Willie Mays
Willie Howard Mays Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid" is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. He spent almost all of his 22 season career playing for the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. His career began in 1951 and he retired in 1973.
Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama, near Bessemer, Alabama.
Other websites
Willie Mays article, Encyclopedia of Alabama
May 1951: Minneapolis Tribune account of Mays' first home game as a Minneapolis Miller
Willie Mays: Say Hey! - slideshow by Life magazine
1931 births
African-American baseball players
American military personnel of the Korean War
Living people
National Baseball Hall of Fame members
National League All-Stars
New York Giants (NL) players
New York Mets players
People from Bessemer, Alabama
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
San Francisco Giants players
Sportspeople from Alabama
People from Atherton, California
Sportspeople from California
Military people from Alabama