About William 'Clubber' Wilson

NAME:  William Orville Wilson  aka Sonny, Clubber

DOB:  August 30, 1940

HOMETOWN:  Maysville, Kentucky

EDUCATION:  Graduated Maysville High School, Maysville, Kentucky-June, 1958

CITATIONS:  Conference Player of the Week awards-Numerous, Conference MVP, 1957 Second team All-Kentucky, 1958 Second team All-American

WORK HISTORY:

Atlanta Crackers, farm team of the Milwaukee Braves

Nashville Sounds, farm team of the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds, Major League team, National League

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICS:

          Home runs:    (1960)-21

          Average:    (1960)-.305

          Home runs:    (1961)-54

          Average:    (1961)-.323

INJURY DATE:  August 30, 1961

INCIDENT REPORT:  William 'Clubber' Wilson was hit on the forehead by a fastball with an estimated speed of 94 mph.  He was rendered unconscious for over two weeks.  When he was brought back to consciousness, he remembered nothing of his past.  He was released from Cincinnati General Hospital during the first week of October.

POST CONCUSSIVE EMPLOYMENT:

          Reposession agent (Winter-Spring, 1962)

          Salvation Army Volunteer (Summer, 1962)