William Blair Park in South Dallas, formerly Rochester Park, was named after him.
References
^. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
^""Elite News" Founder, Civil Rights Activist Bill Blair Dead at 92". 20 April 2014.
"Mr. William "Bill" Blair". Negro League Baseball. March 27, 2007.
Adams-Wade, Norma (May 3, 2011). "Park to be renamed for local Negro Leagues baseball icon William 'Bill' Blair". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
Lewis, Bridget (June 1, 2012). "UT Arlington Library to Receive Historical Papers of Negro League Baseball Player, African-American Newspaper Publisher William Blair Jr" (Press release). University of Texas at Arlington. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
External links
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bill, blair, 1940s, pitcher, bill, blair, born, pennsylvania, 1863, bill, blair, american, association, pitcher, william, blair, october, 1921, april, 2014, negro, league, pitcher, bill, blairpitcherborn, 1921, october, 1921dallas, texasdied, april, 2014, 2014. For the Bill Blair born in Pennsylvania in 1863 see Bill Blair American Association pitcher William Blair October 17 1921 April 20 2014 was a Negro league pitcher 1 Bill BlairPitcherBorn 1921 10 17 October 17 1921Dallas TexasDied April 20 2014 2014 04 20 aged 92 Campbell TexasBatted RightThrew LeftTeamsIndianapolis Clowns 1948 Cincinnati Crescents Barnstorming Blair graduated Booker T Washington High School in Dallas and briefly attended Prairie View A amp M University He began his baseball career at the age of 16 playing for a barnstorming team in Mineola Texas and went on to join the United States Army where he became the youngest African American to serve as a first sergeant in the Army during World War II He pitched from 1946 to 1951 for teams including the Indianapolis Clowns Cincinnati Crescents and was a player manager for the Dallas Black Giants He played against players such as Cool Papa Bell Satchel Paige and Hilton Smith After retiring from baseball he became a fixture in the community running a local newspaper the Elite News and organizing golf tournaments and parades He died in Campbell Texas in 2014 2 William Blair Park in South Dallas formerly Rochester Park was named after him References Edit Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum Personal Profiles William Blair Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2015 04 21 Elite News Founder Civil Rights Activist Bill Blair Dead at 92 20 April 2014 Mr William Bill Blair Negro League Baseball March 27 2007 Adams Wade Norma May 3 2011 Park to be renamed for local Negro Leagues baseball icon William Bill Blair The Dallas Morning News Retrieved July 18 2013 Lewis Bridget June 1 2012 UT Arlington Library to Receive Historical Papers of Negro League Baseball Player African American Newspaper Publisher William Blair Jr Press release University of Texas at Arlington Retrieved July 18 2013 External links EditCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Negro league baseball pitcher article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bill Blair 1940s pitcher amp oldid 1133378614, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
