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William "Cannonball" Jackman (October 7, 1897 – September 9, 1972) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1925 to 1942 with several teams., including a spot on the otherwise all-white East Douglas team in Massachusetts's amateur Blackstone Valley League in 1929, a squad which also featured 18-year-old newcomer Hank Greenberg.

Bill Jackman CBA Alum Bill Jackman Pivots From Small Town to Big Success News

At age 55, Jackman received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro Leagues' best players ever.

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