Paul Wilson (born January 12 1972, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) is a former Australian cricketer, who also represented Western Australia and South Australia. He was a strongly built right-arm fast bowler, whom was also a right-hand batsman.
Not blessed with the most natural talent of others, Wilson left a trainee job in Newcastle as an accountant to travel to Adelaide, where he requested a place at the Australian Cricket Academy. He emerged late in 1993-94 to make his debut for South Australia. He played 51 first-class games in all, taking 151 wickets at a healthy average of 30.77.
After a stint in the 'A' side, Wilson was promoted to the Australian side. He played one Test Match, against India, in Kolkata, India, in March 1998, but had the unfortunate record of having scored neither a run, nor taken a wicket, after he limped off injured in the early stages of the game. He did not represent Australia again. Before that, he had a short spell as a bowler in the ODI team, playing in 11 games, all in the 1997-98 Australian season.
He then proceeded to move to Western Australia in 2002-2003 after his age had restricted his abilities and he had fallen in the South Australian pecking order. He retired at the end of the 2003-2004 season.
He is currently the Western Australian women's coach.
Paul Anthony Wilson (born March 28 1973 in Belleville, Illinois) is a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball currently a free agent. In his minor league career, he was billed alongside Jason Isringhausen and Bill Pulsipher as being a future Mets superstar. Wilson played college baseball for the Florida State University Seminoles under head coach Mike Martin.
On July 28, , he was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In , he was granted free agency and then signed with the Cincinnati Reds. In , he was a free agent again, but quickly re-signed with the Reds.
In 2004, Paul had a career high 11 wins and 6 losses in 29 games.
On March 21, , Paul was released by the Reds, another setback as he tries to come back from shoulder surgery.
Paul Wilson is a music theorist and Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, in the United States. He holds a B.A. from Harvard University, a M.A. from the University of Hawaii, and M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University, where he studied with Allen Forte. He is the author of:
Current projects include a study of the symphonies of Sergei Prokofiev.
Paul Wilson (born 20 October, 1978) and grew up in Kinlochleven in the Scottish Highlands originally a member of Terra Diablo now is the bass player in the Northern Ireland-based indie rock band Snow Patrol. He occasionally sings backing vocals.
Wilson formerly played both guitar and keyboards for Glasgow-based band Terra Diablo. In March 2005, he replaced longtime member and Snow Patrol co-founder Mark McClelland on bass. He played his first official show with the band in Dingle, County Kerry on April 1, 2005. As a multi-instrumentalist, he was considered an integral part of the creative process on Snow Patrol's 2006 album, Eyes Open.
An injury to Wilson's left arm and shoulder forced the band to cancel several of their French and Germany shows in late 2006.
Paul Wilson (born August 2, 1968 in Bradford) was a professional footballer (he should not be confused with the famous Scots-Indian who played for Celtic) who played as a defender for Huddersfield Town, Norwich City, Northampton Town, Halifax Town, Burnley, York City, Scunthorpe United, Cambridge United & Rushden & Diamonds.
Paul Richard Wilson (1941 - ) PhD, OAM is an Australian author, sociologist and criminologist.
He currently holds the Chair of Criminology at Bond University. Prior to this he held academic appointments at the University of Queensland and several American Universities. He also was a Fulbright Scholar.
He has authored 24 books on crime and related social issues, He is an occasional columnist for several Australian newspapers. In 2003 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for 'services to education, particularly as a writer and lecturer in the field of criminology and to the community through raising public awareness of social justice issues'.
