Famous People with Name Sweeney

Walter Francis Sweeney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Walter Francis Sweeney: is a former American football offensive lineman, who played college football at Syracuse University, where he made the school's all-century team. He also played in the North-South Game and the College All-Star Game. A first-round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers in 196

Mike Sweeney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mike Sweeney: a former Canadian soccer player.In 1980, the Edmonton Drillers of the North American Soccer League signed Sweeney. He spent three seasons with the Drillers before moving to the Vancouver Whitecaps for the 1983 season. While he began the 1984 season with the Whitecaps, he was traded to the Golden Bay Earthquakes. The NASL folded at the end of the 1984 season. Sweeney, never discouraged, continued to display soccer skills far advanced compared to the rest of the leauge.

Michael Thomas Sweeney            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Michael Thomas Sweeney: is a broadcaster and radio DJ, who was born in Rudman Street, Salford.He attended Mount Carmel School, after which he worked at AEI in Trafford Park, before becoming a plate-layer at the docks, a labourer, a miner and then a computer programmer, while per

Charles J. Sweeney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles J. Sweeney: was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, from 1882 through 1887. He played with moderate success for several teams, but he is best known to historians for the inadvertent career boost that he gave to future Hall of Famer Old Hoss Radbourn.Sweeney began his career with the Providence Grays of the National League in 1882. By the 1884 season, Sweeney and Radbourn were the Grays' two main pitchers. The 1884 season had 50 fewer scheduled games than today, so most teams got by with just two starting pitchers and a few fill-ins here and there. In a June game, Sweeney struck out 19 Boston batters to set a major league record that would be tied a few times but not broken for 102 years, until Roger Clemens struck out 20 in a game in 1986.

Michael "Mike" Sweeney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael "Mike" Sweeney: is a Major League baseball player for the Seattle Mariners. Sweeney played his first 13 seasons in the majors with the Kansas City Royals, originally as a catcher and then moving to first base. Since then, Sweeney played one season with the Oakland Athletics and is entering his 2nd year with the Seattle Mariners. After sustaining injuries to both his knees, Sweeney plays sparingly at first base, but mostly at designated hitter.