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Longtime Islanders fan William 'Mr. Bill' Hayes dies
Quick ReadTo call William Hayes an Islanders fan would be an understatement.
Photo credit: Handout | Longtime Islanders fan William "Mr. Bill" Hayes, of Merrick, shown with former Islanders player Bob Nystrom, died July 28, 2010, at the TownHouse Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Uniondale after a two-year battle with lymphatic cancer. He was 85.
Newsday's obituary for William Hayes
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Islanders jerseys through the years
To call William Hayes an Islanders fan would be an understatement.
For more than 37 years, since the Islanders' inception in 1972, Hayes, known as "Mr. Bill" to the Islanders community, had missed only four home games - and that was only due to illness.
He even had his own seat in Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum: seat 11 in section 309, row B, where he diligently took notes on scores...
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