William Ellsworth Hoy

William Ellsworth Hoy who was well known as Dummy Hoy, was born on May 23, 1862 at Houcktown in Ohio by his parents Jacob Hoy and Rebecca Hoffman. He has a wife named Anna Maria Hoy who was deaf too. They have six kids. He also has 4 siblings - the brothers' names are Smith, Frank, and John and a sister whose name is Ora.

He started his professional career in 1886 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Hoy went on playing for five different major league teams as a outfielder for fifteen years. His major struggles and accomplishments were having a hearing loss and still playing MLB, being in a Hall of Fame, and making a record related going to games.

Dummy Hoy demonstrated heroism when he still had the same goal even when he became deaf, playing MLB which is not easy for deaf players to enter MLB. He also made a record for the number games he attended. And being a first player to be entered in the American Athletic Association for the Deaf's Hall of Fame which is a great accomplishment too.

Dummy Hoy's behavior reflected those characteristics of a hero. He represented the characteristic of endurance as he never gave up on his goal of being a MLB player even though he became deaf. He also represented the characteristic of risk as he decided to play MLB even though he's deaf.

After those all long years that Hoy has been thorough was very inspiring. It's which appeared to be people's hero. He did so many things before he passed away on December 25, 1961 (aged 99) at Cincinnati in Ohio.