LORMAN, Miss. – This summer, Alcorn State Athletics will unveil its Flashback Friday feature to usher in the offseason and get us ready for the fall seasons come early September. Flashback Friday is a look back into past performances from Brave student athletes and coaches along with championship spotlights. Each Friday over the summer, we will have a different feature release.
This week we continue our series with a feature on one of our former head baseball coaches, Baseball Hall of Famer William "Bill" Foster. Coach Foster was the head coach for the Braves from 1960-1971 and had an 82-84-1 record during his time on the reservation. The Braves baseball team currently plays their home games at William "Bill" Foster Field at Willie E. McGowan Stadium which was renamed in the honor of the two former coaches.
Coach Foster made his Negro National League debut in 1923 for the Memphis Red Sox and would go on to play for five other clubs before his final appearance in 1937 for the Chicago American Giants. Coach Foster tallied a 143-69 record as a left-handed pitcher with a 2.40 earned run average.
As a player, Coach Foster was named to the All-Star team in 1933 and 1934 along with being a two-time Negro League World Series Champion.
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