Bill Yancey

{{short description|American baseball player (1902-1971)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Bill Yancey

| image = Bill Yancey Baseball.jpg

| position = Shortstop

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|4|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|4|13|1902|5|2|mf=y}}

| death_place = Marlton, New Jersey, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1927

| debutteam = Hilldale Club

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1936

| finalteam = Philadelphia Stars

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| teams =

• Hilldale Club (1927, 1931)
• Philadelphia Quaker City Giants (1928)
• Philadelphia Tigers (1928)
• New York Lincoln Giants (1929–1930)
• New York Black Yankees (1932–1934)
• Brooklyn Eagles (1935)
• New York Cubans (1936)
• Philadelphia Stars (1936)

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William James Yancey (April 2, 1902 – April 13, 1971) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro leagues. He played from 1927 to 1936. He also played for the New York Renaissance, an all-black professional basketball team.{{cite book |first=Robert W. |last=Peterson |title=Cages to Jump Shots: Pro Basketball's Early Years |location=Lincoln |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |year=2002 |chapter=On the Road Again |pages=95–107 |isbn=0-8032-8772-0 }} Yancey also served as a Major League scout for the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies.{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |

title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}