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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Swank, Bill
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Description area
Dates of existence
1940-?
History
William Swank was born in Chicago on June 17, 1940, to parents William George Swank and Estelle Jensen Swank. Bill played American Legion and high school baseball in Farmington, Minnesota. Unable to hit the curve ball, he signed with the San Diego County Probation Department. He retired in 1994 after a thirty-one year career as a supervising probation officer from 1963-1994. Mr. Swank has a B.S. degree in Business Administration from San Diego State College with a minor in history. He is a member of the Pacific Coast League Historical Society and has campaigned for years to get deadball era slugger, Gavy Cravath of Escondido, elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. Bill is an author of books covering the history of baseball. The San Diego Historical Society recognizes him as "San Diego's preeminent baseball historian."