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David Power (other)
David or Dave Power may refer to: * David Power (tennis) (1944–2022), American tennis player * David Power (bookmaker) (1947–2024), Irish bookmaker and businessman * David Power (Gaelic footballer) (born 1983) * Dave Power (runner) David William Power (14 July 1928 – 1 February 2014) was an Australian athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres during his career. Biography Born in Maitland, New South Wales, he competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics i ... (1928–2014), Australian long-distance runner * Dave Power (soccer) (born 1954), English-born, American soccer player * Dave Power, actor in '' U-571'' See also * David Davin-Power (born 1952), Irish journalist {{hndis, Power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Power (tennis)
William David Power (September 12, 1944 – June 15, 2022) was an American tennis player who was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was a two-time All-American tennis player at the Indiana University Bloomington in 1965, 1966, and 1967. Life and career Powers made four appearances at the Cincinnati Masters, amassing a 15-3 singles record. He won the 1966 singles title, defeating Tom Gorman in the semifinals and William Harris in the final. In 1965, he reached the singles quarterfinals and teamed with John Pickens to win the doubles title. Power was ranked as high as No. 25 in singles in the United States, and in 1967 he paired with Will Coghlan to reach the semifinals in doubles at the Australian National Championships. After playing the circuit, Power became a USPTA Master Professional in 1984 and was the head tennis coach at the University of Cincinnati for nine years (1988–1996). He was the founder and owner of Windward Tennis Academy in Alpharetta, Georgia Alpharetta i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Power (bookmaker)
David Henry Power (16 January 1947 – 8 July 2024) was an Irish bookmaker. Power's grandfather started bookmaking in Tramore, County Waterford in 1896, having earlier worked as a draper. The business passed to his son, Paddy, who died suddenly in 1963, leaving it to his son David. At 16, he was too young to take up the betting licence. Power completed his schooling at St Mary's College in Rathmines and studied accountancy at University College Dublin before taking over the family bookmaking firm in 1970. In 1988, Power made a deal with fellow independent bookmakers Stewart Kenny and John Corcoran to merge their Irish betting chains to create the Paddy Power brand, initially with 40 outlets. The company was listed on the Dublin and London Stock Exchange in 2000. Power retired from the Paddy Power board in 2013. He suffered a severe medical emergency in December of that year, but recovered and continued on-course bookmaking until retiring after the Cheltenham Festival The Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Power (Gaelic Footballer)
David Power (born 1983) is an Irish Gaelic football manager. He managed the Tipperary county team from 2019, having previously managed Wexford. In 2020, he led Tipperary to a first Munster Senior Football Championship title for 85 years. Career Born in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary, Power played for the Kilsheelan–Kilcash club. Power went on to become involved in team management and coaching. An All-Ireland-winning manager with Tipperary in the minor grade, he has also taken charge of the Tipperary under-21 and junior teams. Power was the manager of the senior Wexford county team from 2014 until 2016. In September 2019, Power was named as the new manager of the Tipperary senior football team on a two-year term. On 22 November 2020, he managed Tipperary to their first Munster Senior Football Championship title for 85 years. In the 2020 All-Ireland SFC semi-final on 6 December, Tipperary again faced Mayo. In foggy conditions and losing by 16 points at half-time they eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Power (runner)
David William Power (14 July 1928 – 1 February 2014) was an Australian athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres during his career. Biography Born in Maitland, New South Wales, he competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 10,000 metres where he won the bronze medal. Quote by Herb Elliott, "Dave Power . . . is perhaps the most lion-hearted athlete I’ve known . . . " Website Racing Past says, "One of the greatest Australian runners between 1958 and 1962." Power won two gold medals at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales in the 6 mile and marathon races, and collected two silver medals in the same events at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. At various periods of his career he was coached by Arthur Lydiard and Percy Cerutty, among others. He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1999. Power won the Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Power (soccer)
Dave Power is an English retired professional footballer. Career Power was born in Liverpool, and played on the Everton F.C. youth squad. He began his professional career in Ireland with Waterford F.C. In 1975 while the club was touring the U.S., Waterford struck an on-loan deal for his services with New York Apollo during the summer months. After the 1977 season, he decided to move to the U.S. permanently and signed with the Apollo, winning the ASL title in 1978. In 1981 he followed former Apollo's head coach, Rodney Marsh to the Carolina Lightnin' for three seasons and won his second ASL title. In 1984 he again followed Marsh, this time to the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL, but a broken leg in a friendly against Stoke City F.C. abruptly ended his season after making only one league appearance. Power played two indoor seasons in the American Indoor Soccer Association American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U-571 (film)
''U-571'' is a 2000 submarine films, submarine film directed by Jonathan Mostow from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sam Montgomery and David Ayer. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jake Weber and Matthew Settle. The film follows a World War II German U-boat boarded by American submariners to capture her Enigma cipher machine. Although the film was financially successful and received generally positive reviews from critics, winning the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, the fictitious plot was subject to substantial controversy and criticism. Plot In May 1942, during the Battle of the Atlantic, after sinking a British merchant ship, German U-boat ''U-571'' has her engines badly damaged by depth charges from a British destroyer, with all of her engineers and mechanics killed in a flash fire. ''U-571'' skipper ''Kapitänleutnant'' Günther Wassner makes a distress call that is intercepted by Allied intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
