Famous People with Name Wilfred

Wilfred Carter            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Wilfred Carter: was an English football player and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1920 and 1926. He played his debut County Championship game at the age of 24, in the 1920 competition against Leicestershire making 25 and 19, and played regularly throughout the year. Also in 1920 Carter joined Watford F.C. as left wing-half and played for them for five years in the time before they joined the Football League. Carter was a right-handed batsman and played 112 innings in 65 first class matches with an average of 17.76 and a top score of 145. He was a right-arm slow bowler and took 16 first class wickets for an average of 44.18 and a best performance of 3 for 12. Upon his retirement from cricket, Carter transferred back to football and, with his playing days behind him, worked as a coach and scout for Watford. He died in Watford at the age of 79.

Wilfred Benjamin Balima            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Wilfred Benjamin Balima: is a footballer from Burkina Faso, who currently plays for Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova. Balima began his career with US Ouagadougou and joined than in January 2005 to Sheriff Tiraspol, here won in 2006 the league and cup also the double with FC Sheriff. He wins the Moldova championship and cup in 2008. The french club as Stade Brestois and Chamois Niortais had made offer for him, his Playeragent is the rogolese, Hughes Rhodes. The midfielder has played for the Burkina Faso under-21 team and is current member of the senior national team from Burkina Faso.

Wilfred Mugeyi            Origin/Culture/Country: Zimbabwe

Wilfred Mugeyi: is a retired Zimbabwean football (soccer) player who is an assistant coach at South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town. Mugeyi took South African football by storm when he scooped three top awards, PSL Player of the Year, Player's Player of the Year and Top Goalscorer of the Season back in 1996/97 when he scored 23 goals for Bucks. He has also had spells in Israel and China, where he played for Maccabi Haifa and Hang Yan respectively. His twin brother is William Mugeyi, who also played for Bush Bucks and Zimbabwe.

Wilfred William Hill Hill-Wood            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Wilfred William Hill Hill-Wood: was an English financier and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1936 as well as for Cambridge University and MCC. Hill-Wood made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1919 seaon when he took 2 wickets and scored a total of

Wilfred Richard Daniel Payton            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Wilfred Richard Daniel Payton: was an English First-class cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire. Payton was a right-handed middle order batsman and made made 39 hundreds, his first was an innings of 133 against the touring West Indians in 1906.

Thomas Wilfred            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Thomas Wilfred: was a musician and inventor. He is best known for his visual music he named lumia and his designs for color organs called Clavilux. Wilfred was not fond of the term "color organ", and coined the word "Clavilux" from Latin meaning "light played by key".