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Edwin Watson
Edwin Watson may refer to: * Edwin Watson (footballer) (1914–1944), Scottish footballer * Edwin "Pa" Watson (1883–1945), U.S. Army general, friend and advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt * Edwin Watson (American football) (born 1976), American football running back * Edwin Moss Watson (1867–1937), newspaper editor and publisher in Columbia, Missouri {{hndis, Watson, Edwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Watson (footballer)
Edwin Watson (28 May 1914 – 12 June 1944) was a professional footballer, who played for Partick Thistle, Huddersfield Town and Bradford Park Avenue. He was killed in the Second World War. He was born in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. Military service and death Watson served as a flight sergeant in No. 201 Squadron RAF of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He is known to have served on two missions as an air gunner on a Short Sunderland III conducting anti-submarine sweeps from RAF Pembroke Dock over the Bay of Biscay. On 7 June 1944, Watson's Sunderland located off Cape Ortegal, Spain and sunk it with depth charges, killing all 50 crew on board the U-boat. Five days later, on 12 June 1944, the Sunderland encountered , and conducted depth charge raids on it. The Sunderland is thought to have been shot down by flak from the submarine's anti-aircraft guns during the attack, killing everybody on board, including Watson. His body was not recovered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin "Pa" Watson
Edwin Martin "Pa" Watson (December 10, 1883 – February 20, 1945) was a U.S. Army Major General and a friend and senior aide to President Franklin Roosevelt, serving both as a military advisor and Appointments Secretary, a role that is now encompassed under the duties of the White House Chief of Staff. Early life and career Edwin M. Watson was born on December 10, 1883, in Eufaula, Alabama. Raised in Virginia, he was the son of a businessman in the tobacco industry. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, among contemporaries George S. Patton and Jonathan Wainwright. Watson entered with the Class of 1906 on June 16, 1902, but was discharged for a deficiency in mathematics on April 9, 1903. He was readmitted as a plebe on August 23, 1903, but resigned in the middle of his third class year on December 29, 1904. He re-entered the academy as a member of the third class in August 1905 and graduated in the Class of 1908. His classmates gave him the nicknam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Watson (American Football)
Edwin David "Eddie" Watson II (born September 29, 1976) is an American former professional football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers. He also played in NFL Europe for the Berlin Thunder The Berlin Thunder were a professional American football team in NFL Europe. History The Thunder came into existence as an expansion team, after the London/England Monarchs franchise shut down operations, prior to the 1999 season. Home games f ....he also bounced around multiple teams practice squads References 1976 births Living people American football running backs Philadelphia Eagles players Berlin Thunder players Purdue Boilermakers football players Place of birth missing (living people) American expatriate sportspeople in Germany 20th-century American sportsmen {{Runningback-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
