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Sid Smith (other)
Sid Smith may refer to: Sports * Sid Smith (boxer) (1889–1948), English flyweight boxer * Sid Smith (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1952), Australian rules footballer * Sid Smith (American football coach) (1912–2006), American football coach * Sid Smith (ice hockey) (1925–2004), Canadian ice hockey player * Sid Smith (footballer, born 1928) (1928–1985), Australian rules footballer * Sid Smith (offensive lineman) (born 1948), American football player * Sid Smith (lacrosse) (born 1986), Canadian Iroquois lacrosse player Others * Sid Smith (politician) (1893–1981), New Zealand member of parliament * Sid Smith (actor) (1894–1928), American actor * Sid Smith (music writer), English freelance writer on music * Sid Smith (novelist) (born c. 1949), English novelist and journalist See also * Syd Smith (other) * Sidney Smith (other) * Sydney Smith (other) {{hndis, Smith, Sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (boxer)
Sid Smith (2 February 1889 – 28 April 1948) was an English Professional boxing, professional boxer who competed from 1907 to 1919. He was the first officially recognised British Boxing Board of Control, BBBofC British flyweight champion, holding the title from 1912 to 1913, and was also recognized by the European Boxing Union, International Boxing Union as the world flyweight champion in 1913. Professional career Born in Bermondsey, London, of Jewish heritage, Smith learned to box as a boy at the Oxford Medical Mission in Bermondsey. He had his first professional fight on 1 February 1907, a day before his eighteenth birthday, beating Jack Brooks on points over six rounds. He was not a hard hitter but was a fast mover, who always displayed outstanding footwork. Smith held an early claim to the championship of England, beating Stoker Bill Hoskyne over 20 2-minute rounds in September 1911, at The Ring, Blackfriars, London, Blackfriars, London on points, and beating Louis Ruddi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (footballer, Born 1890)
Sidney Norman Smith (25 October 1890 – 26 February 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong 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). Family The son of Frederick Smith (1860-1891), and Annie Elizabeth Smith (1863-1939), née Clarke, later Mrs. Archibald James Young, Sidney Norman Smith was born at Geelong on 25 October 1890. He married Ivy Kathleen Keene (1892-1973) on 2 May 1918. Their son ( also "Sid Smith") played for Geelong in 1952 and 1953. Football Recruited from the Barwon Football Club in the local Geelong and District Football Association (GDFA), he played five senior VFL games for Geelong, in the first five rounds of the 1911 season, and then returned to play with the Barwon club. Death He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (American Football Coach)
Sidney Lawson Smith (August 3, 1912 – February 14, 2006) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas for 16 seasons, from 1953 to 1966 and again from 1971 to 1972, compiling a record of 62–82–1. Head coaching record See also * List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure This is a list of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure, meaning that an individual was a head coach at a college or university for a period, departed, and then returned to the same college or university in the same capacity. ... References External links * 1912 births 2006 deaths McPherson Bulldogs football coaches People from Delta, Colorado {{1950s-collegefootball-coach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (ice Hockey)
Sidney James Smith (July 11, 1925 – April 29, 2004) was a National Hockey League left winger who played with the Toronto Maple Leafs for 12 seasons. He was the Leafs team captain from 1955 to 1956. Playing career Born in Toronto, Ontario, and attended De La Salle College, Smith began his career in minor leagues in Toronto and later with the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League. He attended Essex School and resided at 1 Burnfield Avenue in Seaton. Having played 45 games in two championship seasons for the Maple Leafs, he spent most of the 1948–49 season in the AHL with the Pittsburgh Hornets before he was called back to Toronto. After playing just one regular season game Smith scored a hat-trick in Game 2 on the Stanley Cup finals to help Toronto to a four-games sweep of the Detroit Red Wings. Smith had six consecutive seasons with 20 or more goals, a distinction held by the great Gordie Howe. Smith retired in the 1957–1958 season and later became a player-coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (footballer, Born 1928)
Sid Smith (12 September 1928 – 12 May 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League during the early 1950s. Nicknamed 'Boots', Smith arrived at Geelong from Horsham and played in a premiership as a reserve in his debut season. The following year he played in another Grand Final Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Synonymous with a championship game in North Ameri ..., on a half back flank, but this time finished on the losing team. Such was the strength of the Geelong side during his time at the club that out of the 23 games that he played he was involved in only two losses. Sid was not related to the Sid Smith who played for Geelong in 1911. References *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (offensive Lineman)
Sidney Ercil Smith (born July 6, 1948) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL). Smith was selected by the Chiefs in the first round of the 1970 NFL draft, the team's first pick since their alignment to the NFL. He played college football for the USC Trojans The USC Trojans (also Southern California Trojans) are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. While the men's teams are nicknamed the .... at Database Football References 1948 births Living people American football centers American football offensive tackles Houston Oilers players Kansas City Chiefs players USC Trojans football players Wilson Classical High School alumni Players of American football from Wichita, Kansas 20th-century American sportsmen {{offensive- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (lacrosse)
