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Raynor
Raynor is an English surname which was first found in the historic county of Yorkshire and was brought to England after the Norman Conquest as Reyner. The name Reyner either derived from the Old Norse ''Ragnar'' meaning 'counsel' or the Gallo-Roman ''Reginorum'' meaning 'royalty'. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Raynor, American football player * Angie Raynor (born 1967), American handball player * * Bruce S. Raynor, American labor union executive * Eldon Raynor (1933–2022), Bermudian cricketer * Gareth Raynor (born 1978), English rugby player * Geoffrey Raynor (1913–1983), English metallurgist and university academic * George Raynor (1907–1985), English footballer and football manager * George Raynor (cricketer) (1852–1887), English clergyman, schoolmaster and cricketer * George Raynor (pirate) (1665–1743), pirate active in the Indian Ocean * Helen Raynor (born 1972), Welsh screenwriter and editor * Henry Raynor (1917–1989), British musicolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Raynor
Scott William Raynor Jr. (born May 23, 1978) is an American musician best known as a founding member and the original drummer of the band Blink-182. Born in Poway, California, Raynor first approached the drums in his preteens; he joined Blink-182 at only 14 years old, and played with the band for six years. With Raynor, the group recorded their first demo, ''Buddha'' (1994), their debut album, ''Cheshire Cat'' (1995), as well as the gold-certified ''Dude Ranch'' (1997). Raynor was dismissed from the group in 1998, and was replaced by Travis Barker. Since then, Raynor has performed with a wide variety of groups, including post-punk band the Wraith, and contributed to the charity StandUp for Kids. As of 2023, he works for the city of San Diego as a police officer. Life and career Raynor began playing drums at a young age, forming a group with friend Ryan Kennedy at age 11 to perform at a school competition – "a kind of 'show and tell' thing," Raynor later recalled. The duo were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Raynor
Gareth Raynor (born 24 February 1978) is an English former professional rugby union and rugby league footballer who last played for the London Skolars in Kingstone Press Championship 1. He is a former Great Britain international who previously played for Hull FC, the Crusaders, the Leeds Rhinos, and the Bradford Bulls in the Super League. Plus a spell with Aviva Premiership side, Leicester Tigers. Background Raynor was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He started his career in rugby union as a centre. He started out at Pontefract RU and later moved onto Castleford Panthers before Leeds Tykes stumbled upon his performances and took a keen interest. It was not long after that he moved to the Tykes in 2000. He made 8 appearances (4 as substitute) for the Tykes in their Division One season. Raynor left the Tykes in the summer and switched codes to play Rugby league for big next door club, Leeds Rhinos. Professional playing career 2000s Gareth transferred to Leeds in the sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Raynor
George Sidney Raynor (13 January 1907 – 24 November 1985) was an English professional footballer and one of the most successful international football managers ever. One of his greatest achievements was taking the Sweden men's national football team to a World Cup final, and he also managed them to an Olympic gold medal. Before the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he was the only Englishman to take a national team to a final of a World Cup. His World Cup campaign with Sweden is the best result ever for a non-national manager in the history of the tournament, along with Austrian Ernst Happel's second place with Netherlands in 1978, twenty years after Raynor's. Playing career Raynor first played football in the non-Leagues for Elsecar Bible Class, Mexborough Athletic and Wombwell. When he did sign professional forms, Raynor's career took him only on an uninspired jaunt around the Football League. His first professional club was Sheffield United whom he joined in 1930, making only one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Patrick Raynor
John Patrick Raynor (1 October 1923 – 14 November 1997) was a Catholic priest of the Jesuit order and the twentieth president of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ''Subscription needed''. Raynor managed Marquette University from 1965 to 1990, which is the longest tenure of any president in Marquette's history. During Raynor's tenure, the university added several graduate and professional programs, including doctoral programs in biology, chemistry, English, history, mathematics and engineering. Early life and education Father Raynor was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1923, one of ten children of Walter and Mary Clare Raynor. He attended Creighton Preparatory High School and then graduated from St. Louis University, earning both a bachelor's and master's degree in Greek and Latin in 1947 and 1948, respectively. He joined the Jesuit order in 1941. From 1948 to 1951, Raynor taught and served as vice principal at St. Louis University High School. Raynor was ordained as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Raynor
Seth Jagger Raynor (May 7, 1874 – January 23, 1926) was an American golf course architect and engineer. He designed approximately 85 golf courses in about 13 years, his first in 1914, at age 40. His mentor was Charles Blair Macdonald, the creator of the National Golf Links of America, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Raynor was also the mentor of Charles Banks who completed many of Raynor's unfinished works after he died. Banks went on to a solo design career, creating approximately 15 courses. Biography Raynor was born in Manorville, New York. He attended Princeton University, studying civil engineering, before leaving in 1898 without a degree. He married Araminta (known as Minta) Hallock in 1903, and for the first years of his working life, engineered drains, roads and waterworks in the area around Southampton, N.Y. where his family had relocated and where he would live for the rest of his life. Golf course engineer, architect In 1908, Raynor was hired to per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Raynor (pirate)
