Bill Fleener

Bill Fleener has enjoyed success in baseball and softball over several decades and in several countries.

Fleener was born on May 1, 1937 in Port Angeles and grew up there, playing three years of high school baseball before graduating in 1955. Among his prep highlights was a no-hitter against Port Townsend High. He joined the the U.S. Army and, while playing for the Seventh Army Support Command in Kaiserslautern, Germany, pitched a 6-0 shutout against the VII Corps Jayhawks.

Upon returning stateside, Fleener attended Western Washington State College, where twice he earned All-Evergreen Conference honors and in 1964 and 1965 participated in the NAIA College World Series in St. Joseph, Missouri.