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  William Jospeh Wallace : New Zealand All Black
Wallace clearly was a gifted footballer capable of playing anywhere in the backline, which, except for halfback, he did in his 51 All Black games between 1903 and 1908.
Wallace made the break and put Deans in the clear for what he and Deans till their daying days insisted was a try.
Wallace claimed in later years that he only been moved to fullback because of a selection oversight in the 1903 side to Australia.
www.rugbymuseum.co.nz /ABProfilee.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&IDID=919   (1124 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Scotland | Service remembers William Wallace
Wallace was hung, drawn and quartered on 23 August, 1305, after being found guilty in Westminster Hall of treason.
William Wallace was hung, drawn, quartered and beheaded
The former was called "William Wallace Street" and the latter "The Wallace Mile".
news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/scotland/4173980.stm   (531 words)

  
 Facts about topic: (William Wallace (disambiguation))   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
William Wallace (additional info and facts about William Wallace) (1270–1305) — a Scottish (The dialect of English used in Scotland) patriot
W.H.L. Wallace (additional info and facts about W.H.L. Wallace) (1821–1862) — a Union (The state of being joined or united or linked) general in the American Civil War (Civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)
William S. Wallace (additional info and facts about William S. Wallace) — a Lieutenant General (A general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general) of the United States Army (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare)
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/W/Wi/William_Wallace_(disambiguation).htm   (133 words)

  
 Selkirk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The people of the town, "Souters", named after the town's traditional shoe cobblers, are proud followers of all things Borders, from their Common Riding and Rugby to their historical past and looking to the future.
Selkirk's ancient past is one which encompasses many great aspects of Scottish history, from being the site of the first Border Abbey to where William Wallace, was declared guardian of Scotland.
From the West of Scotland came William Wallace, a Scots knight who led his countrymen in resistance to English domination.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Selkirk   (949 words)

  
 British 'Firsts'
He was the first to explain the action of a catalyst in terms of the formation of an intermediate compound.
He was the first Footballer of the Year in 1948 (again in 1963), the first European Footballer of the Year in 1956, and the first footballer to be knighted for services to the game in 1965.
His expeditions have included the first descent and exploration of the Blue Nile 1968; the journey N to S from Alaska to Cape Horn, crossing the Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia for the first time 1971-72; and the first complete navigation of the Congo-Zaïre River, Africa 1974-75.
www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Britain/firsts.htm   (6864 words)

  
 William Wallace (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
W.H.L. Wallace (1821–1862) — a Union general in the American Civil War
William S. Wallace — a Lieutenant General of the United States Army
William Wallace (footballer) who played for Celtic F.C. This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Wallace_(disambiguation)   (140 words)

  
 Standby Information
Football manager who built the English team of Liverpool into a world-beating side, ensuring success long after his departure.
Initially working for William Kinimonth at the practice of Rowand Anderson and Paul, his worked ranged from housing to commercial and public buildings.
Steell was Queen Victoria's Sculptor in Scotland, and created many of the public statues in Edinburgh, including the equestrain statue of the Duke of Wellington outside Register House, which was dubbed 'the Iron Duke in bronze by Steell' and the statue of Sir Walter Scott at the centre of the Scott Monument.
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 September 11
The terms "September 11" and "9/11" have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in the United States.
1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge - Scots of William Wallace defeat English.
William L. Pierce, author, National Alliance Leader (d.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/se/september_11.html   (878 words)

  
 TCM Breaking News - 2002/04/20: Wallace voted top Scot
Braveheart legend William Wallace has been voted the top Scot of all time, a new poll revealed today.
Wallace, played by Mel Gibson in the 1995 Oscar-winning film, headed a readers’ poll of the 100 Greatest Scots in tomorrow’s Sunday Mail newspaper.
Former Rangers and Scotland striker Ally McCoist was the nation’s favourite footballer in 11th place, with Govan-born Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in 14th.
archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2002/04/20/story47240.asp   (273 words)

  
 WALLACE, William Joseph - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
William Joseph Wallace was born at Wellington on 2 August 1878.
Generally, Wallace played in the fullback position, but on the 1907 Australian tour he played as three-quarter.
In 1935 Wallace was co-manager of George Nepia's Maori team which toured New South Wales.
www.teara.govt.nz /1966/W/WallaceWilliamJosephbilly/WallaceWilliamJosephbilly/en   (328 words)

