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Yardley
Yardley may refer to: People Surname *Bruce Yardley (1947–2019), Australian cricketer *David Yardley (1929–2014), British legal scholar and public servant *Doyle Yardley (1913–1946), American military officer * Eric Yardley (born 1990), American professional baseball pitcher *George Yardley (1928–2004), American basketball player * George Yardley (footballer) (1942–2018), Scottish footballer *Herbert Yardley (1889–1958), American cryptologist * Jane Yardley, English 20th-century author *Jim Yardley (born 1964), American journalist working in Rome *Jim Yardley (cricketer) (1946–2010), English first-class cricketer *Jimmy Yardley (1903–1959), Scottish professional footballer *John Yardley (born 1933), English watercolor artist and self-taught painter *John F. Yardley (1925–2001), American engineer * John H. Yardley, M.D. (born 1926), American pathologist *Jonathan Yardley (born 1939), book critic (Washington Post and Washington Star) *Lucy Yardley CPsychol FBPsS (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Yardley
Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley (19 March 1915 – 3 October 1989) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England, as a right-handed batsman and occasional bowler. An amateur, he captained Yorkshire from 1948 to 1955 and England on fourteen occasions between 1947 and 1950, winning four Tests, losing seven and drawing three. Yardley was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1948, and in his obituary in ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' he was described as Yorkshire's finest amateur since Stanley Jackson. Yardley played schoolboy cricket at St Peter's, York. A highly talented all-round sportsman, he went to St John's College, Cambridge, and won Blues at cricket, squash, Rugby fives and field hockey. In the university matches, he scored 90 in his second year, 101 in his third and was captain for his final year. He made his Yorkshire debut in 1936 and played for the county until 1955, when he retired as a player. He ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Yardley
Bruce Yardley (5 September 1947 – 27 March 2019) was an Australian cricketer who played in 33 Test cricket, Test matches and seven One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1983, taking 126 Test wickets. Known to his teammates as 'Roo', Yardley was an off-spin bowler (cricket), bowler who began as a fast-medium pace seamer. In his late 20s Yardley switched to off-spin and had success at club and then state level. His technique was slightly unusual in that he bowled at near Medium pace bowling, medium pace, spinning the ball off his middle finger rather than the index finger like conventional off-spinners. A handy number-eight batsman who scored four Test half-centuries his batting was often characterised by a "Yardley yahoo" over the top of slips which opposition teams sometimes attempted to counter by using a fly slip. Yardley was an exceptional fielder in the gully region taking 31 catches in his 33 Tests including a number of spectacular efforts. He was also the recipient of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Yardley
William Yardley (1632 – 6 May 1693) was an early settler of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and is the namesake of the borough of Yardley, Pennsylvania. As a persecuted Quaker minister, Yardley and his wife, Jane ( nee Heath) moved from Ransclough, England, near Leek, Staffordshire, to Bucks County when Yardley was 50. The family arrived on September 28, 1682, on the ship ''Friend's Adventure'' with their children, Thomas, Enoch, and William, and a servant, Andrew Heath (1667-1720). Yardley subsequently purchased of land in Lower Makefield Township in Bucks County from William Penn, who had received the land from Charles II of England to settle a debt owed Penn's father. Yardley named his tract "Prospect Farm". He served as a justice of the peace for Bucks County and became a member of the Provincial Council. Jane died in 1691 and Yardley died in 1693. In his will, Yardley bequeathed half of “Prospect Farm” to his eldest son, Enoch, while the other half was divided between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Yardley
Herbert Osborn Yardley (April 13, 1889 – August 7, 1958) was an American cryptologist. He founded and led the cryptographic organization the Black Chamber. Under Yardley, the cryptanalysts of The American Black Chamber broke Japanese diplomatic codes and were able to furnish American negotiators with significant information during the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–1922. Recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal. He wrote '' The American Black Chamber'' (1931) about his experiences there. He later helped the Nationalists in China (1938–1940) to break Japanese codes. Following his work in China, Yardley worked briefly for the Canadian government, helping it set up a cryptological section (Examination Unit) of the National Research Council of Canada from June to December 1941. Yardley was reportedly let go due to pressure either from the Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson or from the British. Early life Yardley was born in 1889 in Worthington, Indiana. He learned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Yardley
Eric Christian Yardley (born August 18, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers. Playing career Early career Yardley attended Richland High School in Richland, Washington. He attended Seattle University and played college baseball for the Redhawks for four seasons (2010-2013). Yardley was undrafted out of college in 2013, and played for the Taos Blizzard and the Trinidad Triggers of the independent Pecos League. San Diego Padres Yardley signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres on July 21, 2013. He played for the AZL Padres in 2013, going 2–0 with a 1.89 ERA in 19 innings. He split the 2014 season between the Fort Wayne TinCaps and the San Antonio Missions, combining to go 2–4 with a 2.95 ERA in 65 innings. He split the 2015 season between the Lake Elsinore Storm and San Antonio, combining to go 2–5 with a 2.97 ERA in innings. Following the 2015 sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Yardley
