Roy Williams
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- Roy Williams (athlete)Roy Williams (athlete)Roy Williams is a retired track and field athlete from New Zealand, who won gold in the decathlon at the 1966 Empire Games, but was overlooked for the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games....
(born 1934), New Zealand athlete - Roy Williams (Canadian basketball)Roy Williams (Canadian basketball)Roy Edward Williams was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.Williams was part of the Canadian basketball team, which was eliminated after the group stage in the 1952 tournament. He played all six matches.He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of fame in...
(born 1927), 1952 Summer Olympics Canadian team member - Roy Williams (coach)Roy Williams (coach)Roy Williams is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina. After averaging nearly an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003...
(born 1950), University of North Carolina men's basketball head coach and former University of Kansas men's basketball head coach - Roy Williams (footballer)Roy Williams (footballer)Royston Brian "Roy" Williams was an English footballer who played as an inside forward for Hereford United and Southampton during the 1950s.-Football career:...
(1932–2011), Southampton and Hereford United footballer - Roy Williams (safety)Roy Williams (safety)Roy Lee Williams is a retired American football safety. He played college football at Oklahoma before he was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys eighth overall in the 2002 NFL Draft. He spent seven seasons with the Cowboys and earned five straight Pro Bowl selections from 2003–2007...
(born 1980), American football safety - Roy Williams (wide receiver)Roy Williams (wide receiver)Roy Eugene Williams, Jr. is an American football wide receiver who is currently a member of the Chicago Bears. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions seventh overall in the 2004 NFL Draft...
(born 1981), American football wide receiver
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- Roy Williams (artist)Roy Williams (artist)Roy Williams was an artist and entertainer for The Walt Disney Studios, perhaps best known as "Big Roy," the adult mouseketeer for four seasons on the Mickey Mouse Club television series....
, Disney story man / gag man and in the 1950s, The Mickey Mouse Club's "Big Mooseketeer" - Roy Williams (playwright)Roy Williams (playwright)Roy Samuel Williams, OBE is an award-winning English playwright. Williams has many awards including the George Devine Award for Lift Off, the 2001 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright for his play Clubland, the 2002 BAFTA Award for Best Schools Drama for Offside and 2004 South Bank...
, contemporary British playwright - Roy Williams (scouting)Roy Williams (Scouting)Roy Williams is the former Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America. He is the tenth person to hold that position, serving between 2000–2007.-Scouting career:...
, Boy Scouts of America director - Roy H. Williams (author), American author
- Roy Lee WilliamsRoy Lee WilliamsRoy Lee Williams was an American labor leader who was president of the Teamsters from May 15, 1981, to April 14, 1983.-Early life and career:...
, Teamsters labor union president - Roy T. WilliamsRoy T. WilliamsRoy Tilman Williams was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.- Biography :Roy Williams was born in Milam, Texas on February 14, 1883. His family moved to Many, Louisiana when he was five years old. Williams was not exposed to religion during his childhood; however,...
, Church of the Nazarene superintendent - Roy Williams AirportRoy Williams AirportRoy Williams Airport is a privately-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Joshua Tree, in San Bernardino County, California, United States.- Facilities and aircraft :...
, an airport in Joshua Tree, California