William Herbert Pierce (born April 30, 1890 and died August 1962) was a Negro leagues catcher, first baseman and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons.
Nicknamed "Bonehead" and "Big Bill Pierce", he played for the Philadelphia Giants at the age of 20.
Pierce would follow his battery mate Ad Lankford from the Lincoln Giants after their successful 1915 season, to join the Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York.
[4] He registered for the WWI draft on June 5, 1917, listing his occupation as a Porter for the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in Manhattan.
At the age of 62, Pierce received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.