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11 unusual facts about Ted Williams


1969 Washington Redskins season

Lombardi had brought a winning attitude to the Nation's Capital, in the same year that the nearby University of Maryland had hired "Lefty" Driesell to coach basketball and the hapless Washington Senators named Ted Williams as manager.

Bob Dill

A minor league team of the New York Giants, the Millers organization was the "stopping point" for Ted Williams, Willie Mays and many other greats on their way to the "majors."

Islamorada, Florida

Hall of Fame baseball player Ted Williams began visiting Islamorada in 1943 and for the next 45 years was the island's most well known resident.

J. C. Higgins

The J.C. Higgins brand for Sears sporting goods was replaced with the Ted Williams brand.

John M. McNulty

The Pacific Coast League later produced such major league baseball talents as Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr and Ernie Lombardi.

Ole-Jørgen Nilsen

At the Trøndelag Teater, he made his debut in 1966 as the narrator of the piece Heat wave by Ted Williams.

Restigouche River

Among the VIPs who have been guests at the river's fishing lodges include the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, Hubert Humphrey, Ted Williams, Lord Beaverbrook, Bing Crosby, Louis St. Laurent, Maurice Richard, Norman Schwarzkopf, George H. W. Bush, and Brian Mulroney, to name but a few.

Samuel A. Tamposi

Through this association, Tamposi became friends with Ted Williams.

Spike Fitzpatrick

Richard S. Fitzpatrick, more commonly known as "Spike" Fitzpatrick (November 26, 1948 - March 20, 2006) was an American lawyer best known for his representation of Ted Williams and involvement in the Alcor Life Extension Foundation dispute over Mr. Williams body.

VMA-311

Legendary pilots during this era included later Astronaut and Senator John Glenn and baseball star Ted Williams.

Walt Masterson

He later served as a pitching coach for the Texas Rangers in 1972 under manager Ted Williams, who had developed a friendship with him while they were teammates in Boston and frequently accompanied Masterson to his vacation house on Long Lake in Bridgton, Maine.


Bruce Stark

His caricature originals have been requested by many of his subjects, including Art Carney, Xavier Cugat, Buddy Hackett, Suzanne Pleshette, Priscilla Presley and Ted Williams.

Hotel Valley Ho

Some of the baseball players, coaches, and managers taking part in the spring training Cactus League of Arizona stayed at the hotel, including Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Leo Durocher, the latter requesting Room 103 every time he visited, for its nearness to the lobby.

Kirby Higbe

That year, he posted a 17–8 record and made his second All-Star appearance (where he gave up a home run to Ted Williams), but the Dodgers lost the National League pennant to the eventual world champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Leigh Montville

He has authored many books, including best-sellers such as The Big Bam, a biography of New York Yankees baseball legend Babe Ruth, and Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero, about the Hall of Fame left fielder for the Red Sox, which won the 2004 CASEY Award for best baseball book of the year.

Ralph W. 'Bud' Leavitt Jr.

Sometimes Leavitt was joined on his Maine TV show by friends like broadcaster Curt Gowdy, or baseball players Brooks Robinson or Ted Williams.

Stan Spence

A part-time player for the Boston Red Sox during two years, Spence played his first full-season for the Washington Senators in 1942 and he responded ending third in the American League batting race with a .323 average behind Ted Williams (.356) and Johnny Pesky (.331).

Ted Williams Tunnel

The tunnel is named after the former Boston Red Sox baseball player and U.S. Marine air corps veteran Ted Williams.

There are no atheists in foxholes

During the news coverage of his death and subsequent cryonic suspension, Hall of Fame baseball player and fighter pilot Ted Williams was said to be an atheist, by his former teammate Johnny Pesky.

Vaughn Street Park

Among the notable players to play at Vaughn Street, either for the home team or for the visitors, are Satchel Paige, Joe Tinker, Jim Thorpe, and Ted Williams.

William Swank

Following the release of his award-winning book, Echoes from Lane Field (1999), Swank has extensively explored the history of baseball in San Diego and helped honor many local players including Pete Coscarart, Johnny Ritchey, Floyd Robinson, Manuel Hernandez and Ted Williams.

Worth the Fighting For

These subjects range from historical presences such as Theodore Roosevelt, to more contemporaneous politicians such as Barry Goldwater, Scoop Jackson and Mo Udall, to people in other fields such as Billy Mitchell and Ted Williams.