Billboard'' chart success with the singles "Alone Together" with Marsha Ambrosius (of Floetry), the Pharrell Williams-produced "Look Up" and "Until the Pain Is Gone" featuring Jill Scott. Early life Daley was born and brought up in the suburbs of South Manchester in the North-West of England. Before pursuing music professionally, a passion for the creative visual arts led him to study Design & Art Direction at Manchester Metropolitan University, and work as a Graphic Designer, video editor and animator. He lived in Manchester until age 21, before making the decision to quit his day job and relocate to London to focus solely on making music. Career 2010: Breakthrough With some early demos, Daley took t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daley Thompson
Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, (born 30 July 1958) is an English former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. He was unbeaten in competition for nine years. With four world records, two Olympic gold medals, three Commonwealth titles and wins in the World and European Championships, Thompson is considered by many to be one of the greatest decathletes of all time. He was described in ''The Independent'' as "the greatest all-round athlete this country has ever produced." His autobiography, ''Daley: Olympic Superstar'', was published in 2024. Early life and education Thompson was born in Notting Hill, London, the second son of a British Nigerian father, Frank Thompson, who ran a minicab firm, and Scottish mother, Lydia, from Dundee. When Thompson was six, his father left home. At seven years old, Lydia sent Thompson to Farney Close Boarding School, Bolney, Sussex, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Daley
Leavitt Leo "Bud" Daley (October 7, 1932 – October 15, 2024) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1955 to 1964 for the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, and New York Yankees. Biography Leavitt was his father's name. Leo was for St. Leo from his mother's Catholicism. He was called Bud because his mother was an only child and she always wanted a child like her cousin, Buddy Walker. As a player Daley made his home in Orange, California. He was successful in public relations and a skilled speaker. In the offseason he once appeared in seventy-two towns in six states. Daley was a knuckleball pitcher. who threw curves of two different speeds. He became an All-Star pitcher in 1959 and 1960 for the Kansas City Athletics. During that two-year period, Daley won a total of 32 games, and was 3rd in the American League with 16 wins in 1960. In June 1961, he was traded by Kansas City to the New York Yankees, becoming an impact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor "Sis" Daley
Eleanor Daley ( Guilfoyle; March 4, 1907 – February 16, 2003), better known as Sis Daley, was the wife of former Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley and the mother of former mayor Richard M. Daley. Daley served as first lady of the City of Chicago from her husband's appointing in April 1955 until his death in December 1976, and first mother from April 1989 until her death in February 2003. Biography Early life and family Daley was born Eleanor Guilfoyle in 1907, in the south side Chicago neighborhood of Canaryville, to a large Irish family. She was the daughter of Honora Bridget "Nora" (McAuliff) and Patrick H. Guilfoyle, an insurance agent. She met Richard J. Daley at a local ball game. Her brother, Lloyd, who was a friend of Daley's, introduced the couple. Their first date was attending a Chicago White Sox game. Daley was a graduate of Saint Mary High School and a secretary at a local paint company. After a six-year-long courtship, during which her future husband finished law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daley Blind
Daley Blind (; born 9 March 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Girona. He has been deployed in a variety of defensive roles – as a left-back, centre-back, and defensive midfielder. He is the son of former Ajax defender and former Netherlands national team manager Danny Blind. Blind rose through the youth ranks at Ajax, becoming a regular after a loan to Groningen, and won four consecutive Eredivisie titles with the club. In September 2014, he transferred to Manchester United for £13.8 million, where he was part of the team that won four trophies including the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Europa League. In the summer of 2018, Blind returned to Ajax, where he won his fifth Eredivisie title and a first-ever KNVB Cup in his first season back at the club. He won two more Eredivisie titles before moving to Bayern Munich, where he won the Bundesliga during a six-month spell. Blind signed for Spanish club Girona in 2023. A full Netherlands international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Daley
Dennis Daley (born August 7, 1996) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks and was selected in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL draft by the Carolina Panthers. Daley played his first three seasons in the NFL with the Panthers before being traded to the Tennessee Titans in 2022. He then signed with the Cardinals in 2023. Early life Daley is of Jamaican descent. He is a native of Columbia, South Carolina. Daley attended Ridge View High School. College career Despite having already signed with the University of South Carolina, Daley spent the first two seasons of his collegiate career at Georgia Military College as a result of not qualifying for enrollment at South Carolina immediately after high school. He called his time at GMC "the toughest two years of islife", but also credits it for making him more disciplined. Daley began attending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother 14 (UK)
