Bill Collins
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Bill Collins or Billy Collins may refer to:
- Bill Collins (athlete)Bill Collins (athlete)William "Bill" Collins was an above average sprinter, originally running for Mount Vernon High School in Westchester County, New York, where he won four state titles and later at Texas Christian University where he achieved "All-American" status...
, Masters athletics world record sprinter - Bill Collins (outfielder) (1882–1961), American baseball player
- Bill Collins (footballer)Bill Collins (footballer)William Hanna "Bill" Collins, also popularly known as Buster Collins is a Northern Irish former professional football player...
, aka Buster Collins (born 1920), Northern Irish footballer - Bill Collins (racecaller)Bill Collins (racecaller)William Henry "Bill" Collins OAM was an Australian racecaller who earned the reputation for being able to accurately call the winner of even the closest of races. Known as "The Accurate One", he was well known for his call of the Melbourne Cup each year. One of his most notable commentaries was...
(1928–1997), Australian racecaller - Bill Collins (golfer)Bill Collins (golfer)William R. Collins was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s and the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s....
(1928–2006), American professional golfer - Bill Collins (television presenter)Bill Collins (television presenter)William Roderick Collins OAM is an Australian film critic and television presenter.Bill Collins was born in Sutherland, Sydney and was educated at Canterbury Boys' High School and the University of Sydney...
(born 1934), Australian film critic and television presenter - Billy CollinsBilly CollinsBilly Collins is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York and is the Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute, Florida...
(born 1941), American poet - Bill Collins (ice hockey) (born 1943), Canadian former ice hockey player
- Billy Collins (boxer)Billy Collins (boxer)William Ray Collins, Jr. was an Irish-American professional boxer whose career was ended after he sustained serious injuries against an opponent with illegal under-padded gloves.-Career:...
(1961–1984), American professional boxer - Bill Collins (catcher)Bill Collins (catcher)William J. "Bill" Collins was am Irish professional baseball catcher. He played six seasons in pro-baseball; four of those in Major League Baseball. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1863...
, American baseball player on Cleveland Spiders all-time roster - Bill Collins (American football)Bill Collins (American football)Bill Collins is a former player in the National Football League. He played with the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1922 NFL season.-References:...
, American football player
- Bill Collins (voice actor), voice actor for a number of video games including Command & ConquerCommand & ConquerCommand & Conquer, abbreviated to C&C and also known as Tiberian Dawn, is a 1995 real-time strategy computer game developed by Westwood Studios for MS-DOS and published by Virgin Interactive. It was the first of twelve games to date to be released under the Command & Conquer label, including a...
See also
- William Collins (disambiguation)