Do you know that there are no Deaf players in the National Baseball Hall of Fame? If you agree that William Hoy needs to be honored in the Hall, please mail a letter to The Classic Era Ballot Committee, asking for William Hoy to be put on the ballot.
To write a letter of support for William Hoy for the ballot, use the following address:
Historical Overview Committee
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
25 Main Street
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Please write your own persuasive letter in your own words. Make sure to include your name, address and the reason you support Hoy for the Hall.
If you send me a jpeg of your letter, I, with your permission, will post and brag about your letters here on the Hoy for the Hall page and on social media.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTERS TO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME!
Thank you, Ms. Gillespies class at Spring Creek Elementary in Richardson for your fabulous video that you sent to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, telling them why William Hoy should be inducted there. Ms. Gillespies’ class wrote lots of wonderful letters, too! You are an inspiration!
Thank you, Ms. Schattles’ class at Spring Creek Elementary in Richardson, Texas for your fabulous video that you sent to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, telling them why William Hoy should be inducted there. Thank you for all the fabulous letters you sent them on Hoy’s behalf, too! You are amazing!
Thank you to the great kids of the Ohio School for the Deaf for writing letters on William Hoy’s behalf to the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the encouragement of their wonderful teacher, Christopher Dorais. Here’s the gracious letter they received from James L. Gates!
Thank you to teachers Colin Hanson, Nathan Holtz and Caitlyn Kolehouse and the wonderful students in Wisconsin for writing these fabulous letters for Hoy to the National Baseball Hall of Fame!
Thank you to teachers Colin Hanson, Nathan Holtz and Caitlyn Kolehouse and the wonderful students in Wisconsin for writing these fabulous letters for Hoy to the National Baseball Hall of Fame!
Thank you to teachers Colin Hanson, Nathan Holtz and Caitlyn Kolehouse and the wonderful students in Wisconsin for writing these fabulous letters for Hoy to the National Baseball Hall of Fame!
Thank you to teachers Colin Hanson, Nathan Holtz and Caitlyn Kolehouse and the wonderful students in Wisconsin for writing these fabulous letters for Hoy to the National Baseball Hall of Fame!
Thank you to teachers Colin Hanson, Nathan Holtz and Caitlyn Kolehouse and the wonderful students in Wisconsin for writing these fabulous letters for Hoy to the National Baseball Hall of Fame!
Thank you to the wonderful kids of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Dallas for these letters on William Hoy’s behalf to the National Baseball Hall of Fame!
A wonderful letter from Seylah, one of the children at the Official Deaf Festival of North Texas on Oct. 5, 2019
Letters from great kids at my William Hoy presentation at Bookmarks at NorthPark Center Oct. 5, 2019
And here are more letters from the terrific fourth graders at Longbranch Elementary. Thank you for your support of William Hoy!
And here are more letters from all over and from all ages, thanks to all!
Steve Sandy, Chair of the Hoy for the Hall Committee, Nancy and Steve’s wife, Bonnie at the National Baseball Hall of Fame where Nancy and Steve presented The William Hoy Story in 2016.
ASL students at Plano West perform an original play about William Hoy in sign language at the Barnes & Noble on Preston Road in Plano, Texas
William Hoy is in the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. We need him to be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, too!
This William Hoy fan is reading his favorite book to his sister. He dressed up as William Hoy for Halloween. He wants William Hoy in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, too!
These William Hoy fans want William Hoy to be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, too!
Nancy presenting The William Hoy Story with Steve Sandy at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
William Hoy at 99 throwing out an honorary pitch for the Cincinnati Reds
Professor Rex Bishop sharing The William Hoy Story with kids who want Hoy to be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Baseball player Sean Doolittle sharing The William Hoy Story with kids who want Hoy to be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame
This William Hoy fan in Japan wants Hoy to be in The National Baseball Hall of Fame, too!
December 14, 2018
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
25 Main Street
Copperstown, NY 13326
To Whom It May Concern:
Our school recently hosted an author visit by Nancy Churnin whose book The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game was greatly enjoyed by our students. At the student’s request, I am writing to ask your consideration for induction of William Hoy.
Please and enjoy the student letters attached. The students also wanted to include the cut out hands. In the Nancy Churnin book, one of the most touching parts of the book tells about the American Sign Language symbol for applause. It is the students hope that the hands within their letters will resemble the sign for “deaf applause”.
Thank you for your consideration!
Sincerely,
Teachers of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic School
Letters from the children of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic School in Lake Charles, Louisiana