Ernie Wheelwright

Ernest Lamour Wheelwright, IV (born July 10, 1984) is a former American gridiron football wide receiver . He most recently played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Minnesota.

Wheelwright is the grandson of actor and former New Orleans Saints running back Ernie Wheelwright

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Ernie Wheelwright (running back)

Ernest Lamour 'Wheels' Wheelwright (November 28, 1939 - May 1, 2001) is a former American football player. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on and attended Southern Illinois University.

He had several careers but is chiefly remembered as an American football player who played as a running back for the New York Giants(1964–65), Atlanta Falcons(1966–67) and the New Orleans Saints(1967–70).

He was also an actor who appeared in a number of films including: The Longest Yard (1974), Trackdown (1976), The Greatest (1977) & Wildcats (1986). Immediately before he began his career as a running back he had served in the 101st Airborne Division(aka the Screaming Eagles).

Ernie Wheelwright was also owner of one of Atlanta's premier nightclubs in the 1960s, the Pink Pussycat Club. 'Wheels' hosted many visiting black artists and had the opportunity to cut a record 'Beggin You Back' for the local Gaye label owned by Johnny Brooks. In 1970 the NFL asked Wheelwright, then with the New Orleans Saints, to sell his interest on the grounds that continuing ownership would bring the NFL into disrepute.

Wheelwright

A wheelwright is a person who builds or repairs wooden wheels. The word is the combination of "wheel" and the archaic word "wright", which comes from the Old English word "wryhta", meaning a worker or maker. This occupational name eventually became the English surname Wheelwright.

These tradesmen made wheels for carts and wagons by first constructing the hub (called the nave), the spokes and the rim/felloe segments (pronounced fellies) and assembling them all into a unit working from the center of the wheel outwards. Most wheels were made from wood, but other materials have been used, such as bone and horn, for decorative or other purposes. Some earlier construction for wheels such as those used in early chariots were bound by rawhide that would be applied wet and would shrink whilst drying, compressing and binding the woodwork together. After many centuries wheels evolved to be straked with iron, a method of nailing iron plates onto the felloes to protect against wear on the ground and to help bind the wheel together.

Wheelwright (disambiguation)

A wheelwright is a person who builds or repairs wheels.

Wheelwright may also refer to:

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Wheelwright (surname)

Wheelwright is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: