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William "Bill" Blair (October 17, 1921 – April 20, 2014) was a Negro league pitcher.〔http://coe.k-state.edu/annex/nlbemuseum/history/players/blair.html〕 Blair graduated Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas and briefly attended Prairie View A&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.〔http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/04/20/elite-news-founder-civil-rights-activist-bill-blair-dead-at-92/〕 ==References== *(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Negro League Baseball ) * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Blair (Negro Leagues pitcher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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