LC control no. | no2017022837 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Banks, Willie, 1929-1993 |
See also | Corporate body: Messengers (Gospel group) |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1929-05-11 |
Death date | 1993-02-01 |
Profession or occupation | Gospel musicians |
Special note | Formerly on undifferentiated name record: n 94105447 |
Found in | Legendary groups of gospel, ℗1999: container (Willie Banks) Wikipedia, Feb. 21, 2017 (Willie Banks; born May 11, 1929, Raymond, Miss., died February 1, 1993, Raymond, Miss.; American gospel musician and originator of his backing band, The Messengers) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Banks_(musician)> |
Invalid LCCN | n 94105447 no 98038261 |
LC control no. | no2017061730 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Banks, Willie, 1956- |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1956-03-11 |
Place of birth | Travis Air Force Base (Calif.) |
Affiliation | University of California, Los Angeles USA Track & Field San Diego Sports Institute HSJ, Inc. |
Profession or occupation | Track and field athletes Olympic athletes |
Special note | Formerly on undifferentiated name record: n 94105447 |
Found in | African American National Biography, accessed May 12, 2017, via Oxford African American Studies Center database (Banks, Willie; William Augustus Banks III; track and field athlete; born 11 March 1956 in Travis Air Force Base, California, United States; finished his undergraduate degree at UCLA (1978) having twice been the runner-up at the NCAA championships; began law school at UCLA; secured a slot in the Olympics in Moscow, but the United States boycotted the games (1980); he set the U.S. record in triple jump (1981); set the European all-comers record (1981) in Stockholm, Sweden; gained a special place among the world's most recognized amateur athletes, finished sixth at the Olympic games, Los Angeles (1984); achieved his greatest athletic success, setting the triple jump world record (1985); was given USA Track and Field's highest honor - the Jesse Owens Award (1985); made the Olympic team for the third time but finished sixth (1988); remained involved with USA Track and Field by serving stints as president of its alumni association and chair of its athletes advisory committee (2002); pursued business ventures under HSJ, Inc.; founded the San Diego Sports Institute (2002)) OCLC, May 15, 2017 (access point: Banks, Willie, 1956- ; Banks, Willie; usage: Willie Banks) |
Invalid LCCN | n 94105447 |