Bill Randall

William Talton Randall
(Sonny)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

• Debut 1943
• Final Game 1943
• Born August 5, 1915 in Phoebus, VA USA
• Died February 13, 2013 in Columbia, MD USA

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Biographical Information

Bill Randall was a Negro League outfielder briefly. He spent 1932-1941 with minor black clubs. In 1942, he made it to the Homestead Grays. He remained with them for 1943, backing up talented flyhawks like Cool Papa Bell, Jerry Benjamin and Vic Harris.

Randall was in the US Military from 1943-1946, playing ball with Larry Doby in 1944 for the Great Lakes Naval Training Center Blue Jackets. After the war, he played for Homestead again for part of 1946. He then played for minor clubs through 1956.

Source: Negro League historian Wayne Stivers