{"id":747,"date":"2021-05-05T18:31:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T18:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/?post_type=hall-of-famer&#038;p=747"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:34:22","slug":"william-humber","status":"publish","type":"hall-of-famer","link":"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/hall-of-famer\/william-humber\/","title":{"rendered":"William Humber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>N\u00e9 en 1949 \u00e0 Toronto, William Humber est reconnu comme le premier historien du baseball au Canada. En plus des nombreuses conf\u00e9rences sur l\u2019histoire du baseball canadien qu\u2019il a donn\u00e9 partout en Am\u00e9rique du nord, Humber a \u00e9crit plusieurs livres importants sur le sujet, dont&nbsp;<em>et Diamonds of the North : A Concise History of Baseball in Canada<\/em>&nbsp;(1983),&nbsp;<em>Let\u2019s Play Ball: Inside the Perfect Game<\/em>&nbsp;(1989),&nbsp;<em>The Baseball Book and Trophy<\/em>&nbsp;(1993) and&nbsp;<em>Diamonds of the North: A Concise History of Baseball in Canada<\/em>&nbsp;(1995).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maintenant r\u00e9sident de Bowmanville (ON), il a \u00e9t\u00e9 un acteur important de la fondation du chapitre de Toronto de SABR (Society of American Baseball Research) et de la premi\u00e8re convention en 1981. Il est \u00e0 ce jour le seul Canadien \u00e0 avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu au conseil d\u2019administration de SABR, en 1982, 1983 et 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En 1979, il a mis sur pied le cours appel\u00e9 \u00ab Le camp d\u2019entra\u00eenement pour les fans de baseball \u00bb au Coll\u00e8ge Seneca, cours qui est toujours donn\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui par Humber lui-m\u00eame. En 1989, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019instigateur de l\u2019exposition sur les 150 ans du baseball au Canada au Mus\u00e9e Royal de l\u2019Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For his contributions, Humber was made an honorary inductee into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004 and is a recipient of the Queen\u2019s Golden Jubilee Medal, which is awarded to Canadians who have made outstanding and exemplary contributions to their communities or to Canada as a whole. Humber also serves on the selection committee for Canada\u2019s Sports Hall of Fame and for the Clarington Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2006, he was elected to the Black Ice Hockey and Sports Hall of Fame in the writers category. He continues to be a regular contributor on baseball matters to radio and TV shows throughout Canada and the U.S. Bill received the Order of Canada in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab Rechercher les origines du baseball au Canada, partager les histoires et c\u00e9l\u00e9brer les h\u00e9ros oubli\u00e9s ont toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 une passion pour moi, alors de les rejoindre \u00e0 cet endroit sp\u00e9cial est \u00e0 la fois un honneur et une le\u00e7on d\u2019humilit\u00e9, \u00bb a dit Humber apr\u00e8s avoir re\u00e7u l\u2019appel confirmant son intronisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Purchase your autographed Bill Humber baseball <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/produit\/bill-humber-signed-baseball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">en cliquant ici<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":748,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","featured":[],"induction_year":[123],"team":[],"primary-position":[163,173],"class_list":["post-747","hall-of-famer","type-hall-of-famer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","induction_year-123","primary-position-historian","primary-position-writer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>William Humber - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/hall-of-famer\/william-humber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"William Humber - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Born in Toronto, Ont., in 1949, William Humber is widely acknowledged as Canada\u2019s premier baseball historian. 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