Bill Blair (Negro leagues pitcher), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1921
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 20-Apr-2014
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Bill Blair (Negro leagues pitcher)
- William "Bill" Blair (October 17, 1921 – April 20, 2014) was a Negro league pitcher.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.
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