  
 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
William Braveheart Wallace, scourge of the English will be sent into battle.
I am confused - and it's not because of the whisky, although William MacSloshed produces an excellent tipple from the Republic's distillery.
He recalls a John Mensah who was a fine scholar and sportsman but he did like the homosexuals from Cambridge a little too much his liking.
www.george.site.btinternet.co.uk /wallace/wallace1.html   (1791 words)

  
 August 23 - Simple English Wikipedia
1783 - William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d.
1849 - William Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (d.
1875 - William Eccles, English radio pioneer (d.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/August_23   (1215 words)

  
 Independent, The (London): Obituary: Ian Hamilton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He himself had a heart murmur, and was banned from the football field, where he longed to be.
An attitude was born: that he would have preferred to be a footballer.
Someone once said to Ian that he felt about him what Scotland's William Wallace feels about one of his lieutenants in a medieval poem by Blind Harry the Minstrel: "My aefauld friend when I was hardest sted." Ian was aefauld, undivided, through many vicissitudes.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020101/ai_n9667786   (1575 words)

  
 adams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Like Franco Baresi was to AC Milan in the 80's, Tony Adams was to Arsenal in modern day, and it remains hard not to envisage a decline in club fortunes the day Adams decides to hang up his boots.
Not the classy footballer with a cultured foot, Tony Adams aerial dominance and his willingness to battle stoutly and bravely are his major attributes, added to years of experience, his reading of the game is impeccable.
A natural leader, Adams inspires his teammates around him la William Wallace rallying the Scottish bravehearts to resounding victory over their English overlords.
www.geocities.com /ar5enal_2000/adams.htm   (333 words)

  
 NOTABLE DATES IN HISTORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Treaty of Falaise, after William I had been captured by the English, he agreed to accept Henry II as his feudal overlord.
Battle of Stirling Bridge where the Scots under the command of William Wallace and Andrew de Moray defeated a larger English force under John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and the Treasurer of England, Hugh de Cressingham.
He opposed the Test Acts and fled to Holland, a supporter of William of Orange he is best known for his masterly systematising of Scots Law in his "Institutions of the Law of Scotland", 1681.
www.burkes-usa.com /Sites/Scotland/esnews/es1101.asp   (6374 words)

  
 FAQInsider -> Boss Shocked By Tragic News From Valencia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Benitez wanted Caneira to know that the thoughts of everyone at Liverpool Football Club are with the player and his family.
so a players daughter dying is football news.......i repeat, this is only to inform you....its not supposed to be a memorial....
A footballer's daughter died, and a football manager expressed his condolences.
www.cmfaq.com /faqinsider/index.php?act=findpost&pid=10773   (743 words)

  
 That Article in the Programme last night! - Foot.ie
He then deals with the football played in England in the fourtenth century - King Edward II of England, already troubled by the fact that his father had failed to quell the risings of transvestites William Wallace and Robert The Bruce, passed a law threatening imprisonment for anyone caught playing football in England.
I thought the same thing...to trivialise such a tragic event and put it into context of football violence when it has been proven that it was nothing to do with violence was bang out of order i feel.
Us football "supporters" saw what went on at Hillsborough, saw 96 football "fans" die due to police incompetence and are pointing out that any such event should not be trivialised or likened to football violence (nothing ironic about it gav)...
foot.ie /forums/showthread.php?t=19208   (1646 words)

  
 List of Scots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Kenny Dalglish, (born 1951), footballer and a manager of Liverpool F.C
Alex Ferguson footballer and a manager of Manchester United F.C
Billy McNeill footballer and a manager of Glasgow Celtic F.C
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_scots.html   (432 words)

  
 Team Mates Draft – 5/4/05
Bert Horn (Football, Wrestling, ‘44) is being inducted into the Lowell High School Sports Foundation Hall of Fame at their annual Banquet and Induction Ceremony on June 11.
Eric Kastner (Football, ‘69) lives in Palo Alto where he practices law in a firm that specializes in representing company founders, CEO’s, CFO’s, senior executives and principals in all forms of employment matters in venture capital firms in California and throughout the country.
Len Wheeler (Football, ‘44) is living in Avila Beach, CA (a stone’s throw north of Pismo Beach in San Luis Obispo County.
www.bigcsociety.org /teammates05.htm   (4412 words)

