Billy McKeague is a former hockey player who had featured in the NHL for three seasons before switching from his hockey career to being a golf instructor. However, when he got into a romantic relationship with Victoria Azarenka, a former world’s number one Belarusian tennis champion, he came into the glare of publicity and became a famous celebrity.
Victoria Azarenka is a very popular person and her popularity has apparently rubbed off on Billy who is now a highly talked about person. We have dug up some facts about him for your reading pleasure. Read on to see more about him.
Billy McKeague Biography, Family
Billy McKeague is a native of St. Louis, Missouri who was born in 1990. He was born into the family of Lynn and Chase McKeague who are now well-known for operating their own firm named Chase and Company. Billy grew up at St. Louis with his siblings; a brother called Charlie, and a sister called Lisa.
According to reports, Billy was passionate about sports right from his childhood and actively took part in several sporting activities, developing an interest in becoming a popular sportsman later in life.
Growing up, Billy attended the Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis. Interestingly, it was in the High School that Billy started playing hockey in earnest. However, in as much as he had a passion for hockey, he also enjoyed arts performance, which led him to study Speech and Dramatic Art at the University of Missouri. While on the other hand, his sister Lisa studied Humanities, Journalism and Science at the Southern Methodist University.
Billy McKeague Professional Career
Billy McKeague’s professional hockey career took form when he was at High school after he joined the school’s hockey team and became well-groomed in the game. After graduating from high school, Billy took his passion into college and his rare skills helped him to be enlisted into playing Elite Hockey while he was still in the University.
To this end, Billy was able to play professionally in the National Hockey League for three seasons from 2008 to 2012 although he featured in only a single game during his last season, and afterward, he decided to bow out of the hockey game entirely.
After his abrupt exit from hockey, Billy later switched into his other hubby which was golf he then went as far as Kauai in Hawaii to become a GolfPro at the Hawaiian resort.
Personal Life, Single, Dating, Ex-girlfriend
It was Billy’s adventure to Kauai at Hawaii that led to his encounter with the tennis superstar Victoria Azarenka. The former lovebirds met at the scene of Victoria’s visit to her friend Gabrielle Reece, a renowned volleyball star and her husband Laird Hamilton.
At the time, Victoria Azarenka was already a world-famous tennis player who had attained the height of being the world’s best single tennis player in 2012 alongside winning two Championships at the single Grand Slam level. Victoria is also a bronze medallist at the London Olympics Games in 2012.
When Billy and Victoria met, it was more of a love at first sight as they developed an interest in each other straight away. They soon started dating and were head-over-heels in love. Subsequently, the couple welcomed their first child Leo on the 19th December 2016 and Billy shared the good news to the delight of their fans.
Billy was very supportive of Victoria as he spent most of his time taking care of their son while his sweetheart was trying to play her way to greatness in her career.
However, while everyone thought the couple was having an incredibly great time, their once blissful relationship turned sour when Victoria openly accused her boyfriend of disregarding women as well as being ill-trained. Consequently, the faceoff reached a point of no return and the duo decided to go their separate ways in September 2017. They then began a legal battle for the custody of their child Leo.
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Net worth Salary
Billy Mckeague’s career has been a relatively short one, however, during his career days, he earned the decent salary that an average NHL player is entitled to which is about $1 million to $5.5 million per annum. Even so, his current net worth is still under review at the moment.
However, his ex-girlfriend Victoria Azarenka is said to have a net worth of $15 million which she amassed from her tennis career.
Height, Weight, Body measurements
The former Hockey star stands tall at a height of 6ft.1inch (1.85m), while he maintains a body weight of about 79kg (174lbs). To add up to his good-looks he has a brown hair colour and a blue eyes colour.
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