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Billy Sunday

William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (November 19, 1862 in Story County, Iowa – November 6, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American athlete and religious person. He was an outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s. After that he became an influential American Presbyterian evangelist at the start of the 20th century.



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  • Billy Sunday preaches

    Sunday preaches

  • Preaching
    Billy Sunday preaching on March 15, 1915 in a temporary tabernacle erected on the site of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia.  Illustration by George Bellows. Metropolitan Magazine, May 1915
  • Billy Sunday's tabernacle (Detroit 1916)

    Billy Sunday's tabernacle (Detroit 1916)

  • BillySundayHome

    1911 bungalow in Winona Lake, Indiana

  • Billy Sunday at the White House

    Billy Sunday at the White House, 1922

  • Melting Pot August 1914

    Cover of August 1914 issue of The Melting Pot: A Magazine of Protest, edited by Henry M. Tichenor, condemning Sunday as a tool of big business.

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