Researching Bill Sweeney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4010 people with the Sweeney surname? In that year Sweeney was ranked number 1066 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bill means "Form of WILLIAM - resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of Bill Sweeney on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bill Sweeney and the Sweeney Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 12277 people with the Sweeney surname in the UK? Sweeney is now ranked number 462 for popularity in the UK. |
Sweeney Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Bill Sweeney
Bill Sweeney (infielder)
William John Sweeney (March 6, 1886 – May 26, 1948) was an infielder in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1914. He graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati in 1904.
In an eight year major-league career, he compiled a .272 batting average (1,004-3,692) with 442 runs scored, 11 home runs, 388 RBI, 172 stolen bases, an on-base percentage of .349 and a slugging percentage of .344. His best seasons were with the Boston Braves in 1911 and 1912, he hit .314 and .344 with 63 and 99 RBI respectively.
Source: Bill Sweeney (infielder), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBill Sweeney (ice hockey)
William Sweeney (January 30, 1937 – March 21, 1991), was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, most notably for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League (AHL), for whom he played nine seasons and is the all-time career leading scorer for the franchise. Sweeney also played four games during the 1959–60 NHL season for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.
Sweeney led the Ontario Hockey League in scoring while playing for the Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters in 1956–57, and followed that up by winning the 1958 AHL rookie of the year award playing for the Providence Reds. Sweeney later won three consecutive Calder Cup championships with the Springfield Indians, also leading the league in scoring three consecutive seasons, an unprecedented and unequalled feat in the AHL as of 2013.
Alcoholism came to dog Sweeney's career and by the time league expansion opened up the NHL in 1967 to promising minor-league scorers, Sweeney's skills were in decline. He remained in the minors, and his rights were sold by Springfield to the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League early in the 1968 season; he played only 26 more professional hockey games in his career. His final professional action was in the following season with the Rochester Americans of the AHL, in which he played ten games without a point. Sweeney's final organized hockey match was in 1970 with the Ontario senior league Oakville Oaks.
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