Daley, William L. William L. Daley collection relating to Billy Sunday. 1914-1925
Biographical Note
Sunday, Billy
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1862, Nov. 19:
Born near Ames, Iowa -
1872:
Sent by impoverished mother to orphanage in Glenwood, Iowa -
1880:
Moved to Marshalltown, Iowa -
1883:
Signed to play baseball by the Chicago White Stockings baseball club -
1886 -1887 :Converted to Christianity and began attending the Presbyterian Church -
1888:
Sold to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys baseball club Married Helen Amelia Thompson -
1890 -1891 :Played for the Philadelphia Phillies before retiring from baseball -
1891:
Became assistant secretary of the Chicago, Ill., YMCA -
1896 -1935 :Conducted Christian evangelistic meetings throughout the country; credited with giving more than twenty thousand sermons to audiences totaling more than one hundred million people -
1903:
Ordained by the Presbyterian Church -
1935, Nov. 6:
Died, Chicago, Ill.
From the guide to the William L. Daley Collection Relating to Billy Sunday, 1914-1925, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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