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Roy Bennett (other)
Roy Bennett may refer to: * Roy Bennett (gridiron football) (born 1961), American and Canadian football defensive back * Roy Bennett (politician) (1957–2018), Zimbabwean politician * Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett (1913–1990), Filipino journalist tortured by Japanese occupiers of Manila during World War II * Roy C. Bennett (1918–2015), American songwriter {{hndis, Bennett, Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Bennett (gridiron Football)
Roy Mitchell Bennett (born July 5, 1961) is a former American and Canadian football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Comm ... of the CFL. Bennett played college football at Jackson State. References 1961 births Living people Players of American football from Birmingham, Alabama Players of Canadian football from Birmingham, Alabama American football defensive backs Canadian football defensive backs Jackson State Tigers football players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players San Diego Chargers players Edmonton Elks players {{defensiveback-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Bennett (politician)
Roy Leslie Bennett (16 February 1957 – 17 January 2018) was a Zimbabwean politician and member of the British South Africa Police. He was also a member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for the seat of Chimanimani, where he was affectionately known as Pachedu (loosely translated as "Amongst Us"). He was the Treasurer of the Movement for Democratic Change party led by Morgan Tsvangirai and a member of the Senate of Zimbabwe. He was set to become the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Zimbabwe until President Robert Mugabe refused to swear him in. He was one of the three white parliamentarians elected in the 2000 Zimbabwean parliamentary election despite the intimidation against MDC voters by supporters of ZANU-PF. During the election campaign, his wife who was three months pregnant, was physically abused by ZANU activists on their farm and subsequently miscarried her baby boy. Imprisonment In 2004, during a parliamentary debate in which Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett
Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett (April 6, 1913, Bayombong, Cagayan Valley, Philippines – November 11, 1990, Rosemead, California, USA) was the outspoken editor of the ''Manila Bulletin'' before and during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. Imprisonment For 13 months prior to liberation of the Philippines by combined American and Filipino forces in 1945, Bennett was imprisoned and tortured in Santo Tomas Internment Camp and Fort Santiago by the Japanese for his writings opposing the military expansion of the Japanese Empire. His refusal to cooperate with the Japanese occupiers, who desired to use the newspapers as a propaganda organ under their censorship, became symbolic motivation to Filipinos to intensify their resistance. Family background Bennett was one of four children of Roy DeWitt Bennett (1884–1968) and Josefa Camaguian Cutaran Bennett (1884–1949). Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett's sister Helen Cutaran Bennett became Foreign Secretary for Philippine President Elp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |