Famous People with Name Virgil

Virgil Matthew Vasquez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virgil Matthew Vasquez: is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher with the Tampa Bay Rays organization.Vasquez began the 2006 season with Double-A Erie of the Eastern League, where he finished in the top ten for ERA, complete games, home runs allowed, innings pitched, games started and losses. He was promoted to Triple-A Toledo in early September 2006.He started the 2007 campaign in Toledo, but was called up to the major leagues in May to make a spot start in place of the Tigers' Jeremy Bonderman on May 11.[2]

Virgil Akins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virgil Akins: was an American boxer who won the undisputed Welterweight Championship of the World in 1958. Nicknamed ‘Honeybear’, Akins was the first World Champion from St. Louis. Akins was considered lanky, but proved nevertheless to be a powerful hitter with either

Virgil W. Raines            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virgil W. Raines: was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Buddy Raines met with his greatest success training horses for Donald Ross's Brandywine Stable. He had great success with Cochise, winning several important races between 1949 and 1951, including the Massach

Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr.: is a semi-retired American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He makes occasional on-air appearances on the Raw brand and works as a backstage booker and producer in the Florida Championship Wrestling developm

Virgil Larry Teaver, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virgil Larry Teaver, Jr.: was an assistant in the administration of Texas Governor Preston Smith who served as secretary of state for seventeen days, from January 2 to January 19, 1973. After 1978, he worked as the Project Manager for Lakeridge Estates in Lubbock, Texas.He served

Osvaldo José (Pichardo) Virgil            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Osvaldo José (Pichardo) Virgil: broke the color barrier for Detroit in 1958. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1950 to 1952. He is a former utility player who played in Major League Baseball between 1956 and 1969 for the New York Giants (1956–57), Detroit Tigers (1958, 1960–61), Kansas City Athletics (1961), Baltimore Orioles (1962), Pittsburgh Pirates (1965) and San Francisco Giants (1966, 1969). Basically a third baseman, Virgil played all positions except pitcher and center field. He batted and threw right-handed. In a nine-season major league career, Virgil posted a .231 batting average with 14 home runs and 73 RBI in 324 games played. He also played for the minor league Rochester Red Wings in the International League. After his playing career ended, Virgil spent 19 seasons as a coach for the Giants (1969–72; 1974–75); Montréal Expos (1976–81); San Diego Padres (1982–85); and Seattle Mariners (1986–88). From 1977 through 1988, he served as the third-base coach on the staff of Baseball Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams.

James Virgili            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

James Virgili: is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for the Newcastle Jets. On January 4, 2009 he made his senior debut as a substitute against Wellington Phoenix. This also made him the youngest player in A-League history to make his debut at 16