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Billy Goodman

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Billy Goodman

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Also known as William Dale Goodman

American baseball player (1926-1984)

Person · Open Library

Works
9

Top works

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1909-05-30
Active to
1986-06-13
bandleaderbig bandclarinetistclassicalcomposerjazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
458
Total plays
3,097

Tags

acoustic bluesbluesharmonica bluesguitar blues

Billy Goodman was born in 1954 in Yonkers, New York, into a large Irish Catholic family that had originally immigrated in the 1920s. He started playing guitar at the age of 10 and was performing by age 13. Forced by the ever-helpful nuns to sing in the school choir with his brother Frank, he still maintained a strong interest in girls, rock'n roll and getting into trouble. At age 18 he made his way to Manchester, England, playing folk clubs and learning <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Billy+

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Sports profile

Sport
Baseball
Team
_Retired Baseball
Position
First Baseman
Nationality
United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Billy
Family name
Goodman
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Concord
Place of death
Sarasota
Occupation
baseball player
Member of team
Houston Astros
Position played
first baseman
Image
Billy Goodman 1953.jpg
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date of birth
1926-03-22
date of death
1984-10-01
cause of death
cancer
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
Billy Goodman
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