William Humber

William Humber

CM
Born (1949-09-09) September 9, 1949 (age 75)
Toronto, Ontario
OccupationAuthor, historian, educator
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Toronto, York University
GenresSports, history, environment
SubjectsBaseball, soccer, environment, history
Baseball career
Member of the Canadian
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2018

William Arthur Humber CM (born September 9, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian sports historian, author, journalist, environmentalist, and educator.[2]

Personal profile

Humber was born in Toronto, Ontario. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1972, and a master's degree in environmental studies from York University in 1975.[2] Humber began working at Seneca College in 1977, where he served as a department chair, and the director of Eco-Seneca Initiatives, the college's department devoted to environmental educational initiatives.[3] He retired in December 2018.

Writing

Humber is the author of several books on baseball, sports, the environment, and his hometown of Bowmanville, Ontario.[3]

Baseball historian

Humber currently serves as a selector for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, and was a selector for Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Clarington Sports Hall of Fame.[3] In 1989, he was a subject specialist at the Royal Ontario Museum for an exhibit on baseball.[3] Humber was inducted in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on June 16, 2018.[1][4] He was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 2021.[5]

Books by Humber

  • Cheering for the Home Team: The Story of Baseball in Canada, Boston Mills Press (Erin, Ontario), 1983.
  • Freewheeling: The Story of Bicycling in Canada, Boston Mills Press, 1986.
  • (With Doris Falls) The History of Central Public School in Bowmanville, Josten's (Topeka, KS), 1989.
  • Let's Play Ball: Inside the Perfect Game, Lester and Orpen, 1989.
  • The Baseball Book and Trophy, Somerville House, 1993.
  • The Kids' Soccer Book and Medallion, Somerville House, 1994.
  • Diamonds of the North: A Concise History of Baseball in Canada, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1995.
  • (With John St. James) All I Thought about Was Baseball: Essays on a Canadian Pastime, University of Toronto Press (Toronto), 1996.
  • Bowmanville: A Small Town at the Edge, Natural Heritage, 1997.
  • A Sporting Chance, Dundurn Press, 2004.
  • (With Darryl Humber) Let it Snow: Keeping Canada's Winter Sports Alive, Dundurn Press, 2009.
  • (With Velma Grover and Gail Krantzberg) The Regeneration Imperative: Revitalization of Built and Natural Assets, CRC Press, 2016.
  • (With Bradley Humber) Soccer Triumphant, St. Johann Press, 2022.
  • (With Wendy Simone Shoen, and John Simone) Tex Simone: The Man Who Saved Baseball in Syracuse, Wildebeest Publishing, 2024.
  • Old Ontario at Bat: Baseball's Unheralded Ancestry, Centre for Canadian Baseball Research, 2024.

References

  1. ^ a b "William Humber | Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum". baseballhalloffame.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  2. ^ a b "William Humber". Contemporary Authors. Detroit: Gale. 2002.
  3. ^ a b c d Canadian Who's Who. Toronto: Grey House Publishing. 2018.
  4. ^ The Canadian Press. The Globe and Mail. February 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "William Humber | Governor General of Canada". gg.ca. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-29.

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