Bill Blair, born in Dallas, is a former Negro Leagues pitcher. Beginning his baseball career at the age of 16, playing for a barnstorming team in Mineola, Texas, and went on to join the Army. He pitched from 1946 to 1951, for the Cincinnati Clowns and Cincinnati Crescents, playing against players such as Cool Papa Bell, Satchel Paige, and Hilton Smith. After retiring from baseball, he became a fixture in the community, running a local newspaper, the Elite News, organising golf tournaments and parades.