As manager William Pennington Young (October 28, 1896 – November 30, 1968), nicknamed "Pep" or "Pimp", was an American Negro league catcher who played for the Homestead Grays in the 1920s.

[1] Upon graduation, the brothers played professional basketball in Pittsburgh for promoter Cumberland Posey's Loendi Big Five.

Young was part of the team when they won four consecutive Colored Basketball World Championships from 1919 through 1923.

[3] After his athletic career, Young worked for Lockhart Iron and Steel Co. in personnel and labor relations.

He also became active in Republican Party politics and was appointed the Secretary of Labor and Industry for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Governor William Scranton.