willie mays jr

2. His nickname was “The Say Hey Kid”.

4. He was born in Westfield, Alabama., just outside the major city of Birmingham.

5. The names of his parents were not known, but his father’s nickname was “Kitty Kat”.

6. He was the oldest of twelve in his family.

7. The name of the town he lived in as a child was called Westfield.

8. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mays were athletic. Mr. Mays played baseball on the all-black teams of the segregated south, as had his father before him. Mrs. Mays had been a champion sprinter in her school. When he was growing up, his father worked in a steel mill, and played on a semi-professional team sponsored by the mill. He began teaching young Mays to catch a ball even before he could walk. By 14, he had joined his father on the mill team.

9. His high school had no baseball team, so he played basketball and football, but before he finished high school, it became clear that baseball would be his career.

11. He graduated high school in 1950. No information given on the name of the school.

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