Sid Smith (born July 24, 1986 in Six Nations, Ontario) is an Iroquois lacrosse player who plays for the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League. Junior career Smith played for the Six Nations Arrows of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. Smith would lead the Arrows to four straight league championships. Smith won the John "Gus" McCauley Memorial Trophy as the league’s Defender of the Year in both 2006 and 2007. In 2006, he also won the Jim Bishop Memorial Award as the Most Sportsmanlike Player in the Minto Cup Tournament. In 2007, Smith won the B.W. "Bill" Evans Award for the league's Top Graduating Player and the Dean McLeod Award as the league's Playoffs Most Valuable Player. Smith also captained the 2007 team to Six Nations' first Minto Cup national championship since 1992. College career Onondaga Community College Smith began his college career at Onondaga Community College. Smith played alongside fellow Six Nations players Craig Point and Cody Jamieson and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (politician)
Sidney Walter Smith JP (20 January 1893 – 26 August 1981) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary and later a Minister. Biography Smith was born in Ashburton in 1893. He received his education at Algin Primary and Ashburton High Schools. He served in the NZEF in France and Egypt in World War I. He then farmed at Opuawhanga and Pakaraka and went into business. He was on several local boards, acting as a member of the Bay of Islands County Council and the Bay of Islands Hospital Board, and as Chairman of the Bay of Islands Dairy Company. He married Dorothy Alice Blundell in 1924. He represented the Bay of Islands electorate from 1943 to 1946, and the renamed Hobson electorate from 1946 to 1960 when he retired. Under Sidney Holland, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Minister of Agriculture and of Marketing (1949–1954). In the second Holland Ministry, he was Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (actor)
Sidney Smith (February 28, 1892 – July 4, 1928), known on-screen as Sid Smith, was an American actor and director who appeared in short comedy films. Smith entered the motion picture industry in 1911, and eventually performed in 187 releases- most of them short silent film comedies, directing six shorts in total. Smith had his own starring series, but also worked in support of such comics as Monty Banks at Warner Bros. and Billy Bevan at the Mack Sennett studio. Smith died of alcohol poisoning, attributed to his consumption of bad liquor at a Malibu beach party. Perhaps because of the Prohibition laws then in effect, one of the few trade papers covering Smith's passing gave the cause of death as “heart trouble.”Editors p.224 Filmography *''The Awful Adventures of an Aviator'' (1915), partially survives *'' The Ne'er-Do-Well'' (1916) *'' Kismet'' (1920) *'' Tell Us, Ouija!'' (1920) *'' We'll Get You Yet'' (1921), reissued by Pathescope in the UK in the 1930s as ''James & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (music Writer)
Sid Smith is an English freelance writer, contributing music-related articles and reviews to both national and regional press. He is the author of the biography of King Crimson, ''In The Court Of King Crimson'', and one of the co-authors of ''Northstars'', the book of Granada TV's award-winning profile of musicians from the north east of England, as well as numerous sleeve notes for both major and indie record labels. After spending the 1970s as a musician (playing bass in rock and improvised music) and performance artist, he joined local government in the 1980s, working in the arts until turning to writing full-time in 2002. In addition to providing web-based content for several music sites, he has maintained an online diary since 1999, initially on King Crimson's website, before transferring to Krimson News in 2003. In May 2005, Smith began his 'Postcards From The Yellow Room' blog, containing album reviews, domestic life (including his mother's battle with leukaemia Leuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Smith (novelist)
Sid Smith (born ) is an English novelist poet and journalist. Life and career Smith was born in Preston, Lancashire. For seven years he worked in labouring jobs, including dustman, gardener, gravedigger and construction worker. Since then he has hitch-hiked 9,000 miles around the US, lived in Italy and Greece, and acquired a pilot's licence for paragliders. Smith came late to literary prominence. He had been a journalist for 17 years, including two years as a sub-editor on ''The Times'', and was already in his 50s when his debut novel ''Something Like A House'' was published in 2001. The tale of a British deserter in China at the time of the Cultural Revolution, '' Something Like a House'' won critical praise and went on to win both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award. What was remarkable about the book was its meticulous evocation of time and place, especially since Smith had never been to China and had written the book entirely from his o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Smith (other)
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Syd Smith may refer to: * Syd Smith (baseball) (1883–1961), American baseball player * Syd Smith (Australian footballer) (1888–1954), Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in 1919 * Syd Smith (footballer, born 1895) (1895–?), English footballer who played for Derby County, Norwich City and Gillingham in the 1920s See also * Sid Smith (other) * Sidney Smith (other) * Sydney Smith (other) Sydney Smith (1771–1845) was an English writer and clergyman. Sydney or Sidney Smith may also refer to: Arts and literature * Sydney Smith (composer) (1839–1889), English composer * Sydney Wigham Smith (c. 1866–1933), Australian architect * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
