Dennis Williams

Dennis Williams may refer to:

Dennis A. Williams

Dennis Arthur Williams is a former New Zealand rugby league international.

Playing career

Williams was a Te Atatu Roosters player in the Auckland Rugby League competition. In 1977 he won the Rothville Trophy as player of the year and in 1980 he was the competitions leading goalscorer. In 1981 he again was the leading goalscorer, despite switching to local rivals the Glenora Bears.

Representative career

Williams celebrated his 18th birthday with a try in his first Test match against Great Britain during the New Zealand Kiwis' successful tour on 1971. Williams also represented New Zealand Māori.

On the 21 June 1977, Williams captained Auckland to an upset win over Australia. The squad went on a grand slam, defeating the touring French and British sides in the same year.

Legacy

In 1995 Williams was inducted by the New Zealand Rugby League as one of the inaugural Legends of League.

References

Dennis Williams (ice hockey)

Dennis Williams is a Canadian ice hockey coach currently in charge of the Bloomington Thunder. Williams was the interim head coach at his alma mater, Bowling Green, after the sudden resignation of Scott Paluch.

Career statistics

College Head Coaching record

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The Sandlot

The Sandlot, also known as The Sandlot Kids, is a 1993 American coming-of-age film baseball comedy directed by David M. Evans (who also narrated the film), which tells the story of a group of young baseball players during the summer of 1962. The filming location was in Glendale, Salt Lake City, Utah. The film was released with the title The Sandlot Kids in Australia and the United Kingdom.

The film grossed $33 million worldwide and has developed a cult following.

Plot

In the San Fernando Valley during the summer in the early 1960s, protagonist Scotty Smalls moves to a new town with his mother and stepfather, and attempts to joins a neighborhood baseball team who plays in a local sandlot. With the help of team captain Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez, known as Benny by the others, Scotty becomes a proficient player. Scotty joins his new friends on their many misadventures including being banned from the pool, besting a snooty long-time rival team, and getting sick on one of the rides at an amusement park.

The Sandlot 2

The Sandlot 2, known as The Sandlot Kids 2: The Sandlot Continues, is a direct-to-DVD 2005 sequel to The Sandlot.

Plot

The start of the movie flashes back to 1962 when Benny becomes Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez. The main part of the movie is set in 1972, ten years after the events of The Sandlot. New kids have moved into the neighborhood of San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. They have started playing baseball in the sandlot. The previous kids have all grown up and moved away. A young boy named Johnnie Smalls, the little brother of Scott Smalls (the first film's protagonist), has heard the legend of "The Great Fear," (a beastly mutated dog, as he puts it when he later on tells the group about the beast) owned by Mr. Mertle, who lives behind the Sandlot. David Durango (Max-Lloyd Jones) is the leader of the boys. Behind the Sandlot; next to Mr. Mertle's home lives the Goodfairer family. Hayley Goodfairer (Samantha Burton), the daughter and her two friends befriend the other boys at first in a census to share the Sandlot, but their relationship burgeons potently into a friendship when they find themselves in a big problem with the beast next door, despite Hayley calling David a little baby, and David calling Hayley a spoiled brat.

The Sandlot: Heading Home

The Sandlot: Heading Home, known as The Sandlot Kids 3: Heading Home, is the second direct-to-video sequel to the 1993 theatrical film The Sandlot and the first direct-to-video sequel The Sandlot 2. It was released straight to DVD on May 1, 2007. Unlike the two predecessors, David Mickey Evans does not write nor direct this film. The film stars Luke Perry, Danny Nucci and Sarah Deakins.

Plot

Successful, arrogant baseball superstar Tommy "Santa" Santorelli is knocked unconscious by a wild pitch, and wakes to all of his childhood friends, in the year 1976. When he attempts explanation to his mother, she calls the doctor, with whom he quarrels. Eventually, his mother sends him to play baseball with his friends. The next day, Tommy tells his story to team-mate Ryan, and later protects him from local bully E.J. Needman. After winning several games Tommy joins Needman's team; but ultimately returns to that of his friends, and wins the game for them. Upon return to his future, he learns that he has remained in communication with his old friends ever since this victory.