Ted C. Wills

Ted C. Wills
18th Mayor of Fresno
In office
January 22, 1969 – April 25, 1977
Preceded byFloyd H. Hyde
Succeeded byDan Whitehurst
Personal details
Born
Theodore Carl Wills

(1911-11-28)November 28, 1911
Sanger, California, U.S.
DiedNovember 6, 2003(2003-11-06) (aged 91)
Fresno, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBertha Metzler (m.1932-1995) d.1995

Theodore Carl Wills, Sr. (November 28, 1911 – November 6, 2003) was a labor leader, Fresno City Council Member from 1954 to 1987[1] and was the mayor of Fresno from 1969 to 1977.[2] He is the father of MLB pitcher Ted C. Wills, Jr. The Ted C. Wills Community Center in Fresno is named in his honor.

  1. ^ "Ted C. Wills, 91; Ex-Fresno Mayor Backed Development". Los Angeles Times. November 10, 2003.
  2. ^ "Mayors of U.S. Cities A-L". www.worldstatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2020-07-15.