Billy Crystal After graduation from Long Beach High School in 1965, Crystal attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, on a baseball scholarship, having learned the game from his father, who pitched for St. John's University. Crystal never played baseball at Marshall because the program was suspended during his first year. He did not return to Marshall as a sophomore, instead deciding to stay in New York to be close to his future wife. He attended Nassau Community College with Janice and later transferred to New York University, where he was a film and television directing major. He graduated from NYU in
Billy Blake after which he was ever present, at right back, for the remainder of the 1924–5 season, playing 16 times in total. In 1925–6, Blake began the season at right back and missed only one of the first 17 games before being replaced by regular full back Jack Little. He played a further two games at the end of the season, before returning to Kidderminster in the 1925–6 close season, having made a total of 34 senior appearances for Palace. Billy Blake William H. Blake (1902 – "unknown") was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Crystal