George Raynor (1665–1743) (also known as Josiah Raynor) was a pirate and privateer active in the Red Sea. As a pirate he captained the ''Batchelor’s Delight (''or ''Loyal Jamaica)''. Biography In 1687 Raynor married Sarah Higby in Lyme CT. Ostensibly sailing as a privateer against the French, Raynor had been elected captain of the ''Loyal Jamaica'' (later renamed ''Bachelor's Delight'') in 1690. He put in at Adam Baldridge’s pirate trading post near Madagascar in late 1691 after capturing a Moorish ship, along with William Cotter. After resupplying and repairing the ship they shared out treasure from their voyage and sailed back to the Province of South Carolina. He and his crew may have captured one last ship before ending their voyage, taking a vessel belonging to Carolina plantation owner Jonathan Amory. Raynor ran the ship aground; its guns were seized for use by Charles Town. Absolved of piracy by 1692, he and the crew settled locally. Records show him recognized a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Raynor
Alex Raynor is an American football kicker for the Kentucky Wildcats. He previously played for the Georgia Southern Eagles. Early life and high school Raynor attended Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia. He was an unranked recruit and committed to play college football for the Georgia Southern Eagles, joining the team as a walk-on. College career Georgia Southern After redshirting in his first collegiate season in 2019, Raynor won the starting kicker job in 2020, where he went 40 for 41 on extra points and 18 for 25 on his field goal attempts. In 2021, he hit 20 of 21 extra points and nine of 14 field goal attempts. In 2022, Raynor hit 49 of 50 extra points and went 18 for 20 on field goals for the Eagles. After the season, Raynor entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal. Kentucky Raynor transferred to play for the Kentucky Wildcats. In his team debut in the 2023 season opener, he hit all three of his field goal attempts versus Ball State. In his first season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Raynor
Paul James Raynor (born 29 April 1966) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has worked as assistant manager under Steve Evans at Rotherham United, Leeds United, Mansfield Town, Peterborough United, Gillingham and Stevenage. He is currently at Rotherham United. Career He played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest, Bristol Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Swansea City, Wrexham, Cambridge United, Preston North End (where he briefly played alongside a young David Beckham), and Leyton Orient. He also spent a year in the Chinese Jia-A League with Guangdong Hongyuan. After leaving Leyton Orient, Raynor moved into non-League football with clubs including Kettering Town, Ilkeston Town, Boston United, King's Lynn, Hednesford Town, where he spent a few months as player-manager, Gainsborough Trinity, Ossett Albion, and then King's Lynn again, to be released at the end of the 2002–03 season, only to rejoin for the next. Coaching car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Raynor
John Patrick Raynor (born January 4, 1984) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, although he spent most of his career in the Florida Marlins organization. He spent a season as a coach and student at his alma mater, UNC-Wilmington. High School and College Raynor graduated from South Johnston High School in 2002. He attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. in 2005, for UNCW, he hit .397 with 23 stolen bases. Raynor was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 12th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. In 2006, his senior season, he hit .370 with 42 stolen bases. In the 2006 Major League Baseball draft, Raynor was selected in the 9th round by the Florida Marlins and signed by scout Joel Matthews. Professional baseball career Florida Marlins In the 2006 Major League Baseball draft, Raynor was selected in the 9th round by the Florida Marlins and signed by scout Joel Matthews. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaylen Raynor
Jaylen Raynor is an American college football quarterback for the Arkansas State Red Wolves. Early life Raynor attended East Forsyth High School in Kernersville, North Carolina. In week one of his senior season in 2022, Raynor completed 12 of 26 passing attempts for 170 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 343 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Northwest Guilford High School. He was an unranked quarterback recruit and committed to play college football at Arkansas State over offers from Army, Air Force, Navy, UMass and Miami (Ohio). College career As a freshman in 2023, Raynor was named the 247Sports True Freshman of the Week after his week 5 performance against UMass, where he completed 20 of 35 passing attempts for 383 yards and a program record six touchdowns along with 35 rushing yards in his first road start. He was also named the Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference that has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Raynor
Molly Raynor (June 5, 1905 – 12 March 1976) was a New Zealand and Australia, Australian actress. Raynor was born 5 June 1905 in Dunedin, New Zealand. She left New Zealand as a school girl to study music, elocution, and singing at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She married John McIntosh Beattie (John Warwick) in 1929. She died in Sydney, Australia, on 12 March 1976. Life Educated in Dunedin, Raynor left to study music at the Sydney Conservatorium. Shortly after arriving in Sydney she appeared as one of Mrs. Bennett-Whites "Cheer-Oh Girls", a concert party that raised funds for charitable causes relating to soldiers and veterans - where she appeared between 1921 and 1927, giving character sketches. Filmography * ''The Hayseeds'' (1933) Pansy Regan (credited as Molly Rayner) * ''Woman to Woman (1947 film), Woman to Woman'' (1947) as Sylvia's Friend * ''Dinner at Eight'' (1951) * ''Theatre Royal'' (1952) * ''Mr. Beamish Goes South'' (1953) * ''The Scarlet Web'' (1954) as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Raynor
Helen Raynor (born March 1972) is a Welsh television screenwriter and script editor from Swansea. She is best known for her work on the relaunched BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. She previously worked as a theatre director. Besides television episodes, Raynor has written theatrical plays, radio plays, and short stories. Early life Raynor was born in Swansea and attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Her initial career was in the theatre, where she worked for eight years as a director and assistant director for the Bush Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, the Royal Opera House, English Touring Opera and Opera North. Her RSC Fringe production of ''Soho'' by Rebecca Lenkiewicz won a Fringe First at the 2000 Edinburgh Festival. She also wrote ''Cake'', a fifteen-minute television short for BBC One's ''Brief Encounters'' strand shown in May 2006, and for radio, a sixty-minute play ''Running Away with the Hairdresser'' for BBC Radio 4, broadcast in J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
