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In Hoy's time, the word "dumb" was used to describe someone who could not speak, rather than someone who was stupid. But since the ability to speak was often connected to one's intelligence, the epithets "dumb" and "dummy" became interchangeable with stupidity. Hoy himself often corrected individuals
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Sandy, Steve; Miller, Richard. "No Dummy: William Ellsworth Hoy."
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The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game
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Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy
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1006:. Baseball Reliquary. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
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1131:, March–April 2000, pp. 48–53.
1016:Memmott, Jim (September 19, 2012).
965:Drebinger, John (October 7, 1961).
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1105:"The Silent Natural (2019) - IMDb"
1091:"William 'Dummy' Hoy (Hard Cover)"
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1077:"The William Hoy Story"
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777:Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero
751:Shrine of the Eternals
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720:American Association
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1200:Dummy Hoy Biography
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967:"Reds Bow in Ninth"
935:"Reds Bow in Ninth"
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1002:2020-09-19 at the
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872:2012-04-24 at the
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