Joe Williams
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Joe Williams may refer to:
- Cyclone Joe WilliamsCyclone Joe WilliamsJoseph Williams , nicknamed "Cyclone Joe" or "Smokey Joe", was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro leagues. He is widely recognized as one of the game's greatest pitchers, even though he never played a game in the major leagues...
(1886–1951), Negro Leagues baseball pitcher, a.k.a. "Smokey Joe" Williams - Joe Williams (jazz singer)Joe Williams (jazz singer)Joe Williams was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards.-Early life:...
(1918–1999), achieved prominence in the late 1950s - Big Joe WilliamsBig Joe WilliamsJoseph Lee Williams , billed throughout his career as Big Joe Williams, was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar...
(1903–1982), delta blues singer - Joe Williams (Joedelta)Joe Williams (Joedelta)Joe Williams , also known as "Joedelta", is best known for founding Delta Tao Software. He designed and produced several popular applications and games for Macintosh, including Spaceward Ho!, Eric's Ultimate Solitaire, Clan Lord, Color Dark Castle and the paint program Color MacCheese.Williams was...
(born 1965), software developer - Joe Williams (Cook Islands politician), former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
- Joe Williams (film critic)Joe Williams (film critic)Joe Williams is the film critic for the daily St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Web site STLtoday.com in St. Louis, Missouri. He has been a staff writer for the newspaper since 1996. From 2003-2006, he was the on-camera movie reviewer for St...
, film critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Joe Williams (rugby league)Joe Williams (rugby league)Joe Williams , an Indigenous Australian, is now a professional boxer following a brief career in rugby league. He was formally a footballer with the Bulldogs, Penrith Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League competition...
(born 1983), Australian rugby league player for the Bulldogs National Rugby League team - Joe Williams (American football)Joe Williams (American football)Joseph Alford Williams was an American football full back. He played three seasons for the Canton Bulldogs and New York Giants.-External links:*...
(1896–?), American football full back for Canton Bulldogs and New York Giants - Joe Williams (basketball coach)Joe Williams (basketball coach)Joe Williams is a retired college basketball coach. He was head coach of the Jacksonville University men's basketball team from 1964 to 1970, Furman University from 1970 to 1978 and the Florida State University from 1978 to 1986. He notably led Jacksonville University, to the Finals of the NCAA...
, American basketball coach at Jacksonville, Furman and Florida State universities - Joe Williams (English footballer)Joe Williams (English footballer)Joseph Williams was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He was born in Crewe, Cheshire. He played for Manchester United and Macclesfield Town.-External links:*...
(born 1873), English footballer - Joe Williams (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
- Joe Williams (Irish footballer)Joe Williams (Irish footballer)Joe Williams is a former Irish football player.He joined Shamrock Rovers F.C. in 1934 from Bray Unknowns F.C...
, former Irish football player - Joe Willams, country music singer and songwriter
See also
- Joseph Williams (disambiguation)Joseph Williams (disambiguation)Joseph Williams may refer to:* Joseph Williams , English composer and coal-miner* Joseph Williams , Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court...
- Joey WilliamsJoey WilliamsJoseph Joshua "Joey" Williams was a former professional footballer.-Career:Williams was an outside forward who started out with his hometown club Rotherham County, playing over a hundred games. In summer 1924 he was signed by Huddersfield Town and won two First Division titles in 1924-25 and 1925-26...
(born 1902), English former footballer - Jo WilliamsJo WilliamsDame Josephine Williams, DBE, DL was the chief executive of Mencap until 1 November 2008. She is now a Commissioner of the Care Quality Commission....
(born 1948), female executive at MENCAP