biography
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White, Bill
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popular name of William DeKova White
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1934– )
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| biography:
| Baseball player, sportscaster, and baseball executive, born in Lakewood, Florida, USA. He attended college on an academic (not athletic) scholarship. After a 13-year career as a first baseman (1956–69), mostly for the St Louis Cardinals, he was a television sportscaster (1971–88) and then baseball's first African-American league president (of the National League) (1988–93). |
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