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Derek Williams (darts Player)
Derek Williams may refer to: Sports Association football *Derek Williams (footballer, born 1922) (1922–2019), English footballer for Chester City *Derek Williams (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2014), Welsh footballer *Derek Williams (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2015), English footballer for Grimsby Town Other sports *Derek Williams (boxer) (born 1965), English heavyweight boxer of the 1980s and 1990s *Derek Williams (sportsman) (1924–2014), former Welsh international rugby union player and first-class cricketer Others *Derek Williams (filmmaker) (born 1929), British documentary film director and writer *Derek Williams (art collector) (1929–1984), Welsh collector of modern art See also * Derrick Williams (other) {{hndis, Williams, Derek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Williams (footballer, Born 1922)
Herbert Derek Williams (9 December 1922 – 13 July 2019) was an English footballer, who played as a wing half in the Football League for Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca .... References 1922 births 2019 deaths Chester City F.C. players Men's association football wing halves English Football League players English men's footballers Footballers from Ellesmere Port {{England-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Williams (footballer, Born 1934)
Derek Williams (15 June 1934 – May 2014) was a Welsh amateur footballer who appeared in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Wrexham and Manchester City as a goalkeeper. He was capped by Wales at amateur level. Personal life Williams attended Alun School Alun School is a secondary school located in the community of Mold, Flintshire, Wales. It was formed in 1970 as a result of the merger of the Alun Grammar School and the Daniel Owen Secondary Modern School. Some of the school's present buildin .... Career statistics References Welsh footballers English Football League players Wales men's amateur international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 1934 births Sportspeople from Mold, Flintshire 2014 deaths Pwllheli F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Mold Alexandra F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players {{Wales-footy-goalkeeper-stub People educated at Alun School, Mold Middlesex Wanderers A.F.C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Williams (footballer, Born 1937)
Derek Williams (28 January 1937 – January 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Bradford Park Avenue Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in , at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The name derived from their former ho .... References 1937 births 2015 deaths People from the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead Footballers from Tyne and Wear English footballers Men's association football inside forwards Doncaster YMCA F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Skegness Town A.F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-forward-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Williams (boxer)
Derek Williams (born 11 March 1965 in Stockwell, London) is an English professional heavyweight boxer of the 1980s and '90s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British heavyweight title, Commonwealth heavyweight title, and European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , to , i.e. heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo .... References External links * 1965 births Heavyweight boxers English male boxers People from Stockwell Boxers from Greater London Living people {{England-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Williams (sportsman)
Charles Derek "CD" Williams (24 November 1924 – 19 September 2014) was a Welsh sportsman who played international rugby union for Wales. He also played first-class cricket for the Oxford University Cricket Club. As a cricketer, Williams was a Glamorgan Colts player in 1945 and played with the Glamorgan Second XI until 1953, but was unable to break into their County Championship team. His only first-class appearance was for Oxford University, against Gloucestershire, in 1946. Coming in at six in the batting order, Williams scored just 3 and 0 in his two innings. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Berkshire, in 1949 and 1950. Williams, a forward, wasn't capped for the Wales national rugby union team until he was 30, making his debut in 1955, against France at Colombes. In his second Test the following year, Williams scored the try which secured the 1956 Five Nations Championship for Wales, in a 5-3 win over France in Cardiff. His try was controversial as he had come ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Williams (filmmaker)
Derek Williams (20 August 1929 – 2 August 2021) was a British documentary film director and writer who was active from the 1950s until 1990. His films received four British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs) and five Oscar nominations (four as director and writer and one as writer only) all in the short documentary classification. Early life and education Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he was educated at Newcastle Royal Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Film career His first film, '' Hadrian's Wall'', was made while he was at university and was self-financed. On the basis of this film he was able to enter the film industry as a trainee assistant for World Wide Films. His first commercial film, released in 1955, was ''Oil Harbour, Aden'', made for the sponsor George Wimpey & Co who had the contract to build a port to service a nearby oil refinery being built by BP. Williams acted as cameraman as well as writer and director during the two year locati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Williams (art Collector)
Derek Mathias Tudor Williams (1929–1984) was a Welsh collector of modern art who left his collection to the National Museums and Galleries of Wales; it is displayed at National Museum Cardiff. Williams was from the Llandaff district of Cardiff, and was educated at Radley College. Williams spent his professional life as a chartered surveyor in his family's business. In the 1960s Williams started purchasing art from Cardiff's Howard Roberts Gallery, initially focusing on the works of Ceri Richards Ceri Giraldus Richards (6 June 1903 – 9 November 1971) was a Welsh painter, print-maker and maker of reliefs. Biography Richards was born in 1903 in the village of Dunvant, near Swansea, the son of Thomas Coslett Richards and Sarah Ri ... and John Piper. The museum has described Williams as the "greatest benefactor" to the museum "since Gwendoline and Margaret Davies." Williams died in 1984 and left his artworks and fortune to a trust, the Derek Williams Trust. The tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |