Bucky Williams

Summary

Wallace Ignatious “Bucky” Williams (December 15, 1906 – November 16, 2009) was a Negro league baseball player and, at the time of his death, the second oldest living former Negro league player behind 104-year-old Emilio Navarro. Williams was a member for the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1927 to 1932, the Akron Black Tyrites and Cleveland Giants in 1933, and Homestead Grays in 1936. He was known to play earlier with the Pittsburgh Monarchs.

Bucky Williams
Born: (1906-12-15)December 15, 1906
Baltimore, Maryland
Died: November 16, 2009(2009-11-16) (aged 102)
Penn Hills, Pennsylvania

He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, a son to Joseph and Mathilda Williams. At the age of six months he moved to Pittsburgh and was a member of St. Charles Lwanga Parish in Pittsburgh's East End. His wife, Marjorie, whom he married in 1936, died in 1976.[citation needed]

Williams worked after his Negro leagues playing days with the Edgar Thomson Steel Works of U.S. Steel in Braddock, Pennsylvania, where he played ball. He is an honorary member of the Negro League Hall of Fame.[clarification needed] In 1995, he traveled to Kansas City for a gathering of Negro leagues players. To celebrate his 100th birthday a party was held December 16, 2006, at the Churchill Country Club that was attended by family, friends and local community members.

Williams died at age 102, on November 16, 2009. He is interred in Calvary Cemetery in the Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood.

External links edit

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
  • Article about Wallace "Bucky" Williams in 2004
  • Article mentioning Wallace "Bucky" Williams - June 27, 2006
  • Article about "Bucky" Williams July 9. 2006
  • Bucky Williams' obituary