William A. "Sonny" Hoffman was a professional

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player. He played in two games for the 1879 Cleveland Blues. He also liked horse racing and made a lot of big bets. After his playing career Hoffman got mariied and moved to Chicago. It is suspected that he either go divorced or passed away in between thelate 1890s and the early 1900s because of martiage records and other records. But we can not confirm that without more information.

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