Legacy
Until the 1980s, Hoy was believed to have been the longest-lived former player ever. In 2001 the baseball field at Gallaudet University was named William "Dummy" Hoy Baseball Field. He was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2003.
The William "Dummy" Hoy Classic is a baseball game held every two years during Rochester (New York) Deaf Awareness Week. It is contested between members of the Rochester Recreation Club of the Deaf and the Buffalo (New York) Club of the Deaf, at a recreated 18th-century ballpark at Genesee Country Village and Museum.
In 2008, the Documentary Channel aired the biography Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero. The documentary, using photographs of Hoy and actors to recreate certain events, chronicled the highlights of Hoy's life and his contributions to baseball. The role of Hoy was portrayed by then teenage actor Ryan Lane.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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