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* 1958 – Willie O ' Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
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Australia won 4 – 0 in 1958 – 59, having found a high-quality spinner of their own in new skipper Richie Benaud, who took 31 wickets in the five-Test series, and paceman Alan Davidson, who took 24 wickets at 19. 00.
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" Johnny Otis ' " Willie and the Hand Jive " ( 1958 ) is another example of this successful blend of 3-2 clave and R & B.
The second band was formed in the spring of 1958 and included Al McKibbon ( bass ), Mongo Santamaría ( congas and bongos ) and Willie Bobo ( drums and timbales ).
In April 1958, he recorded his best-known recording, " Willie and the Hand Jive ", a clave-based vamp, which relates to hand and arm motions in time with the music, called the hand jive.
They recorded an album for Cadence Records, then in 1958 they hired Willie Wynn to sing the tenor part, Fairchild moved back exclusively to the piano.
In 1958, prior to a post-season exhibition game at Yankee Stadium between teams managed by Willie Mays ( National League ) and Mickey Mantle ( American League )., Plimpton pitched against the National League.
The Giants ' Willie Mays had passed him weeks earlier on April 19 to become the NL's home run leader among right-handed hitters ; Hodges ' last game had been on May 5 in a doubleheader hosting the Giants ( who had moved to San Francisco in 1958 ).
* Willie Brown ( 1958 ) – former Speaker of the California State Assembly and Mayor of San Francisco
Willie Applegarth ( William Reuben Applegarth ; 11 May 1890 – 5 December 1958 ) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
In 1958, he went to play for Joe Quijano but, shortly after he joined Willie Rosario, who also came from his same neighborhood and played in his band.
Willie Dean McGee ( born November 2, 1958 ) is a retired professional baseball player who won two batting titles and was named Major League Baseball's National League MVP.
William " Willie " Patrick Maley ( 25 April 1868 – 2 April 1958 ) born Newry, County Down, Ireland was a famous Scottish football coach and former player, the first manager of Celtic Football Club and one of the most successful managers in Scottish football history.
Across Campus Drive are the other athletic facilities, the Robert B. Jamieson Football Stadium ( 1949, named in 1975 ), which includes a track ( 1958 ) and the Sigmund Selig Pearl Memorial Field House ( 1950 ), and beyond the football stadium, the Willie Young / Lewis McCall Memorial Baseball Field ( 1953, named in 1974 and 2007 ), and the Cross Country trail ( 1962 ).
Willie O ' Ree suited up with the Boston Bruins on January 18, 1958, in a game against the Canadiens in Montreal.
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