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Sunday July 10 at Fingal Optimist Ball Park to unveil the Bill Horne Memorial Bench

June 28, 2022

Fingal, ON - - Sunday July 10 at Fingal Optimist Ball Park to unveil the Bill Horne Memorial Bench


Join, family, friends and ex-teammates 2:00 pm, Sunday July 10 at Fingal Optimist Ball Park to unveil the Bill Horne Memorial Bench. There will be a short ceremony and a social time after to share memories of an Ontario fastball Legend. Donations for the bench installation much appreciated.

Larry Lynch

 larrylynch09@gmail.com

 

TRIBUTE AND OBITUARY FROM 3 MARCH 2021

 

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MOURNING BILL HORNE, MY PRODIGY: I always unabashedly credited myself with influencing young Bill Horne's interest in the "game of ball" (baseball and fastball). My joy and pride in the rotund athlete peaked as he became a fastball icon in the City of St. Thomas, and Canada too for that matter, over a period of four+ decades. He was a champion at all levels of the game -- player, coach, manager, organizer -- and was a devoted family man. His heart was bigger than his over-size body. I was shocked and saddened when one of Bill's former players informed me of his passing at 69 years of age on Wednesday, March 3. As a tribute to my pal Bill I refer readers to a Wrights Lane feature I produced exactly 12 years ago this month which dealt with his remarkable achievements. Bill's obituary follows this flashback. I invite my friends to read more by visiting Wrights Lane https://dicktheblogster.blogspot.com.
 
 
 
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