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| - | == Profile ==
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| - | === Personal ===
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| - | * Resided in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1952 and 1953.
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| - | * Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
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| - | * Was married and has two children Jimmy age 23 and Janice age 19.
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| - | * Was a player-manager a good many years before retiring to the dugout to mastermind.
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| - | === Pre-professional career ===
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| - | * Attended Mississippi A & M.
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| - | * Was a football and baseball star at Mississippi A & M.
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| - | === Achievements ===
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| - | * Had a .330 batting average for his career.
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| - | * Was named Minor League Manager of the Year in 1946 after leading Montreal to the pennant, the Governor's Cup and the Junior World Series.
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| - | * Was named "Manager of The Year" in 1952 by the Pacific Coast League Baseball Writers Association.
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| - | === Outside of baseball ===
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| - | * Was a cotton merchant during the off-season in 1952.
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| - | === Contract signing ===
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| - | * Was signed by Portland at the National Association meeting in December, 1951.
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| - | === Career notes ===
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| - | * Out of baseball in 1943 and 1944.
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| - | == Sources ==
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}
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