Bill Blair (blairbi02)

William Blair
(Radio, Lefty, Skinny Legs)

• Bats Right, Throws Left
• Height 5' 9", Weight 150 lb.
• School Prairie View A&M University
• High School Booker T. Washington High School (Dallas)
• Debut 1948
• Final Game 1948
• Born October 17, 1921 in Dallas, TX USA
• Died April 20, 2014 in Campbell, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Bill Blair played in the Negro Leagues in the 1940s and 1950s for the Indianapolis Clowns, Cincinnati Crescents and Dallas Black Giants, for whom he was a player-manager, among others. Following his career as a player, he ran the Elite News, a newspaper serving the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

He was the youngest African American to serve as a first sergeant in the Army during World War II.