Bill Champion (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBill Champion (baseball)
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1947
Place of Birth: Shelby, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 07-Jan-2017
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Bill Champion (baseball)
- Buford Billy Champion (September 18, 1947 – January 7, 2017), was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher, coach, and scout, who played in 202 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers, from 1969–1976.
- Before his big league debut, in 1969, Champion was already a two-time Minor League Baseball (MiLB) earned run average (ERA) league leader: Huron Phillies, Northern League (1965); and Tidewater Tides, Carolina League (1968).
- He was part of the trade that brought Don Money to Milwaukee, as the Phillies traded Champion, Money, and John Vukovich to Milwaukee, for pitchers Jim Lonborg, Ken Sanders, Ken Brett, and Earl Stephenson, on October 31, 1972.
- Champion went on to become a scout for the Chicago Cubs and pitching coach for the Greenville Braves.Champion died on January 7, 2017, in Shelby, North Carolina, at the age of 69.
Read more at Wikipedia