This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Notable deaf ballplayer William ‘Dummy’ Hoy led ...

3 Broadway Dreams to Launch 2026 Summer Performing Arts Intensive Tour GREATEST HITS The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy, by Allen Meyer and Michael Nowak, is the tale of William Ellsworth Hoy, one of the ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WLUK) -- Oshkosh had celebrities visiting for the premiere of "The Silent Natural." It's a film about William "Dummy" Hoy who played minor league baseball in Oshkosh in 1886. Hoy was ...

FINDLAY, Ohio — William “Dummy” Hoy, considered by fans to be the greatest deaf professional baseball player, received a historic marker in the City of Findlay this week. City officials on Tuesday ...

William Ellsworth's The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy, the tale of one of the first deaf baseball players to make it to the major league - and the man some people credit with the creation of baseball ...

He played in an era long before political correctness; his nickname would never make the cut today. However, in those days he acknowledged it and referred to himself in that way. When you watch a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The greatest deaf baseball player to ever play in the Major Leagues lost another attempt to get into the national Hall of Fame. William “Dummy” Hoy graduated from the Ohio School for ...

The applause was silent, but enthusiastic nonetheless. During the William “Dummy” Hoy Celebration on March 21 at the Ohio School for the Deaf in Columbus’ Clintonville neighborhood, whenever a speaker ...