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Billy Thompson
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Outfielder
Born: (1874-01-14)January 14, 1874
Louisa County, Virginia
Died: May 12, 1960(1960-05-12) (aged 86)
Boston, Massachusetts
debut
1900, for the Cuban Giants
Last appearance
1900, for the Cuban Giants
Teams
  • Cuban Giants (1900)

William Penn Thompson (January 14, 1874 – May 12, 1960) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1900s.

A native of Louisa County, Virginia, Thompson began his baseball career playing for the Concord, New Hampshire YMCA team in 1891 and went on to play for the Cuban Giants in 1900 and later the Philadelphia Giants. He remained in Concord most of his life, and in 1960 the city named a local park in his honor. Thompson died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1960 at age 86.

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