Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Bill was a lifelong fan of baseball and football. As a spectator, he followed the Pirates and Steelers. He also coached youth baseball for a decade and wrote sports articles for local newspapers. He greatly enjoyed fantasy sports, going all the way back to APBA baseball card games. He taught himself enough Japanese to become a foremost expert on Japanese baseball statistics so that he could incorporate Japanese professional baseball into early computer fantasy baseball programs.
He held various jobs throughout his life, from rock band roadie to in-home nurse to delivery driver. Working in lumber mills was his favorite career. He worked two jobs simultaneously for the last several years of his life. Reluctant to retire, he continued working one part-time job right up until the end.