  
 Love and Women and War
Women congregate at athletic sports and gladiatorial contests; impelled by the same universal instinct that induces the lioness to stand expectantly by, while two or more rival males are ripping each other to pieces in a rough-and-tumble - for her possession.
William the Norman was also a criminal, and fifty percent of his invading army were exiled outlaws; but by conquest he became king of England, and his followers blossomed into nobles.
The memory of "Brennan on the Moor," (and his dashing inamorata, who "handed him a blunderbuss from underneath her cloak"), is still as green as the hillsides of Innisfail.
www.feastofhateandfear.com /archives/redbeard.html   (6298 words)

  
 August 23 @ HockeyLiving.com
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Although taking advice isn’t always easy for the headstrong Sheep, you might want to consider what someone you respect says about an upcoming decision.
INDIANAPOLIS - Sgt. 1 st Class Joseph Williams has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week following his victory Sunday in the Honolulu Marathon satellite race in Iraq.
Washington and its allies are pushing hard for the PA to do so.
www.hockeyliving.com /info/August_23   (1664 words)

  
 Rxpress - Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Throughout the Middle Ages, Newcastle was England's northern fortress, and was an important stronghold in the Border war against Scotland.
The Scots king William the Lion was imprisoned in Newcastle in 1174, and Edward I brought the Stone of Scone and William Wallace south through the town.
Newcastle was successfully defended against the Scots three times during the 14th century and around this time became a county corporate.
www.rxpresspharmacy.com /wiki/index/Newcastle_upon_Tyne   (3077 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - William Wallace - Talk is on the ball for heroes
CELEBRITY footballer David Beckham and historical hero William Wallace will be the subjects of a public lecture by an Edinburgh academic.
Professor David Finkelstein will be discussing the role of the media in creating icons from celebrities and the way media spin has become a part of everyday life.
He will also be taking a look at icons past and present, from African explorers to folk heroes such as Wallace and modern day icons such as Beckham.
heritage.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=83&id=1271062003   (267 words)

  
 CalendarHome.com - July 22 - Calendar Encyclopedia
1298 - Battle of Falkirk - Edward I (Longshanks) of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his scottish schiltrons outside the town.
1844 - William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d.
1908 - William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /July_22.htm   (1045 words)

  
 Scottish Flotsam from the Hebrides March 1998
You've got to be a sport if something like this happens to you.
Football is a business - but fun must come first.
You can find more articles in the archive under Scottish Flotsam.
www.scottishradiance.com /flotsam/flotsam9803.htm   (798 words)

  
 Articles - 1993   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
April 13 - Wallace Stegner, American writer (car accident) (b.
June 24 - Archie Williams, American athlete (b.
June 26 - William H. Riker, American political scientist (b.
www.couponsa.com /articles/1993   (2645 words)

  
 Index: Stories, Listed by Title
William and the White Cat • Richmal Crompton • (ss)
William Tell • John L. Curtis • (cs)
William the Warlike • Frank Richards • (na)
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 Open Directory - Arts:Movies:Titles:B   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Below is a 2002 horror film about a World War II submarine crew whose members experience delusions and overwhelming fear while on a routine rescue mission.
William Wallace (Mel Gibson) leads a Scottish rebellion against the claims of the English king, Edward I. With Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, and Catherine McCormack.
British soldiers are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an allied mission to blow it up.
dmoz.org /Arts/Movies/Titles/B/desc.html   (8287 words)

  
 Midwest Conservative Journal: 03/01/2003 - 03/31/2003
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, for example, recently sent a pastoral letter to UK military chaplains.
And Footballer of the Year Pires insisted: "I'd be ready to stop playing as part of an anti-war protest.
US general William Wallace leads "Victory Corps", a 40,000-strong rapid reaction force that will be at the forefront of the invasion.
mcj.blogspot.com /2003_03_01_mcj_archive.html   (13794 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | What the Scottish papers say
Goodbye little Braveheart is the headline in the Daily Record.
Rory's distraught father honoured his son as "my William Wallace", says the Scottish Sun.
His family asked for a show of tartan to celebrate the life of their young son, adds The Herald.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4247676.stm   (197 words)

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