Jonathan Yardley (born October 27, 1939) is an American author and former book critic at ''The Washington Post'' from 1981 to December 2014, and held the same post from 1978 to 1981 at the '' Washington Star''. In 1981, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Background and education Yardley was born on October 27, 1939, in Pittsburgh and spent his childhood in Chatham, Virginia. His father, William Woolsey Yardley, was a teacher of English and the classics, as well as an Episcopal minister and a headmaster at two East Coast private schools. His mother was Helen Gregory Yardley. Yardley graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, he was a member of St. Anthony Hall and was the editor of the student newspaper, '' The Daily Tar Heel'', in 1961. Career After leaving Chapel Hill, Yardley interned at the ''New York Times'' as assistant to James Reston, the columnist and Washington Bureau chief. From 1964 to 1974, Yardley worked as an editorial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Yardley
George Harry Yardley III (November 3, 1928 – August 12, 2004) was an American basketball player. He was the first player in NBA history to score 2,000 points in one season, breaking the 1,932-point record held by George Mikan. Yardley was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996. Early life A two-time All-American at Stanford University, Yardley was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and earned the nickname "Yardbird" due to the chores he was required to complete by his fraternity brothers. The nickname was later shortened to "Bird". After his three-year career at Stanford, Yardley played one year of AAU basketball and served in the United States Navy for two years. During his navy stint, Yardley's amateur team won the national A.A.U. championship in 1951, with Yardley being selected the national amateur player-of-the-year. He was drafted by the NBA Fort Wayne Pistons in 1950. NBA career At 6'5", Yardley was a good-sized forward in 1950s baske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Yardley
James Barrett Yardley (born June 18, 1964) is an American journalist. Education Yardley is a graduate of Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina and received a B.A. in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986. Career Yardley joined the Times in 1997 and first worked as a metropolitan reporter in New York, before becoming the bureau chief in Houston in 1999. His topics have included social unrest, minority uprisings, and pollution issues in China. He was the South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi until 2013, when he moved to Rome and became the bureau chief there. After 13 years as a foreign correspondent, Yardley and his family moved to London where he now works as the Europe editor. From 1990 to 1997, Yardley was a national desk reporter for ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', based in Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans. Yardley has also worked for the '' Anniston Star'' and New York Times Company regional newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Yardley
Harold Malcolm Yardley (23 December 1940 – 17 March 2020) was a British sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Biography Yardley was born in Oldham in 1940 and was raised in Coventry. During World War II, his house was destroyed during the Blitz, with his family moving to Leicester. At school, he played cricket, football and rugby, but excelled at athletics. In 1959, at the age of 18, Yardley made his international debut for Great Britain. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Yardley competed in two events. He was part of the British team that finished fifth in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, and the men's 400 metres, where he reached the quarter-finals. The following year, along with Adrian Metcalfe, Barry Jackson and Robbie Brightwell, Yardley was part of the number-one ranked 4x400 quartet in the world. However, he missed out on competing at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Yardley (footballer)
George McArthur Yardley (8 October 1942 – 14 November 2018) was a Scottish footballer. Yardley began his career as a goalkeeper before becoming a centre forward, most notably for Tranmere Rovers. Playing career Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Yardley played his first football as a goalkeeper as an eight-year-old playing for Dunnikier Primary School. However, on moving to Temple Hall Secondary School he was forced to play as a forward because another goalkeeper was already playing. At Frances Colliery Juniors he played mostly as a forward, occasionally playing in goal. In 1959 he signed an amateur contract with East Fife as a goalkeeper. After sustaining a hand injury in 1960 Yardley switched to primarily playing as a forward though he did play a number of matches in goal. In 1964 Yardley trialled with Forfar Athletic, playing four matches. He then played out the second half of the 1963/1964 season with Montrose. Yardley played for Australian club St. George-Budapest in three sepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Yardley (cricketer)
William Yardley (10 June 1849 – 28 October 1900) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club from 1868 to 1878 and for Cambridge University from 1869 to 1872. In the early 1870s, only W. G. Grace was reckoned his superior amongst amateur batsmen. Yardley was also an actor, playwright and drama critic.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 620–624.Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) Yardley was born at Bombay (now Mumbai) in India, the eldest son of Sir William Yardley, Chief Justice of Bombay. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was admitted at the Middle Temple in 1868 and called to the Bar on 27 January 1873. He practised on the South-Eastern Circuit. He acted for Canterbury Old Stagers and with Herbert Gardner wrote some of the best plays and epilogues they produced. Cricke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Yardley
Tracy Yardley (born July 19, 1979, in Southern Illinois) is an American comic book artist best known for his work with the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' comics, originally published by Archie Comics. Career Sonic the Hedgehog comics Yardley has been greatly interested in comics for most of his life, as well as the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game series. He grew up reading the earliest issues of Archie Comics' officially licensed ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' comic book series. He professionally spells his name with an " !" at the end as a tribute to Scott Shaw, who also spelled his name the same way. Scott Shaw was one of the first artists who worked on Archie Comics' ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series. Yardley worked mainly as a penciller on Archie Comics' ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series from 2005 until Sega of America's termination of Archie Comics' license in 2017. Yardley also occasionally worked on the spin-off comic ''Sonic X'', and served as the main artist for the side-series ''Sonic Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
