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Wallie Howe
Wally or Wallie is a given name, and a nickname for Wallace which ultimately means 'Wales' and Walter. It may refer to: People * Wally Amos (1936-2024), American personality, enterprenaur, and author * Wally Badarou (born 1955), French musician * Wally Bayola (born 1972), Filipino actor and comedian * Wallie Branston, Canadian pioneering race car driver in the 1940s and '50s * Wallace Smith Broecker (1931–2019), American geochemist * Wally Bruner (1931–1997), American journalist and game show host * Wally Butts (1905–1973), American football coach * Wally Chambers (1951–2019), American football player * Wallie Coetsee (born 1972), South African golfer * Wally Cox (1924–1973), American comedian and actor * W. A. Criswell (1909–2002), American pastor, author, and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention * Wally Dallenbach Jr. (born 1963), American race car driver * Wally Dallenbach Sr. (born 1936), American race car driver * Wally Downes (born 1961), Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace (given Name)
Wallace is a Scottish & English given name meaning 'Wales' or 'of Wales,' and may refer to: *Wallace (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian footballer, most recently played for Rapid Bucharest *Wallace (footballer, born May 1994), Brazilian footballer *Wallace (footballer, born October 1994), Brazilian footballer, plays for S.S. Lazio, Lazio *Wallace (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer *Wallace W. Andrew (1850–1919), American politician *Wallace Barnes (1926–2020), American politician *Wallace Beery (1885–1949), American actor *Wallace Berman, Wallace "Wally" Berman (1926–1976), American filmmaker and artist *Wallace Carothers (1896–1937), inventor of nylon *Wallace Chung (born 1974), Hong Kong singer and actor *Wallace E. Conkling (1896–1979), American Episcopal bishop *Wallace de Souza (born 1987), Brazilian volleyball player generally known simply as "Wallace" *Wallace H. Graham (1910–1996), White House Physician 1945–1953 *Wallace Wilson Graham (1815–1898) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Feresten
Chris "Wally" Feresten (born ) is an American cue card handler and supervisor known for his work on ''Saturday Night Live''. He also does cue cards for ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' and his private business, Cue Cards by Wally. Early life and education Feresten was born in Fall River, Massachusetts to parents Mary Jo and Michael Feresten. His brother is television writer Spike Feresten. Feresten attended West Bridgewater High School and, later, Syracuse University. In 1987, he moved to Los Angeles. Three years later, he moved to New York City. Career Feresten began working at ''Saturday Night Live'' after his brother, who worked at ''SNL'' as a receptionist at the time, informed him there was a vacancy in the cue card department. Feresten's first cue card handling job was in 1990 during a "Sprockets" sketch featuring host Kyle MacLachlan. His first appearance on camera was in 1991 during a monologue featuring Steve Martin. Feresten had his first spoken lines on the show i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Lewis
Walter James Lewis AM (born 1 December 1959) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1980s and 1990s. He became a commentator for television coverage of the sport. A highly decorated Australian national captain, Lewis is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever players of rugby league. His time as a player and coach was followed by a career as a sports presenter for the Nine Network. Nicknamed The King and also The Emperor of Lang Park, Lewis represented Queensland in thirty-one State of Origin games from 1980 to 1991, and was captain for thirty of them. He also represented Australia in thirty-three international matches from 1981 to 1991 and was national team captain from 1984 to 1989. Lewis is perhaps best known for his State of Origin performances, spearheading Queensland's dominance in that competition throughout the 1980s and winning a record 8 man of the match awards. Lewis has sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Lane
William "Willie" or "Wallie" Lane (1883–1920) was a British flat racing jockey. He was the Champion Jockey of 1902, but is most commonly remembered for his feats riding the outstanding Pretty Polly, who in 1904 became only the fifth filly to win the British Fillies Triple Crown. Besides the Triple Crown, she also won the Coronation Stakes, Nassau Stakes and Park Hill Stakes. Other races he won in his career include the St. James's Palace Stakes, Ascot Gold Cup, Norfolk Stakes, Gordon Stakes, Goodwood Cup, Yorkshire Oaks, Gimcrack Stakes and Doncaster Cup. Having achieved the Triple Crown, one of the rarest feats in racing, his career was cut short after a serious fall in a selling race at Lingfield. He died, aged 37, in 1920. Despite his short-lived career, he was still ranked at number 32 in the Racing Post's Top 50 jockeys of the 20th century. Lane was the son of a jobmaster from Chelsea. Major wins Great Britain Classic races * 1,000 Guineas – Pretty Polly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Kurth
Wallace "Wally" Kurth (born July 31, 1958) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing the roles of Justin Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives (1987 to 1991, 2009 to present) and Ned Quartermaine on ''General Hospital'' (1991 to 2007, 2013 to present). He has received one Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Award nomination for his work on ''General Hospital'' and three nominations for his work on ''Days of Our Lives''. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the musical groups Kurth and Taylor and The Day Players Band. Kurth and Taylor won a 2002 Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song, "Barefoot Ballet," which was heard on ''General Hospital''. Early life Kurth was born and raised in Billings, Montana. He is the youngest of five children. His father was a lawyer and his mother ran a cattle company, inherited from his grandfather. He became interested in acting at ten years old, when he saw the film Oliver! (film), ''Oliver!'' A year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallie Abraham Hurwitz