''Big Brother 2013'', also known as ''Big Brother 14'' and ''Big Brother: Secrets and Lies'', was the fourteenth series of the British reality television series '' Big Brother''. It launched on 13 June 2013 on Channel 5 and 5*, and lasted for 68 days, ending on 19 August 2013. It was part of a new two-year contract with Endemol, which secured the show until 2014. It was the third regular series to air on Channel 5 and the seventh series of ''Big Brother'' to air on the channel since they acquired the show. The series was won by 23-year-old Sam Evans from Llanelli. He won the full £100,000 prize fund, making him the first winner since 2010 to do so. Eight housemates entered on launch night, including a set of twins becoming one housemate; with another six, including a mother and daughter, entering the house the following night. Unbeknownst to the housemates, an actor controlled by the viewers, Michael Dylan - otherwise known as "The People's Puppet" - entered the house on launch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Daley
Caroline Daley is a New Zealand social historian, and is a full professor of history at the University of Auckland. She is the dean of graduate studies at Auckland. Daley has appeared regularly on Radio New Zealand's show ''The Panel''. She is interested in New Zealand social history, gender and body history, and the history of leisure. Academic career Daley completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a PhD titled ''Gender in the community: a study of the women and men of the Taradale area, 1886–1930'' at Victoria University of Wellington. Daley then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, rising to full professor in 2022. Daley is the Dean of Graduate Studies at Auckland. Daley's research interests cover New Zealand social and cultural history, the history of the body and gender, and the history of leisure. She has published on the history of beauty pageants in New Zealand, as well as commented on current events relating to the politicisation of dress. Daley has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Daley
Jim Daley (born July 15, 1951) is a Canadian football coach, who currently serves as the special teams coordinator and assistant head coach for the St. Francis Xavier X-Men football team. He has previously coached in the Canadian Football League from 1990 to 2014, including as head coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He has also been the head coach for the Ottawa Gee-Gees and Ottawa Sooners. He won a national championship as head coach of the Sooners in 1984 and a Grey Cup championship in 2001 as an assistant coach. Coaching career Daley served as the head coach for the Ottawa Sooners from 1982 to 1984 where he led the team to a national championship in 1984. He was then hired as the head coach for the Ottawa Gee-Gees in 1985 and served in that role until 1990. Daley started his CFL coaching career as the special teams coordinator for the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1991. In 1993 he moved from ST co-ordinator to DL coach. He quit during the season ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Daley
Brian Charles Daley (December 22, 1947 – February 11, 1996) was an American science fiction novelist. He also adapted for radio the ''Star Wars'' radio dramas and wrote all of its episodes. Biography Daley was born in Englewood, New Jersey at Englewood Hospital, to Charles and Myra Daley. He had an older brother, David, and younger sister, Myra. He grew up in Rockleigh, New Jersey and graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan in 1965. He then joined the army and served a year-long tour of duty in Vietnam. , Brian-Daley.com. Accessed August 12, 2015. "Brian was born in Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey on Dec. 22, 1947.... He grew up in Rockleigh, NJ.... He went to Nathan Hale Elementary School in Norwood, NJ, and a consolidated High School - Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, NJ." After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Daley (sportswriter)
Arthur John Daley (July 31, 1904 – January 3, 1974) was an American sports journalist. As a reporter and columnist, he wrote for ''The New York Times'' for almost fifty years. In 1956, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for reporting and commentary. Early life and education Arthur Daley was born on July 31, 1904, in New York City. He attended Fordham Preparatory School and continued his education at Fordham University. He was a multifaceted athlete, participating in baseball, basketball, football, swimming, and track. He wrote for the university newspaper, ''The Fordham Ram'', and served as its sports editor in his senior year. Career After graduating in 1926, Daley was hired almost immediately as a field reporter for ''The New York Times'', and for the rest of his life the newspaper would be "his one and only employer". Among his first major assignments was the 1927 heavyweight championship boxing match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey – the infamous " Long Count Fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
