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Doug Smith (other)
Douglas, Doug or Dougie Smith may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Douglas Smith (broadcaster) (1924–1972), British radio broadcaster * Doug Smith (composer) (born 1963), American composer and pianist * Douglas Burnet Smith (born 1949), Canadian poet * Ivan Stang (born 1953), American author born Douglass St. Clair Smith * Douglas E. Smith (1960–2014), American video game designer * Douglas Smith (actor) (born 1985), Canadian-American actor * Douglas Smith (special effects artist), visual effects artist of ''Independence Day'' movie * Douglas Smith (writer) (born 1962), American writer and historian of Russia Politics * Dougie Smith (born 1962), British political advisor * W. Douglas Smith (born 1958), American politician from South Carolina * Douglas Smith (Maine politician) (born 1946), American politician from Maine * Douglas M. Smith (born 1990), American politician from New York * Doug Smith (politician) (born 1967), American politician from West Virginia Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Smith (broadcaster)
Douglas Arthur Smith''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' (11 February 1924 – 15 October 1972) was a British radio announcer and comedian who spent 25 years with the BBC. He began his broadcasting career with the BBC European Service (now the BBC World Service, World Service) in 1946 and later worked as an announcer and newsreader on the BBC Home Service, Home Service and the BBC Third Programme, Third Programme. He is probably best remembered as the formal announcer on ''Beyond Our Ken'' (1958–1964), its successor ''Round the Horne'' (1965–1968) and the short-lived ''Stop Messing About'' (1969–1970), where his "Received Pronunciation, BBC accent" was used to comic effect. In this role, he advertised ''Dobbiroids'' (a fictional product for horses) and the huge number of naïve sound effects he made to assist in the development of humorous and often bizarre plots. Smith performed "Nobody Loves a Fairy When She's Forty" in an episode of ''Round t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Smith (defensive Lineman)
Arthur Douglas Smith (June 13, 1960 – July 25, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a nose tackle in the United States Football League (USFL) and National Football League (NFL). Born and raised in Bayboro, North Carolina, Smith played scholastically at Pamlico High School. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers, and, as a senior, was honored by the both ''Football News'' and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) as a second-team All-American. Smith was selected by the Houston Oilers in the second round (29th overall pick) of the 1984 NFL draft, but chose to sign with the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ... (USFL) after he could not come to a contract agreement with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Smith (author)
Doug "the Hammer" Smith (born December 27, 1964) is an American retired minor-league ice hockey player who co-authored a biography about his time spent playing professional hockey, ''Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey'', with Adam Frattasio. Smith's role on the teams he played for was that of the enforcer, which led the Hanover, Massachusetts, native to average 6.73 penalty minutes per game over his 60-game career. Smith's book was later adapted into the comedy film '' Goon'' (2011), starring Seann William Scott in the role based on Smith. A sequel followed, entitled '' Goon: Last of the Enforcers'' (2017). Smith made a cameo appearance in the sequel. Biography Smith's athletic career started with boxing, which culminated in a split-decision loss in the Massachusetts heavyweight Golden Gloves final in 1984. While training at the Hanover Police Boys' Club, his friend, Adam Frattasio, encouraged him to try hockey fighting. He first laced up s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Smith (ice Hockey)
Douglas Eric Smith (born May 17, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the Los Angeles Kings, Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins over the course of his career. He was selected second overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. Career Smith starred in the Ontario Hockey League as an underage player with his hometown Ottawa 67's and won the league's Bobby Smith Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in 1981. That same season he scored 45 goals and 101 points in 54 games and was a highly touted draft prospect in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, ultimately being selected second overall after future Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk. Smith played in 304 games with the Los Angeles Kings before a January 1986 trade sent him (along with Brian Engblom) to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Ken Baumgartner, Sean McKenna and Larry Playfair. In 162 games with the Sabres, Smith recorded 89 points. On October 3, 1988, Smith was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Smith (jockey)
Doug Smith (21 November 1917 – April 1989) was an English flat racing jockey and Horse trainer, trainer. During his career he was British flat racing Champion Jockey, champion jockey 5 times (1954, '55, '56, '58, '59) finishing second on the riders' list 7 times, riding a total of 3,112 winners. In addition he was British flat racing Champion Apprentice, champion apprentice in 1937. His first winner was a horse called Denia at Salisbury Racecourse, Salisbury in 1932. He quickly rose to prominence and by the end of World War II was among the leading jockeys in the country. Doug Smith rode four classic winners – Hypericum (1,000 Guineas, 1946), Our Babu (2,000 Guineas, 1955), Pall Mall (horse), Pall Mall (2,000 Guineas, 1958) and Petite Etoile (1,000 Guineas, 1959) – and trained another one, Sleeping Partner (Epsom Oaks, 1969). He never won the Epsom Derby, Derby, but came third twice, first in a controversial finish on Swallow Tail in 1949, then on Acropolis in 1955. Doug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas James Smith
