Gamer. that single word fits Bill Buckner like a glove. In all the years he played, the guy played at full speed all the time. He played hard, and he wanted to win. He was ostracized for years over an error made in a World Series loss. He endured it all and never complained, and he returned to the scene of the so-called crime and was welcomed as a hero.
William Joseph Buckner was born December 14th, 1949, to Leonard and Marie Katherine Buckner in Vallejo, California. He was raised in the small town of American Canyon. His father passed away when Bill was a teenager.