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- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Joseph Rigney
- Nickname
- Specs The Cricket
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Bill Rigney was born on January 29, 1918 in Alameda, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Main Street to Broadway (1953), 1951 World Series (1951) and 1970 American League Championship Series (1970). He died on February 20, 2001 in Walnut Creek, California, USA.
- Played infield for the National League's New York Giants, 1946-1953.
- Manager of National League's New York/San Francisco Giants (1956-1960 & 1976); and the American League's Los Angeles/California Angels (1961-1969) and Minnesota Twins (1970-1972).
- Baseball player and manager.
- Once owned WJR 760 AM in Detroit, Michigan.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 514-515. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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