Bill McCahan

William Glenn McCahan


Born:
June 7, 1921
Philadelphia, PA


Died:
July 3, 1986
Fort Worth, TX


Career
Langhorne High School - Pennsylvania (High School)
1939-40 Duke University (College)
1940-41 Duke University (College)
1941-42 Duke University (College)
1943-44 Wilmington Bombers Blue (ABL)
1945-46 Wilmington Bombers (ABL)
1946-47 Syracuse Nationals (NBL)
1946-47 Clifton Heights (Independent)
1948-49 Atlantic City Tides / Philadelphia SPHAs (ABL)
1949-50 Lancaster Rockets (EPBL)

1951-52 Lancaster Rockets (EPBL)  

After playing basketball and baseball at Duke, McCahan played in the Philadelphia Athletics minor league system, with an interruption in his pitching career where he was a test pilot in the Air Corps. He came back from the war and eventually made it to the Athletics, playing for Connie Mack for 4 seasons. He also threw a no-hitter in which he was an error away from a perfect game.

McCahan died of cancer in 1986.

He was married to Marie (b.1920).


Major League Baseball Stats
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccahbi01.shtml

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/m/mccahwi01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=mccahbi01

Thanks to Jay LaFountaine for helping with his career info.