Wallie Abraham Hurwitz (February 18, 1886 in Joplin, Missouri – January 6, 1958 in Ithaca, New York) was an American mathematician who worked on analysis. Hurwitz graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor's degree and then went to Harvard to do graduate work. He won a Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, which enabled him to study at the University of Göttingen, where he earned a doctoral degree under Hilbert in 1910. In 1912 Hurwitz joined the mathematics faculty of Cornell University, where he remained until he died in 1958 at age seventy-one. His doctoral students include R. H. Cameron and Florence M. Mears. Hurwitz's private library contained nearly three thousand books. This private library had many books on cryptography, several of which were borrowed by the U. S. Navy early in WWII because there were no copies of them in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Hirsh
Walter Hirsh (24 March 1936 – 31 December 2024) was a New Zealand educator. He served as Race Relations Conciliator between 1986 and 1989. Early life, education and family Hirsh was born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, on 24 March 1936, the son of Margot (née Jammer) and Ernst Hirsh. In 1938, his family fled Nazi persecution to find a new life in Milton, New Zealand, and he became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1946. He was educated at Tokomairiro District High School, Macandrew Intermediate School and Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. Hirsh began studying for a commerce degree at the University of Otago, and in late 1954 he was awarded a scholarship by the Zionist Council for a year's study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He subsequently studied at Wellington Teachers' College and obtained a Trained Teacher's Certificate in 1958. He then studied at Victoria University, completing two degrees before embarking on a career in education and race relations. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallie Herzer
Wallie Herzer ''(né'' Walter Henry Herzer; 15 April 1885 San Francisco – 15 October 1961 Redwood City, California) was an American composer of popular music, music publisher, and pianist. Herzer flourished in music prior to and during World War I. The Columbia recording of his 1912 composition, "Everybody Two-Step" — performed by ragtime pianist Mike Bernard on December 2, 1912, in New York City — is the first recording of ragtime music. It became a hit and coincided at the start of a renewed craze for ragtime and dance — fifteen years after William Krell's "Mississippi Rag" had been published, the first known published music with "rag" in the title. Herzer composed three other hits — a 1913 piano rag, "Tickle the Ivories" – which also became hit as a vocal arrangement; a 1914 foxtrot song, "Get Over, Sal"; and a 1916 Hawaiian waltz song, "Aloha Land". Other compositions — including his 1908 piano ragtime two-step and barn dance, "The Rah-Rah Boy", and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Hayward
Wallace Henry Hayward BEM (10 July 1908 – 28 April 2006) was a South African endurance athlete with a 60-year career. He became one of the greatest 100-mile runners in history. He won the Comrades Marathon five times and completed the distance of around 90 km the last time just before his eighty-first birthday. He was born and died in Durban, South Africa. He died in 2006 just a few days before the annual Wally Hayward Marathon. Early life As a teen, Hayward became an apprentice carpenter. A friend talked Hayward into taking a running job, to put in stakes for diamond mining claims. In 1927 at the age of 19, he joined a Boy’s Club and was invited to go running. In 1929, he read about the Comrades Marathon and wrote to the race director Vic Clapham. He was surprised to learn that the race was about 54–56 miles. He decided to enter the 1930 race. Comrades Marathon He won the race for the first time on his first attempt in 1930 at age 21. In 1931 Haywar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Green
Walter Stanley Green (25 February 1918Addison J. (1948). ''The People Speedway Guide''. Odhams Press Limited – 11 December 2006) was an international motorcycle speedway rider who finished second in the World Championship final in 1950.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. He earned 6 international caps for the England national speedway team. Career Green started his career with the West Ham Hammers in 1946 after being spotted at a training school run by Dicky Case. He was not a regular in the side at that time, so in 1947 he was loaned to the Eastbourne Eagles where he won the National League Division Three championship and finished as the Eagles' top rider.Jacobs, N. (2003) ''Speedway in the South-East'', Tempus Publishing Ltd. He was still making a few appearances for the Hammers. He and Jock Grierson formed a partnership at Eastbourne that became known as the 'Terrible Twins' due to the fact th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Gould
Walter Gould (25 September 1938 – 10 March 2018) was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger in the Football League for Sheffield United, York City and Brighton & Hove Albion. He later played for Durban United and Hellenic in South Africa. Gould arrived on the Stoke City coaching staff at the start of the 1977–78 season to team up with George Eastham who had become manager. He was reserve-team coach when Cyril Lea resigned in New Year 1980. Gould then stepped up to be number two to Alan Durban. He subsequently served Richie Barker when he became manager, but left in March 1982. There were rumoured to be differences between Gould and some of the senior players at this time, with one `training ground incident` resulting in Ray Evans, the captain, being suspended for two weeks. Days later Gould was replaced by Bill Asprey William Asprey (11 September 1936 – 25 May 2025) was an English football player and manager. A defender, he made 418 league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally George
Wally George (born Walter George Pearch, Jr.; December 4, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American conservative radio and television commentator. Calling himself the "Father of Combat TV," he was a fixture on Southern California television for three decades (1975–2003), most notably as the host of '' Hot Seat'', which began as a local show on KDOC Channel 56, a local Southern California based UHF TV station in Anaheim, Orange County in 1983. His other nicknames were "Mr. Conservative" and "Mr. America" in the 1980s–1990s and he represented the strong conservative fan base of Orange County and the Coachella Valley of California where he was also on their local TV stations. Early life George was born Walter George Pearch, Jr. in Oakland, California. His father, Walter George Pearch, worked in the marine shipping industry. His mother, Eugenia Clinchard, had been a vaudeville performer and child movie actress, in Essanay Studios westerns starring Broncho Billy Anderson. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
