A dominant fastball player in Brandon for almost two decades, Bill Huston commenced his sparkling career with the Brandon 7-Ups in 1963. He pitched the 7-Up team to six league championships in seven years (1964-1970), and five more league championships with Esso Westman, Pizza Place Clubbers, A&W and Esso Astros. In 1973, the Westman ace fashioned a perfect season with 17 straight wins which included six in the playoffs to lead his team to the title. Bill Huston, one of the top hitters in the league, captured batting titles in 1966 and 1968 in addition to several pitching, MVP, and sportsman awards in his lengthy list of softball accomplishments.
Brandon UCT
Winnipeg Free Press, July 10, 1972