Douglas James Smith (29 May 1873 – 16 August 1949) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire. He played for Somerset and Worcestershire, as well as appearing for Glamorgan, not at the time a first-class county, in the Minor Counties Championship. He also umpired one Test match. Born in Batley, Yorkshire, Smith made his debut in May 1896, for Somerset against Gloucestershire at Bristol, but made only 8 and 0. He then had a relatively good period, his next three games (six innings) yielding 175 runs and including his only two half-centuries: 62 against Middlesex at Lord's and 54 against Sussex at Hove. His form then fell away and 12 further innings that year produced only 164 more runs. The 1896 season also saw his only bowling in first-class cricket, though he took no wickets. Smith played seven games in the middle of the 1897 season, and two more the following summer, but enjoyed no success at all, recording just 97 runs in 17 innings. His next first-class game was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Smith (Guyanese Cricketer)
Douglas Smith (born 1884, date of death unknown) was a Guyanese cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for British Guiana in 1912/13. See also * List of Guyanese representative cricketers The Guyana cricket team represents, originally, the British colony of British Guiana and later the independent state of Guyana. Guyana's inaugural first-class match (as British Guiana) commenced on 29 August 1895 against Trinidad at Bourda in G ... References External links * 1884 births Year of death missing Guyanese cricketers Guyana cricketers Place of birth missing {{Guyana-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Smith (English Cricketer)
Douglas Maxwell Smith (14 September 1915 – November 2001) was an English cricketer active from 1938 to 1946 who played for Sussex. He was born in Cuckfield, Sussex and died in Brighton. He appeared in six first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm fast. He scored 55 runs with a highest score of 34 and took 19 wicket In the sport of cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is either of the two sets of three Stump (cricket), stumps and two Bail (cricket), bails at each end of the Cricket pitch, pitch. The Fielding (cricket), fielding team's playe ...s with a best performance of five for 25. References 1915 births 2001 deaths English cricketers Sussex cricketers 20th-century English sportsmen {{england-cricket-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Smith (Australian Cricketer)
Douglas Smith (9 October 1880 – 27 February 1933) was an Australian cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Tasmania between 1903 and 1905. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia. It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ... References External links * 1880 births 1933 deaths Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Cricketers from Tasmania 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Smith (footballer, Born 1957)
Doug Smith (born 20 December 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Smith played as a reserve in the 1978 VFL Grand Final loss to Hawthorn, in his first season and seventh league game. A key position player, he was used as a forward and kicked two goals from 11 kicks. Originally from Tallangatta, Smith had his most productive period from 1980 to 1982 when he put together 42 games. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Doug 1957 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players Living people People educated at Melbourne Grammar School 20th-century Australian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Smith (footballer, Born 1922)
Douglas George Smith (19 March 1922 – 1 September 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links *Profileat CollingwoodFC.com.au {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Doug 2009 deaths 1922 births Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Collingwood Football Club players Scottsdale Football Club players People from Scottsdale, Tasmania 20th-century Australian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Smith (footballer, Born 1937)
Douglas Baigrie Smith (9 March 1937 – 5 December 2012) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half. Smith spent his entire senior career with Dundee United, making over 600 appearances for the club between 1959 and 1976. He later joined the club's board of directors and was chairman from 2000 until 2002. Early life Doug Smith was born in Aberdeen, one of four brothers. Two of the others would also go on to play senior football: Dave, who played for Aberdeen, Rangers and Scotland, and Hugh, who played for Forfar Athletic and Greenock Morton. Playing career Smith began his career with local junior team Aberdeen Lads Club, while also serving an apprenticeship as a painter and decorator. Initially a right-half, alongside Ron Yeats at centre-half, he converted to the latter position when Yeats was signed by Dundee United in 1957. After completing his apprenticeship, Smith also signed for Dundee United in 1958, where he would spend his entire senior career. With Yeats e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |