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Billy Goodman

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Also known as William Dale Goodman

American baseball player (1926-1984)

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Vinony's link graph records 221 inbound references to Billy Goodman, and connects out to Houston Astros, home run and Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

It is catalogued under topics including 1926 births, 1984 deaths and 20th-century American sportsmen.

Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Works
9

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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

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Billy Goodman 1953.jpg
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date of birth
1926-03-22
date of death
1984-10-01
Commons category
Billy Goodman
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Available in 4 languages

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