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W. Smith (rugby league)

W. Smith (Sydney, Christian name unknown) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, Australia's first major competition in the sport.

Smith, who played on the wing position, has the honour of being the first ever try scorer for the Eastern Suburbs club. The try, which came in Easts' opening match, is the only try he scored for the Tricolours. He was a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that was defeated by South Sydney in the first ever NSWRL premiership decider.

Smith moved to the Balmain club the following year before returning to the Eastern Suburbs club for the 1912 season, the year the club won its second premiership.

References

  • The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, by Alan Whiticker and Glen Hudson

  • Michael W. Smith

    Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician, who has charted in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts. His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when "Place in this World" hit No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Over the course of his career, he has sold more than 18 million albums.

    Smith is a three-time Grammy Award winner, an American Music Award recipient, and has earned 45 Dove Awards. In 1999, ASCAP awarded him with the "Golden Note" Award for lifetime achievement in songwriting, and in 2014 they honored him as the "cornerstone of Christian music" for his significant influence on the genre. He also has recorded 31 No. 1 Hit songs, fourteen gold albums, and five platinum albums. He has also starred in 2 films and published 13 books including This is Your Time, which he worked with Christian author Gary Thomas to write.

    Early life

    Michael Whitaker Smith was born to Paul and Barbara Smith in Kenova, West Virginia. His father was an oil refinery worker at the Ashland Oil Refinery, in nearby Catlettsburg, Kentucky. His mother was a caterer. He inherited his love of baseball from his father, who had played in the minor leagues. As a child, he developed a love of music through his church. He learned piano at an early age and sang in his church choir. At the age of 10, he had "an intense spiritual experience" that led to his becoming a devout Christian. "I wore this big cross around my neck," he would recall, "It was very real to me." He became involved in Bible study and found a group of older friends who shared his faith.

    Michael W. Smith 2

    Michael W. Smith 2 is the second album by Christian recording artist Michael W. Smith. Released in February 1984, the album produced the CCM hits "I Am Sure" and "Hosanna". Among the musicians who contributed to the recording, Dann Huff and Mike Brignardello went on to form the heavy metal band Giant. Huff was also a founding member of the CCM band White Heart.

    Track listing

    Credits

  • Michael W. Smith – lead vocals, background vocals (2-5,7,8), electric piano (1,7,8), acoustic piano (4), synthesizers, vocoder (3,4,7,9)
  • Shane Keister – synthesizers (5,8,9)
  • Dann Huff – guitars (1-4,6-10)
  • Mike Brignardello – bass guitar (2,3,4,7-10), Mini Moog bass (7)
  • Leland Sklar – bass guitar (1,6)
  • Mark Hammond – Roland TR-909 drum machine (1), Simmons drums (1,6)
  • Paul Leim – drums (2,3,4,7-10), LinnDrum (2,7,9)
  • Lenny Castro – percussion (1-4,6-9)
  • Gary Chapman – background vocals (1,8)
  • Ron Downey – background vocals (2,3,5,10)
  • Jackie Cusic – background vocals (10)
  • David Durham – background vocals (2,5,10)
  • Podcasts:

    Michael W. Smith

    ALBUMS

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    Friends 2003

    by: Michael W. Smith

    Words: Deborah D. Smith
    Music: Michael W. Smith
    Packing up the dreams God planted
    In the fertile soil of you
    Can't believe the hopes He's granted
    Means a chapter in your life is through
    But we'll keep you close as always
    It won't even seem you've gone
    'Cause our hearts in big and small ways
    Will keep the love that keeps us strong
    Chorus:
    And friends are friends forever
    If the Lord's the Lord of them
    And a friend will not say "never"
    'Cause the welcome will not end
    Though it's hard to let you go
    In the Father's hands we know
    That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends.
    With the faith and love God's given
    Springing from the hope we know
    We will pray the joy you'll live in
    Is the strength that now you show
    But we'll keep you close as always
    It won't even seem you've gone
    'Cause our hearts in big and small ways
    Will keep the love that keeps us strong
    Chorus




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