Wallach made his Broadway debut in 1945 and won a Tony Award in 1951 for his performance in the Tennessee Williams play The Rose Tattoo.

The race was won by " Williams " ( pseudonym of William Grover-Williams ) driving a Bugatti Type 35B painted dark green ( what would erroneously become referred to as British racing green ).

In 1936, Robinson won the junior boys singles championship in the annual Pacific Coast Negro Tennis Tournament and earned a place on the Pomona annual baseball tournament all-star team, which included future Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Bob Lemon.

The campaign and its leader, Jody Williams, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its efforts.

* Desai Williams is a former sprinter who won a bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics.

In addition to Bobby Thomson and Willie Mays, other memorable members of the Giants teams during the 1950s include: Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher, coach Herman Franks, Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin, outfielder and runnerup for the 1954 NL batting championship ( won by Willie Mays ) Don Mueller, Hall of Fame knuckleball relief pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, starting pitchers Larry Jansen, Sal Maglie, Jim Hearn, Marv Grissom, Dave Koslo, Don Liddle, Max Lanier, Rubén Gómez, and Johnny Antonelli, catcher Wes Westrum, catchers Ray Katt and Sal Yvars, shortstop Alvin Dark, third baseman Hank Thompson, first baseman Whitey Lockman, second basemen Davey Williams and Eddie Stanky, outfielder, pitcher Clint Hartung, Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst and utility players: Bill Rigney, Daryl Spencer, Bobby Hofman, and Dusty Rhodes among others.

That minor league franchise won the PCL title in 1937, led by then-18-year-old San Diegan Ted Williams.

The team was managed by Dick Williams, and it had an offense that featured the veterans Steve Garvey, Garry Templeton, Graig Nettles, Alan Wiggins, plus the new, young star Tony Gwynn, who won his first of eight National League batting championships that year ( he won in 1987, 88, and 89 and from 1994 through 97 ).

Elway had won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and was selected to start for the AFC in the Pro Bowl, while Williams had played just five regular season games in the 1987 season.

The PNM remained in power following the death of Dr. Williams, but its 30 year rule ended in 1986 when the National Alliance for Reconstruction ( NAR ), a multi-ethnic coalition aimed at uniting Trinidadians of Afro-Trinidadian and Indo-Trinidadian descent, won a landslide victory by capturing 33 of 36 seats.

Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) winner, led the league in batting six times, and won the Triple Crown twice.

In the season, Williams won the Triple Crown, with a. 356 batting average, 36 home runs, and 137 RBIs.

Williams also won the Triple Crown in 1947, but lost the MVP award to Joe DiMaggio, with 201 votes compared to DiMaggio's 202 votes.

One writer ( whom Williams thought was Mel Webb, who Williams called a " grouchy old guy ", although the identity of the writer remains unknown ) completely left Williams off his ballot, who would have tied DiMaggio or won if one writer who had voted Williams as second had voted him first.

For the rest of Williams ' career, the Yankees won eight pennants and five World Series titles, while the Red Sox never finished better than third place.

Williams returned to the Red Sox lineup on May 7, and he hit. 345 with 386 at bats in 117 games, although Bobby Avila, who had hit. 341, won the batting championship.

It has been claimed that Williams has sold more albums in the UK than any other British solo artist in history and has won more BRIT Awards than any other artist to date.

Williams won a libel case against MGN and Northern & Shell in December 2005 relating to articles which had reported he was a closet homosexual.

Williams has won various awards with some of his more recognised accolades being the BRIT awards.

At age 16, Williams won third prize ( five dollars ) for an essay published in Smart Set entitled, " Can a Good Wife Be a Good Sport?

* Tennessee Williams won the award in 1948 and 1955.

Coming into Super Bowl XXII, the Broncos were favored to win (- 3 as noted on the NFL Today show by Jimmy " the Greek " Snyder ) because most experts thought both teams were equal in terms of talent with Elway presumed to be the superior quarterback to Williams.

Insecure about his upbringing, and stubborn because of immense confidence in his own talent, Williams made up his mind that the " knights of the Press Box " were against him.

Burton showed a talent for English and Welsh literature at grammar school, and demonstrated an excellent memory, though his consuming interest was sports – rugby ( in fact famous Welsh centre Bleddyn Williams said in his autobiography that Burton could have gone far as a player ), cricket, and table tennis He later said, " I would rather have played for Wales at Cardiff Arms Park than Hamlet at the Old Vic.

Drawing from a strong pool of talent in the area, the PCL produced a number of outstanding players, including future major-league stars Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Tony Lazzeri, Paul Waner, Earl Averill, Bobby Doerr, and Ernie Lombardi.

In April 1948 the group appeared on the Arthur Godfrey radio talent show in New York, with Richard Williams as bass singer, but he was then replaced by Johnny Reed.

This series was Robin Williams ' first major acting break and became famous for Williams ' use of his manic improvisational comedic talent.

The Hall of Famer praised his talent, advised him not to let anyone change his swing, and autographed Piazza's copy of Williams ' The Science of Hitting.

" Ink " Williams had no official position with Paramount, but was given wide latitude to bring African-American talent to Paramount recording studios and to market Paramount records to African-American consumers.

He badgered his father into letting him join the Craven Motor Club in his home town Reading where his talent was spotted by rally enthusiast David Williams.

After watching the duo perform at a high school talent show, Teddy Riley, a musician and producer, signed Williams and Hugo in 1992.

Williams has lent her talent and support to various causes, founding the Snowden Environmental Trust and taking part in many benefit concerts.

Without the familiar sight of Sloan on the Jazz sideline and now without an all-star talent in Williams, longtime NBA writer Ian Thomsen wrote, " First Jerry Sloan leaves, now Williams is sent away.

Williams notes that Fallada's 1930 / 31 novel Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben (" Peasants, Bosses and Bombs ") ".. established as a promising literary talent as well as an author not afraid to tackle controversial issues " Martin Seymour-Smith said it is one of his best novels, " it remains one of the most vivid and sympathetic accounts of a local revolt ever written.

Kay Thompson, a former radio star who was now head of the vocal department at MGM, had a nose for talent and she hired the remaining three Williams Brothers to sing in her large choir on many soundtracks for such MGM films as The Harvey Girls ( 1946 ).

Intrigue won a recording contract with Elektra Records, and Fears met up with Williams at a talent show while a member of that group.

Williams then began showing signs of a possible face turn by standing up for Matt Morgan, who was kicked out of Fortune for showing concern for Mr. Anderson, while also voicing his own concern for not being able to spotlight his talent, while a member of Fortune.

Bass player Jay DeMarcus, impressed with Gracin's talent, reached him and put him in touch with Marty Williams, who had co-produced both the band's breakthrough album and its successful follow-up.

On 8 March 1640 Roger Williams wrote to Massachusetts magistrate John Winthrop, " Master Gorton having abused high and low at Aquidneck, is now bewitching and bemadding poor Providence, both with his unclean and his foul censures of all the ministers of this country ( for which myself in Christ's name have withstood him ) and also denying all visible and external ordinances in depth of Familism ..." Being a bitter partisan by nature he used his talent and energy to consolidate many discordant elements of the discontented into a destructive party within the comparatively peaceful settlement established by Williams.

But Williams is a talent to watch and a wonder with the actors.

Exciting Colombian talent and former CART champion Juan Pablo Montoya was also making his F1 bow at Williams.

Williams is also the founder and president of the ReelWorld Film Festival, an annual film festival in Toronto that features talent from diverse visible communities.

The three-part feature analyzed the Williams ' recruiting process, and noted how local prep basketball talent went elsewhere for college.