Billy Chapel (figure Skater)
Billy Chapel may refer to: * Billy Chapel (character), title character of the book ''For Love of the Game'' by Michael Shaara * Billy Chapel (figure skater), American ice skater, in the United States Figure Skating Championships The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often ...

Billy Chapel (character)
''For Love of the Game'' is a novel by American author Michael Shaara, published posthumously in 1991. The book tells the story of fictional baseball great Billy Chapel, thirty-seven years old and nearing the end of his career. Plot summary On the second to last day of the season, Chapel's team, the Atlanta Hawks (no relation to the NBA team of the same name), are about to play against the New York Yankees. Chapel receives news from a friend in the media that he is about to be traded. Just the night before, his girlfriend Carol did not show up at his hotel room, and Chapel reaches the conclusion that it is time to move on and finally make the transition from boyhood to manhood. Over half the book tells the story of that final game, with flashbacks from the pitching mound and Dugout to incidents throughout Chapel's life. Chapel is determined that his last game will also be his greatest, even though, with all the young new players on the Yankees, they are a far superior team. ...
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Billy Chapel (figure Skater)
Billy Chapel may refer to: * Billy Chapel (character), title character of the book ''For Love of the Game'' by Michael Shaara * Billy Chapel (figure skater), American ice skater, in the United States Figure Skating Championships The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often ...